The Grand Finale of the “Smart India Hackathon 2018 – Software edition” will be held over two days, starting today, across 28 nodal centres across the country.  Smart India Hackathon is the World’s largest nation-building digital initiative of the HRD Ministry. The hackathon aims to harnesses creativity & expertise of students, builds funnel for ‘Startup India, Standup India’ campaign, and provides opportunity to citizens to provide innovative solutions to India’s daunting problems.

The first shipment of LNG from the US under a 20-year deal will reach India today. GAIL (India) has contracted 3.5 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas from Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass liquefaction facility in Louisiana. The deal will broaden the hydrocarbon engagement between India and the US. Last October, India imported its first shipment of crude oil from the US.

Ahead of the Assembly polls in Karnataka, BJP chief Amit Shah will start a two-day tour of Mysuru, Chamarajanagara, Mandya and Ramanagara districts.  Out of the total 26 seats in the four districts, considered as the Vokkaliga heartland, BJP did not win a single seat during the 2013 Assembly elections.

A US court has called for a meeting of Firestar Diamond creditors in New York today. Earlier this month, the court had passed an interim order that prevented creditors from collecting debt from Nirav Modi-owned Firestar Diamond Inc which had filed for bankruptcy. Punjab National Bank plans to take part in the bankruptcy proceedings of Firestar Diamond.

The DMK will hold an executive council meeting over the Cauvery issue in Chennai. The DMK has been pressing the Centre to constitute the Cauvery Management Board. In settling the long-standing Cauvery dispute among the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry, the apex court had reduced Tamil Nadu's share in the Cauvery water to 177.25 thousand million cubic feet.

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