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Govt looks into Flipkart, Amazon discounts after retailer complaints

Confederation of All India Traders alleged Amazon and Flipkart were violating the foreign investment rules

Anyone attempting to split China will end in shattered bones: Xi in Nepal

"And any external forces backing such attempts dividing China will be deemed by the Chinese people as pipe-dreaming!" he was quoted as saying

KKR consortium cancels biggest Australian Latitude IPO, says report

In what was to be their second attempt at listing in just over a year, KKR, Deutsche Bank and Varde Partners, decided to cancel the expected A$1 billion ($676.20 million) offering on Tuesday

Trade war will cut global growth in 2019 to lowest since 2008 crisis: IMF

The IMF said its latest World Economic Outlook projections show 2019 GDP growth at 3.0%, down from 3.2% in a July forecast, largely due to increasing fallout from global trade friction

India's September trade deficit narrows to $10.86 bn, oil imports fall 18%

Merchandise exports fell 6.57% to $26.03 billion in September compared with a year earlier, while imports were down 13.85%

China auto sales decline 5.2% in September, 15th month in a row

As recently as three years ago, automakers had enjoyed double-digit annual growth in China

Russia-backed Syrian forces step in after US declares full withdrawal

Much of the M4 lies on the southern edge of territory where Turkey aims to set up a "safe zone" inside Syria

Refiners slash palm oil purchase from Malaysia fearing duty hike

To be "on cautious side, buyers are preferring Indonesian shipments to avoid any possible impact of higher duties."

China's Huawei says it's open to 'no backdoor' agreement with India

Huawei is closely engaging with India to clarify its stand on 5G solutions, says company CEO.

Abhijit Banerjee hailed across political lines for Nobel Economics Prize

"Congratulations to Abhijit Banerjee ... He has made notable contributions in the field of poverty alleviation," PM Modi said in a Tweet

Economics Nobel winners helped '5 mn school kids read and write better'

The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty"

US set to pull remaining troops from north Syria after Turkish incursion

Another consideration in the decision was Washington's Kurdish-led ally, the Syrian Democratic Forces, were looking to make a deal with Russia to counter the Turkish onslaught

Erdogan says Turkish-led offensive will go 30-35 km into Syrian territory

Arms embargoes will not stop Syrian operation, says Turkish president

Visa, Mastercard waver as Facebook's Libra faces regulatory heat

Facebook announced plans to launch the digital currency in June 2020, in partnership with other members of the Libra Association set up by the U.S. tech giant to manage the project

Credit Suisse clears its CEO in spying scandal that rocked Swiss banking

Khan, who left Switzerland's second-biggest bank in July and began work on Tuesday at UBS, was under surveillance by private detectives hired by Credit Suisse from Sept. 4 to Sept. 17

Govt shelves plan on countrywide ban on single-use plastic products

The plan was for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to outlaw six items on Wednesday as part of a broader campaign to rid India of single-use plastics by 2022.

Wilbur Ross, Goyal to hold talks with renewed hopes for US-India trade deal

Ross is expected to meet his Indian counterpart Piyush Goyal on October 3

More than 1,600 die in India's heaviest monsoon season in 25 years

The extended rains have wreaked havoc, with northern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states the worst hit in the latest spell of intense downpours, killing 144 people since last Friday

Ford to form joint venture with Mahindra & Mahindra valued at $275 mn

The two companies have for months been negotiating the deal

India factory output in Sep unchanged over Aug; lowest in over a year: PMI

Overall demand only rose marginally in September, hurt by almost no growth in exports, and firms barely increased headcount last month, the survey showed