Daily News Monitor: 23 August 2019

HEADLINES:

1. Commerce ministry to soon come out with new foreign trade policy

2. Nepal, India review bilateral ties with special focus on connectivity, economic partnership

3. Basmati rice exporters to visit Saudia Arabia seek relaxation on quality norms

4. Ocean energy now a renewable source, govt approves proposal

5. Govt names its e-commerce portal Bharat Craft; plans to do what Alibaba did in China to benefit MSMEs

6. E-commerce giant Amazon buys 49% stake in Kishore Biyani's Future Coupons

7. Government proposes ban on e-cigarettes, with jail term of up to 3 years

8. At solar alliance summit, Delhi to propose global power grid

9. Auto companies in India cut more jobs, halt production to tackle slowdown

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