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Indian employees of IL&FS detained in Ethiopia by unpaid local staff

Seven Indian workers from IL&FS have been detained since 25 Nov at three sites in Ethiopia’s Oromia and Amhara states by unpaid local staff.

In India, there’s a perception that govt is bad and RBI is good: Ex-CEA Arvind Subramanian

In his upcoming book, former chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian talks about his suggestion to redeploy RBI’s excess capital and the roadblocks it faced.

Festive spirit does little to revive animal spirits in India

Overall activity indicator compiled by Bloomberg shows sharp drop in a liquidity indicator & slowing growth in infrastructure industries. Mumbai: A banking liquidity crunch and...

After MSMEs, Modi govt to target traders & retailers with ‘special package’

Modi govt ‘special package’ expected to include access to cheaper loans, while equipping retailers to compete with e-commerce players.

Ahead of 2019 elections, Modi government lowers GDP growth rate of UPA era

Chief Statistician Pravin Srivastava along with Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said variation was due to recalibration of data in certain sectors of the economy.

Investors plan to take Indian hotel chain Leela abroad

The investor group plans to expand Hotel Leelaventure’s business in India, Asia and other parts of the world after fixing its immediate financial issues.

Google era finally claims Fairfax, one of Australia’s oldest newspapers

Fairfax’s cash cow of daily classified ads was no longer generating enough revenue, and its digital advertising just wasn't growing fast enough.

India expected to become largest coking coal importer by 2022: Tata Steel

By 2022, the demand of coking coal is projected to grow to 67 million tonne from about 56 million tonne now.

RBI’s Urjit Patel says oil prices will boost economy, stays mum on face-off with Modi govt

Urjit Patel, who appeared before a Parliamentary panel, didn't answer questions on several issues including the RBI's autonomy, according to sources.

Modi govt will push RBI to ease lending restrictions for some weak banks

The proposals suggest another potentially tense board meeting on 14 December.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.