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RBI announces a mix of unconventional steps to check borrowing costs

Das doubled the size of open-market bond purchases to $2.7 billion, offered to buy state debt, and also ease a corporate cash crunch through a Rs 1 trn of targeted long-term funds available on tap

RBI MPC votes to keep key rates unchanged, maintains accommodative stance

Mood of the nation has shifted to confidence & hope, says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

EasyJet racks up first ever loss after Covid-19 pandemic slams demand

The airline has about £2.3 billion in cash to survive an extensive slump and called on the state for further support.

Jack Ma's Ant Group faces US headwinds in race to IPO before Trump vote

America is exploring restrictions on Chinese payment services

Trump made 'greatest failure' in coronavirus response: Kamala Harris

Pence evades question on peaceful transfer of power, hits out at Biden on taxes, court

Won't enforce Covid vaccine patents during pandemic, says Moderna

Holding a drug patent usually assures a company an extended period of exclusivity, and the profits that can come with having a market to itself

Lifting lockdowns amid high infections won't boost GDP, says IMF

The fund will publish new forecasts on October 13 during its annual meeting with the World Bank

Yale, Oxford campuses in India? Modi govt pushing for changes in laws

The legislation -- which will regulate the operation of foreign universities -- is being prepared for approval by the parliament, where the government retains a significant majority

India, largest spewer of sulfur dioxide, sees first decline in 4 years

Emissions from India dropped 6% last year as the country consumed less coal, mirroring a similar decline in global emissions of the toxic gas

US Presidential elections: Trump or Biden, the US and Europe Will Split

Today, under President Donald Trump, it often looks more like Europe's "foe" than friend

Can China invade Taiwan? Here's what could happen if it really does

China and Taiwan have many reasons to avoid a war that could kill tens of thousands, devastate their economies and potentially lead to a nuclear conflict with the US and its allies

Billionaire Bernard Arnault buys influence through media deals in France

The purchase is a precursor to Arnault's group playing a greater role in those activities, people familiar with discussions at the two companies said.

Motley Fool to leave Hong Kong, citing national security law: Report

Chan cited the flaring of the anti-Beijing protests last year, followed by the national security law and the ongoing decoupling between the US and China as factors

SoftBank Group shares at 20-year high on buybacks, Nvidia-Arm deal

SoftBank rose for the eighth day in a row to finish at 6,955 yen, the highest since March of 2000

UK is world's second largest arms exporter, thanks to West Asia

The country's market share was about 16 per cent, compared with 47 per cent for the US, while Russia and France follow with 11 per cent and 10 per cent respectively

Working from home can feel like sleeping at work: Microsoft's Satya Nadella

Online meetings can make employees tired and make it difficult to transition from a work mindset to private life, the executive said

Court allows Netflix to screen series on controversial Indian billionaires

Series documents the travails of beer tycoon Vijay Mallya, diamantaire Nirav Modi and Subrata Roy.

Pre-US election coronavirus vaccine hopes dim as USFDA asserts power

The FDA said it would demand two months of safety data before it would review any application for a vaccine emergency-use authorisation

Sanjay Shah: The unemployed trader who became a $700 million exile

Shah and his firm are central figures in the Danish Cum-Ex scandal, in which he said his company helped investors to rapidly sell shares and claim multiple refunds on dividend taxes

Trio of women lawyers push for change in India's creaking legal corridors

The three women represent a visible change in the country's legal landscape but they are also reminders of how much more needs to change in this nation of 1.3 billion