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Singapore Oppn lawmaker opposes use of Temasek funds to shore up Air India

Singapore Oppn lawmaker Kenneth Tiong said Air India's $1.5 bn funding request is not only matter for private shareholders, given Singapore Airlines' stake and Temasek's majority ownership of carrier

Nestle wants India to consult firms on front-of-pack food labelling rules

Nearly 80% of products made by India's more than $100 billion packaged food and beverages market could be regarded as high in fat, sugar and salt, according to industry estimates

India's nuclear ambitions may be blunted by limits on foreign reactor tech

India is counting on nearly $210 billion in investments that the industry expects to require to raise its nuclear power capacity almost tenfold to 100 gigawatts (GW) over the ‌next two decades

Bank of Baroda's debt raise tops $1 bn under RBI's concessional swap window

Earlier in the month, BoB ​had raised $400 million through three-year bonds at a 5.1140% ‌coupon and $300 million through five-year notes at a 5.3180% ​coupon

Nvidia agrees to buy open source platform Hugging Face for $12.9 bn: Report

The deal would give Nvidia control of ​Hugging Face - which hosts open-source large language models and datasets

Asian stocks gain for third day as Nvidia earnings beat estimates

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares excluding Japan was up 0.7 per cent, on track to ‌extend gains into a third consecutive day after Nvidia reported that quarterly revenue more than doubled

Oil prices extend losses on hopes of easing West Asia supply woes

Brent crude futures were down 60 ​cents, or 0.7 per cent, to $87.24 a barrel by 0004 GMT, down for a fourth day

Tim Curry, English actor of 'Rocky Horror', 'Clue' and 'It', dies at 80

A cause of death was not immediately given, but Curry had been in ill health ​for some time. He died peacefully on Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, his manager said

Iran and Oman reportedly still working on Strait of Hormuz accord

Iran and Oman have held on-and-off talks for weeks about controlling traffic through the strait, ‌which handled one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments before the war began in Feb

Anxious investors hope for clarity on Warsh's Fed plan at Jackson Hole

They hope the Fed chair will use his speech to fully explain his roadmap for returning inflation to the Fed's target and what he sees as the bond market's role in that strategy.

US inflation data boosts dollar as Fed hike bets rise ahead of Jackson Hole

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, rose 0.21% to 99.12 and was on pace for its biggest daily gain since August 6, with the euro down 0.16% at $1.1655.

Iran's supreme leader is seriously wounded, not dead: Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump said that he believes Iran's supreme leader is seriously wounded but not dead.

Moonshot AI in talks with Microsoft, Amazon, Google over K3 revenue sharing

Any deal could mark the first big revenue-sharing pact between a Chinese AI firm and a major US cloud company

Bill Gates seeks meeting with Xi Jinping to push global AI safety efforts

Gates' staff are working to finalize a meeting with Xi for his next China trip, his spokesperson said, scheduled tentatively ​for November

Asian stocks rise as oil prices fall on hopes for Hormuz reopening

Investors awaited Nvidia's second-quarter earnings later in the day, with the focus on whether the massive AI spending boom is sustainable and can turn profits that will satisfy markets

Indian oil companies to avoid Iran-blacklisted vessels amid security risks

The named vessels could be fined, detained and have their cargoes confiscated, according to a post on X from the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, a new body set up by Iran to manage Hormuz

Adani Energy Solutions wins $493 mn transmission project in Maharashtra

The project will transmit up to 4,500 MW of renewable and storage power, and be delivered within 36 months

Oil prices fall 2% after Iran-Oman resume talks to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Brent crude futures fell $1.78, or 2.0%, to $86.80 a barrel by 0027 GMT, while US West ‌Texas Intermediate crude futures were down $1.49, or 1.8%, at $80.87

CCI probes fragrance giants Givaudan, Firmenich, IFF over price collusion

The latest case relates ​to alleged price collusion since 2024 and follows an ongoing investigation into accusations that the companies struck labour anti-poaching deals

Grammy winner and queen of country music Dolly Parton dies at 80

With classic songs including "Coat of Many Colors," "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You," she became one of the best-selling female artists of all time, with over 100 million records sold.