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A welfare scheme for 500 mn Indians: Is this Modi's big plan for 2019?

The government has drafted a bill to extend benefits to all workers, including those in informal employment, by merging and simplifying 15 federal labour laws into one

US-China trade war: How Xi can make life difficult for Tesla, GM, Starbucks

Xi could impose penalties such as customs delays, tax audits and increased regulatory scrutiny if Trump delivers on his threat of bigger duties on Chinese trade

TCS is bunching its $7 bn cash reserves to drive payouts to shareholders

The company's cash-distribution plan is one of the primary drivers of its investment strategy rather than returns maximization, Gopinathan said

Malaysia's latest revenue generation scheme: Auction vanity number plates

The move comes after the finance ministry set up a bank account called Tabung Harapan, or Hope Fund, to collect public donations

Twitter stocks up 5% on S&P 500 inclusion even as analysts forecast decline

Twitter's 58 percent gain in 2018 would be the fifth-largest in the S&P 500

EMs will face stress but no clear, immediate danger in Asia: Raghuram Rajan

For Asia, narrow current account deficits, moderate inflation and resilient currencies mean the region is insulated

Emerging-market selloff may force RBI to hold interest rates in MPC meet

Indian rupee is down about 5% against the dollar this year and yields have spiked on government and corporate bonds

Amid growing spat with Facebook, Apple increases privacy controls

Apple also showcased a new system that makes it more difficult to gather information about users as they browse the web

There aren't many female executives; airline industry has even fewer

It's hard to describe the International Air Transport Association as anything other than a boys' club, at least at the highest echelon

Trade tensions intensify with Donald Trump, allies set for showdown

Investors in Asia appeared little rattled by the talk of war, with stock markets in Japan, China, Australia and South Korea all up in trading on Monday

Accor mulls buying stake in strike-ridden Air France-KLM

A tie-up with Accor would give Air France a commercial partner as its biggest owner, after Les Echos reported that the hotel operator is considering buying the French state's holding

Boeing-Airbus rivalry heats up for India's air space

Airbus Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders said in April that the Boeing sales team is the most "aggressive" in 20 years

India wants 110 fighter jets; Boeing sees a 2 yr wait before deal is done

The tender for 110 combat aircraft mandates building at least 85% of the order locally

Will EM investors bet on India again? A lot depends on RBI policy this week

Emerging markets also face near-term risks from US protectionism, according to NatWest Markets

Banks hike lending rates ahead RBI Policy on strongest loan demand in 4 yrs

State Bank of India, ICICI Bank Ltd and Punjab National Bank are among the nation's biggest banks that increased their benchmark lending rates last week

Shemaroo plans Bollywood streaming service, looks past Netflix model

India's media and entertainment market is estimated to expand to more than Rs 2 trillion by 2020 from Rs 1.5 trillion in 2017

Danes are richer than ever, so why are they sitting on their wealth?

The gap between private consumption and household wealth is the biggest it's been in three decades in Denmark

China opens EU charm offensive to counter Trump's escalation of trade war

China now offers major concessions on trade and investment to the EU and countries such as Japan and Mexico -- all now subject to punitive US tariffs

India has a $210 bn bad debt problem and offshore investors smell a chance

Foreign investors see the fledgling market as big opportunity

The 21st century may finally be here for Hong Kong's traditional banks

For Hong Kong to lift its fintech game, it needs to dismantle the silos in which deposits and payments operate