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November 18, 2016 08:30

* Supreme Court will hear a fresh plea of the Centre seeking a stay on the proceedings before various high courts and other courts except the apex court against its November 8 decision to demonetise high denomination currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000

* Finance ministry refuses demand of agriculture ministry to let farmers buy seeds with old notes.

* From today, individuals can exchange invalid 500 and 1,000 rupee notes totalling Rs 2,000, as against Rs 4,500 earlier, only once till December 30.

* Indians living outside can buy health or general insurance in foreign currency irrespective of the currency for settlement claims: RBI

* Navy will today formally induct four types of indigenously developed sonars that will boost the force's underwater surveillance capability.

* Heavy mortar shelling by Pakistan in Manjakote sector of Rajouri (J&K) last night.

* A Delhi court will pronounce its order on Sheila Dikshit's son-in-law Syed Mohammad Imran's bail plea in a case of theft and misappropriation of his wife's property.

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