The next subscription for Sovereign Gold Bond scheme will begin from today. The issue price has been pegged at ₹ 2,961 per gram. The government also allows a discount of ₹ 50 per gram for digital transactions.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump is likely to meet today on the sidelines of the 50th ASEAN Anniversary celebrations. Modi is in Manila to attend the ASEAN India and East Asia Summits. Modi will also have separate bilateral meetings with Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.

Motorola will launch its latest smartphone Mot X4 today in India. It will a Flipkart exclusive and comes with dual rear camera. The biggest highlight of the smartphone is it features both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa.

The Government to begin the second phase of BharatNet Project today. Under the project, the Centre aims at providing broadband internet services to around 1.5 lakh panchayats through optical fibre and give wi-fi services at 75 per cent cheaper rate.

The Election Commission of India will be meeting the Chief Electoral Officers of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura today to review the prepoll preparedness of these states. These states are going to polls in March 2018. All the polling booths in the 60 constituencies will be installed with VVPATs.