Daily News Monitor: 7 May 2019

HEADLINES:

1. E-Comm Policy, Data Localisation Figure In Indo-US Meet; GSP Not Discussed

2. Mastercard To Invest $1 Bn In India, Plans To Make Country Global Tech Node

3. Policy To Boost Exports On Anvil As Trade Deficit Hits New High Of $176 Bn

4. BigBasket gets $150 million In Funding, Becomes The Latest Unicorn

5. Airtel, Hughes Communications to Combine VSAT Operations in India

6. Food Corporation of India To Sell 10 Million Tonne Of Wheat To Bulk Consumers This Fiscal

7. Govt To List Skilled Jobseekers, Connect Them With Employers

8. Govt Tells EV Makers to Localize Manufacturing To Qualify For Subsidies

9. FinComm To Meet RBI Governor, Bank Officials During Mumbai Visit On May 8-9 

10. NITI Aayog Invites Proposals To Evaluate 28 Centrally-Sponsored Schemes

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