Daily News Monitor: 4 September 2017

HEADLINES: 

1. Modi shuffles Cabinet: Sitharaman new defence minister; Goyal gets railway

2. Xi opens BRICS meet, asks members to shelves differences, build mutual trust

3. Economic of note ban: Why this is Manmohan Singh’s turn to laugh  

4. India’s growth may be below 6.5% in FY’18, says SBI report

5. New NITI Aayog vice chairman confident of 7-7.5% growth in second quarter

6. Forex kitty rises to record USD 394.55 billion 

7. As India eyes another poor year in terms of ease of doing business, DIPP looks to speed up dispute resolution process

8. India’s economic growth will bounce back, says BRICS bank chairman K V Kamnath

9. Post demonitisation, liquidity in economy remained surplus during April-June quarter, but government’s cash position was stressed

10. India, Japan set to sign ‘open skies’ agreement

11. Why GST and demonitisation alone are not responsible for slow GDP growth

12. IKEA to set up first Indian store by 2018

13. ATMs may not be able to dispense new Rs 200 notes before 3 months

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