India is considering hiking import duties by 5%-10% on more than 50 items including smartphones, electronic components and appliances in the upcoming budget, three government sources privy to the ... ( read original story ...)
Amazon Web Drama Draws the Wrath of India’s Hindu Nationalists
Artists say officials tied to the country’s ruling party use pressure to stem criticism. Streaming services hoping to tap the Indian market’s potential have been caught in the middle. ( read original story ...)
Tehran hosts 14th Iran-Azerbaijan Joint Economic Committee meeting
Azerbaijan Joint Economic Committee was held on Monday at the place of the Iranian Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs in Tehran, IRIB reported. ( read original story ...)
Brunei: More undeclared meat, products held; records 1.7% trade drop in Oct 2020
Enforcement officers of the Halal Food Control Division at the Syariah Affairs Department along with the Royal Customs and Excise Department seized more raw meat without the Halal import permit on ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong fourth wave: restaurants, beauty parlours demand immediate easing of Covid-19 rules to prevent onslaught of closures, lay-offs
Restaurants, beauty parlours plead with Hong Kong government to allow them to open up their premises, after seemingly endless social-distancing curbs. ( read original story ...)
Ithmaar says advisors start work on sale of Bahrain banking ops to BBK
Dubai-listed Ithmaar Holding has announced that its advisors have started preparations for the potential sale of the Bahrain operations of its banking unit. In a filing to Dubai Financial Market, ... ( read original story ...)
Breakingviews – New Rio Tinto boss has Mongolian bullet to bite
Jakob Stausholm will have to pick up a travel guide to Ulaanbaatar. Rio Tinto’s new chief executive has a challenging to-do list and atop it sits the miner’s troubled $10 billion Oyu Tolgoi copper and ... ( read original story ...)
Kingmaker Stacey Abrams Has Unfinished Business, Will Run for Georgia Governor, Allies Say
We argue about everything at The Root. It’s one of the perks of working here. We engage in intelligent conversation about everything. So shortly after Joe Biden won the presidential election, I asked ... ( read original story ...)
Reed Smith Singapore Managing Partner Defects to HFW
Reed Smith’s Singapore managing partner Peter Zaman has left the firm to join HFW. Zaman has over two decades experience and had been based in Singapore since 2016. He joined Reed Smith in London in ... ( read original story ...)
Kuwait- S. Korea adds 389 new virus cases, total now at 72,729
(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) TOKYO ... The ban on private gatherings of five or more people, and the restriction on business operations after 9:00 p.m., was also extended. ( read original story ...)