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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

China is boosting Pakistan’s power generation but it’s of little use to consumers

Pakistan has added half of its power generating capacity in the past 5 years with Chinese help but a weak distribution network isn't helping.

Legalising gay sex expected to boost India’s ‘Pink Economy’

Indian businesses, MNCs and government have an opportunity to profit from the Supreme Court ruling to decriminalise homosexuality.

India among countries doing little or nothing to stop bribing of foreign officials

Transparency International examined China, India, Hong Kong & Singapore for the first time for its report on foreign bribery.

Forget the rupee, corporate earnings are improving: India’s largest brokerage

ICICI Securities says robust consumption and a pick up in loan growth show the economy is on the mend after demonetisation & GST.

Record-low Rupee puts RBI under pressure to step in

Though RBI has raised interest rates twice since June and depleted billions of dollars to boost the currency, it has not been successful.

Rupee could soon touch 75 per dollar, some lenders predict

India’s August trade deficit is likely to remain at $17-$18 billion, while Fed reserve is set to raise rates again, both of which will weigh on the rupee.

This Indian company hit a jackpot because of China’s push for blue skies

Shares of Graphite India have shot up more than 1,200 % since January 2017, boosting the wealth of founder K.K. Bangur to about $1.75 billion.

War to dominate India’s tech sector to see more billion dollar acquisition deals

Global technology companies are being drawn to do deals in India as mobile internet penetration increases & digital payments boost consumer spending.

Facing dollar squeeze, Indian companies turn to Japan for Samurai loans

Top Indian firms are turning to Samurai loans, lured by Japan’s near-record low interest rates and easier availability of funds.

Rupee crashes to 72 per dollar as India scrambles to halt fall

The currency has set a string of record lows, shadowing India’s optimistic world-beating economic growth.

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.