Daily News Monitor: 17 December 2020

HEADLINES:

1. India slips a spot in UN's human development index, ranks at 131 now

2. Govt's check on telco gear makers to hit Chinese equipment companies

3. India signs $1 billion loan with NDB to support MGNREGS and rural infrastructure

4. India signs $400 million loan agreement with World Bank for social protection programme assistance

5. With 29,000 cold chains, India readying for Covid vaccination: Health Secretary

6. MPEDA launches multilingual call centre for aqua farmers

7. RBI relaxes eligibility norms for its regulatory sandbox initiative

8. Centre tightens its norms for sourcing telecom gear

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