Finance Ministry to meet representatives of Fitch ratings to for a sovereign rating upgrade. The rating agency had last upgraded the credit rating in August 2006. Last year it had kept the rating unchanged at BBB-. Last year Moody’s had upgraded India’s rating.

Xiaomi to launch its new affordable Smart TV Mi TV 4C priced at around Rs 30,000. The new LED TV is expected to come with a 43-inch model and 1GB RAM. The smartphone maker had last month entered the Indian smart TV segment with Mi TV 4.

Social activis t Anna Hazare is likely to visit Jammu and Kashmir and address a public meeting today. Hazare will be launching an agitation rally against the Jan Lokpal and farmer issues later this month in New Delhi.

Various political parties from Tamil Nadu plan to Solaiyur where the Kerala government is constructing a check dam over Siruvani river, the main drinking water source of the Coimbatore region in Tamil Nadu. Construction of the check dam is likely to affect the flow of Siruvani water into Tamil Nadu. The representatives are likely to meet the Kerala Chief Minister over the issue.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has convened an all-party meeting to discuss the Supreme Court’s verdict on Cauvery river dispute. The apex court, in its final verdict, last month had allocated an additional 14.75 TMC water to Karnataka.

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