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What is China's position on restructuring debt owed by poor nations?

China wants multilateral lenders like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank to absorb some of the losses, which those institutions and many developed nations

Sony-Zee merger to go through, whether I'm CEO or not, says Punit Goenka

Goenka was set to become the merged entity's managing director and CEO, leading a $10 billion TV enterprise

PM Modi's US visit may encourage more American firms to invest in India

The United States is the third largest source of foreign investment for India, with over $60 billion invested between 2000 and 2023, according to official data

Biden admin to ease visas for skilled Indian workers as PM Modi visits US

Indian citizens are by far the most active users of the US H-1B program and made up 73% of the nearly 442,000 H-1B workers in fiscal year 2022

European Union's powerful lending arm eyes first 'debt-for-nature' swap

Debt-for-nature swaps, which help countries cut their debt in return for conservation commitments

'Long way to go': Federal Reserve Chair Powell points to more rate hikes

But a few big buyers in credit markets are calling Fed's bluff

Google hit with $15 mn penalty in US trial over two audio patents

Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda said on Wednesday that the company was disappointed with the verdict and plans to appeal

India to spruce up cyclone forecasting with new supercomputers, radars

A unit of computing power, the petaflop refers to a thousand trillion operations a second

Go First seeks up to $122 mn in additional funds: Banking sources

Go First, the Indian airline under bankruptcy protection, has asked for between $122mn in additional funds from lenders to resume operations in July

TCS signs $1.1 bn contract with UK's pension scheme Nest for 10 years

The contract, to help Nest transform its administration services, if extended to the entirety of its 18-year tenure would be worth 1.5 billion pounds, TCS said in a statement

WHO prepares for increased spread of viral disease linked to El Nino

The WHO chief also warned that climate change is fueling the breeding of mosquitoes, and incidence of dengue has already risen sharply in recent decades, particularly in the Americas

Amazon duped millions of consumers into enrolling in Prime, says US FTC

The FTC has been investigating sign-up and cancellation processes for the Prime program since March 2021

Aviation emissions targets, net-zero goal in focus at Paris Airshow

Airlines are trying to purchase more SAF, which produces up to 80% fewer carbon emissions on a lifecycle basis than traditional jet fuel

Wheat output 10% lower than govt estimate amid sharp price rise: Trade body

Farmers start harvesting wheat from March, selling most of their crop to state agencies and private traders by June

Russian oil import scales new high of 1.95 mn barrels per day in May

India, the world's third biggest oil consumer and importer, buys more than 80% of its oil from overseas markets

Sebi bars entities from securities market over stock manipulation

Sebi levied a penalty of about 1.26 billion rupees towards wrongful gains made from alleged market manipulation of small-cap companies through bulk messages

PM Modi's US visit may encourage more American firms to invest in India

The United States is the third largest source of foreign investment for India, with over $60 billion invested between 2000 and 2023, according to official data

Govt likely to offer assured base pensions in compromise with states

The current National Pension Scheme requires employees to contribute 10% of their basic salary and the government 14%

Record plane orders raise stakes in India's aviation boom: Report

Indian budget airline IndiGo announced at the Paris Airshow on Monday the biggest ever plane order by number of aircraft with a deal for 500 Airbus narrowbody jets

Rupee ends higher on dollar inflows; Fed's testimony to lawmakers in focus

Foreign investors have poured about $1.8 billion into Indian equities this month, having bought shares worth $5.1 billion in May