New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- From the Centre's proposed ban on online gaming to India's possible return to an eastern trade bloc, a slowdown in private banks' hiring, and a reboot of the GST regime-here are this week's key numbers.

India may rejoin the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the trade bloc it walked away from nearly five years ago, Mint reported. The rethink comes amid rising trade frictions with the US and a thaw in ties with China.

India had pulled out of the 15-nation pact just before its signing, citing concerns over market access, a widening trade deficit with China, and risks to farmers and the dairy industry from a flood of Chinese goods and New Zealand dairy exports. RCEP member nations currently account fo...