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1. In a huge move to settle international disputes running into billions of dollars, the government on Thursday says it will change tax laws to do away with demands for past payments. Companies like Cairn Energy will get refunds, the government says. 2. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accuses Prime Minister Narendra Modi of putting the Pegasus spyware in the phones of every youth in order to silence their voice. Addressing a 'Sansad Gehrao' protest organised here by the Indian Youth Congress, he also targeted the prime minister on the issue of employment and said till the time Modi remains PM India's youth will not get jobs as he has partnership with some big businessmen and not the poor and the youth. 3. Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das-led Monetary Policy Committee will announce its policy decision today, at the end of the bi-monthly review that started on Wednesday. The RBI Governor had kept the benchmark rates unchanged at its last policy meet in June, retaining the repo rate at 4 per cent and reverse repo rate at 3.35 per cent. According to experts, the monetary policy makers will maintain interest rates at record lows at the upcoming policy meeting as the slow easing of localized lockdowns, slow pace of vaccinations and the looming threat of another wave continue to hinder economic revival.