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1) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi will undertake a landmark visit to India from from Thursday during which he will hold talks with the Indian leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on key issues such as terrorism and deepening economic engagement. Sisi will be accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising ministers, officials and business leaders.
2) Over 13,000 radiologists are likely to go on strike and not operate their ultrasound services on September 1, protesting what they call the “harassment” of radiologists who do not have even a “remote connection with sex determination”. This is expected to be followed by an indefinite strike from the next day, unless the Government steps in to resolve their concerns. The PC & PNDT Act (Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection Act, 1994) prohibits gender determination of the baby to be born through techniques like ultrasonography, a move meant to ensure the birth of a girl child.
3) A special session of the Odisha assembly has been convened on September 1 for ratification of the GST Constitutional Amendment Bill, 2016. The Bill was recently passed in both Houses of the Parliament.
4) Tourism Ministers of BRICS countries will meet in the temple city of Khajuraho for a two-day conference that opens on Thursday. Besides India, the Tourism Ministers of Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa will take part in the meet that will take up issues related to tourism.
5) Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani is likely to disclose future plans for Reliance Jio Infocomm at the company's annual general meeting on Thursday, which could include details about its much-awaited tariff plans. These plans could be aimed specific categories of users and will be closely tracked by the industry, which is anticipating a bruising rate war.
6) Applications for bonds from the fifth tranche of the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme will be accepted from September 1 to September 9. The bonds will be issued on September 23. The bonds will be sold through banks, Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd, post offices, NSE and BSE.
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