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Govt considers easing rice export limitations in boon to world buyers

The government is considering allowing white rice shipments with a fixed duty, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the talks are confidential

Indian sovereign bond inflows cool for second week amid index inclusion

Inflows into the so-called fully accessible route bonds, slowed to 35.9 billion rupees ($430 million) in the week through July 5, from 46.6 billion rupees in the previous week

Modi govt's top coalition ally TDP seeks more than $12 billion handout

Modi has agreed in principle to providing the financial support to Naidu, the people said. The TDP leader met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday to discuss the details

Doug Burgum on shortlist to be veep, gains support from Trump, donors

Burgum's allies paint him as a savvy business executive whose attention to detail and deep understanding of energy, agriculture and tech could help the former president's ambitious second-term agenda

French elections: Macron the gambler wins chance to play Kingmaker

Results for the final round of France's snap parliamentary election suggest voters have delivered an emphatic 'non' to Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally

World marks full year of average temperatures exceeding 1.5C target

The average for the year through June 2024 was 1.64C higher than the era from 1850 to 1900

PM Modi to visit Russia at time when Moscow is deepening embrace with China

Relations between India and China have been stuck at a low point since a border dispute erupted into violence in 2020, though the two sides have agreed to talks to resolve the disagreement

TCS, HCL earnings recovery may get further push from growth in AI demand

TCS results this week should show revenue growth picked up sequentially in the April-June quarter, consensus estimates show

Over 6,500 Samsung workers walk off assembly lines over pay, vacation time

This week, Samsung's preparing to unveil new foldable phones and watches as well as a smart ring in Paris ahead of the Olympics, in an attempt to forestall a challenge from Apple Inc

US elections: More Democrats want Prez Biden to step aside as WH nominee

The fallout from Biden's June 27 showing against Trump continues to reverberate

Hedge funds hit hard by massive Tesla rally after betting on decline

About 18% of the 500-plus hedge funds tracked by data provider Hazeltree had an overall short position on Tesla at the end of June, the highest percentage in more than a year

Greenko Group gets $743 million credit line to refinance dollar bonds

The clean energy company, backed by Singapore's GIC sovereign wealth fund, will draw on the newly sanctioned credit line to refinance two sets of dollar bonds maturing in January and July 2025

Israeli interest rate cuts off table as war complicates next move

Alongside its decision on Monday, the central bank will publish fresh economic forecasts and could revise an outlook from April that showed the key rate at 3.75% in the first quarter of 2025

Have struck large ammunition cache in southwest Russia, says Ukraine

SBU drones targeted a stockpile of surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles; artillery, shells for tanks and firearms were also among the weaponry stored in site

Here's why Singapore govt is making life tougher for global talent

The programme was announced in 2022 to assess an employment pass's complementarity with the local workforce

President Biden pushes on to Pennsylvania as pressure from Democrats rises

The president won't give a speech at a National Education Association meeting, as originally planned, after the union's staff announced a strike

India will be unable to plug jobs gap even with 7% growth, says Citigroup

Citi estimates India will need to create about 12 million jobs a year over the next decade to absorb the number of new entrants to the labor market

Canada's policies to protect mining sector to shield takeover targets

The move appears to insulate domestic companies from takeovers when the world's biggest mining firms are hunting for metals that underpin the global transition away from fossil fuels

Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran's presidential runoff election, beats Jalili

A vote count offered by authorities put Pezeshkian as the winner with 16.3 million votes to Jalili's 13.5 million in Friday's election

Hamas drops objections to US-backed cease-fire proposal as talks continue

An Israeli delegation led by Mossad chief David Barnea was in Qatar earlier Friday for the talks, and returned home late in the day