Curated News Articles - 21-08-2018 15 hrs

Indian News
Vasan unveils party flag sporting images of Kamaraj, Moopanar Former Union minister G K Vasan, who quit the Congress recently, unveiled a tri-colour flag for his yet-to-be named party on Wednesday.
472 Maoist surrendered this year, highest in 3 years: Govt Maoist surrenders have seen a quantum jump this year, with 472 surrenders being reported until October 31 against 283 for the whole of 2013.
Green court bans vehicles older than 15 years in Delhi On the day TOI highlighted the worsening state of Delhi’s air, the National Green Tribunal cited the report and issued a slew of directions to immediately address the problem.
Vasan unveils party flag sporting images of Kamaraj, Moopanar Former Union minister G K Vasan, who quit the Congress recently, unveiled a tri-colour flag for his yet-to-be named party on Wednesday.
Prakash Mehta to attend 26/11 anniversary programme on behalf of CM Fadnavis Minister for Industries, mines and parliamentary affairs Prakash Mehta will attend the programmes regarding 26/11 on behalf of chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Markets
F&O: Options show Nifty trading band shifts to 11,500-11,650 range India VIX fell 0.98%, and lower volatility suggested a tight grip of the bulls on the market.
Rupee ends flat at 69.81 against dollar The 10-year benchmark bond yield also eased to 7.83 per cent.
MCA seeks clarifications from Jet Airways' auditors on results announcement The auditors are believed to have issues regarding the airline being a going concern.

India Unlimited
PM's resolve to clean India has turned into mass movement: Yogi Adityanath He said that by 2022, when the country will celebrate 75 years of Independence, the target would be removing all social ills and poverty.
Spreading cleanliness should be a collective effort: PM Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in 2014. It emphasised on active participation by people, broom was made as an instrument to kickstart the swachh mission campaign.
This is what govt should do to safeguard tribals’ trade interests The intervention by the govt to safeguard the tribals’ trade-interests is still pending. The result is that the forest-tribal areas continue to remain hotbeds of Left-wing extremism.