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Singapore Exchange announces new regulations for auditors, property valuers
Singapore Exchange's regulatory unit announced it will tighten requirements for listed company auditors and raise standards on valuation...
“Tensions between us (India) and China are pushing large numbers of multinationals as well as the East Asian companies to rethink their...
Singapore economy shrinks by record 5.8 % in COVID-hit 2020: MTI report
Singapore’s economy contracted a record 5.8 per cent in a pandemic-hit 2020, according to statistics from the Singapore Ministry of Trade...
India, UK to finalise post-Brexit trade deals early in 2021, claim officials
Post-Brexit, India and UK may finalise trade agreements in areas like pharmaceuticals, fintech, chemicals, defence manufacturing, petroleum...
Indian economy set to overtake UK by 2025, become world's third largest by 2030: Report
India, despite being one of the worst affected countries due to coronavirus, will become the world's fifth-largest economy by 2025 and the...
Speaking via video conferencing, PM Modi said organisations like FICCI should work with a goal to strengthen the local value and supply...
Indian-American Satya Nadella, Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma to invest in US T20 cricket league
Following Shah Rukh Khan, Paytm’s founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma and Microsoft’s Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella have become angel...
S. Iswaran inaugurates Tata Consultancy Services’ Digital Acceleration Centre
Minister for Communications and Information, Singapore S. Iswaran launched Tata Consultancy Services’ Digital Acceleration Centre
India, US extend nuclear agreement for another decade
India and the United States have extended the Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on nuclear energy for 10 more years.
UK companies outsourcing customs jobs to India in anticipation of post-Brexit surge
Companies in the United Kingdom are planning on hiring cheaper overseas labour to complete their customs paperwork post-Brexit, creating...
Indian Cabinet approves MoU with UK over medical product regulation
The Indian Cabinet has given its approval for signing a memorandum of understading (MoU) between the Central Drugs Standard Control...
Biden, Harris meet labour leaders, business leaders including Satya Nadella, Sonia Syngal
United States President-elect Joe Biden hosted a joint meeting yesterday with labour union leaders and the chief executives of major tech,...
Singapore Airlines raises SGD 850 million convertible bond with strong investor support
Singapore Airlines (SIA) successfully raised SGD 850 million via a convertible bond issue that has been placed with a variety of...
British firms invested GBP 140 mn in India in 2020 despite pandemic: Report
The latest Confederation of Business Industry (CBI) and Ernst & Young Sterling Access' report, which examines trade between the UK and...
Luxury homes worth INR 500 crore sold in South-Central Mumbai in October: Report
Beginning the festive quarter on a distinct upbeat note, South-Central Mumbai localities witnessed luxury home sales worth INR 500 crore...
Last Sikh queen's jewellery collection sold at UK auction house Bonhams' event
Jewels that once belonged to Maharani Jindan Kaur, the last wife of Sikh Empire ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and which were later inherited...
UK firms say it is easier to do business in India now: Survey
A survey revealed that nearly two-thirds of United Kingdom-based businesses operating in India believe it is getting easier to do business...
US court asks ISRO's commercial arm to pay USD 1.2 bn to Bengaluru startup
A United States court has asked Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), to pay compensation...
INR 3,600 crore recovered from Mallya so far, SBI-led banks' consortium tells Supreme Court of India
The State Bank of India (SBI)-led consortium of banks has told the Supreme Court of India that around INR 3,600 crore had been recovered...
Pramod Mittal, brother of UK steel tycoon Laxmi Mittal, claims losses of GBP 2.5 bn in bankruptcy
Industrialist Pramod Mittal, the younger brother of UK-based steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, has claimed that he owes GBP 2.5 billion pounds....
Indian minister Piyush Goyal calls on US firms to invest in India at business summit
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has called upon American businesses to look at India as their next investment destination.
Indian-origin brothers acquire majority stake in UK supermarket chain
Indian-origin billionaire brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa announced plans to acquire a majority stake in the leading UK supermarket chain...
British-Indian economics researcher joins expert post-Brexit trade panel
A London-based Indian-origin economics professor has been appointed to a new expert panel set up by the UK government to advise on the use...
Indian-Americans raise USD 3.3 mn in fundraiser for Joe Biden
Indian-Americans reportedly raised over USD 3.3 million in a single night for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
UK's Webley & Scott becomes first global firearms firm to set up production unit in India
Webley & Scott, one of the oldest arms manufacturers in the world, will be setting up a manufacturing unit in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh to...