News digest: Rafale deal, RBI board meet, Fortis-IHH deal, and more

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das chaired his first board meeting, discussing issues ranging from governance at the central bank to liquidity in the financial system

Supreme Court sees no wrongdoing in Rafale deal, rules out probe 

Vindicating the position of the central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court on Friday said there was “no occasion to really doubt” the procurement process of 36 Rafale fighter jets “even if minor deviations have occurred”.

The Congress had accused Modi of malfeasance in the deal. The three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said after perusing the material provided by the government and having interacted with Air Force officers, the court did not see any reason as to why it should intervene in “the sensitive issue