haslinda: kanika pasricha, chief economic advisor at union bank of india. headlines, according to the efp, the haiti prime minister ariel henry has resigned. the haitian prime minister ariel henry has resigned. haiti has struggled with lawlessness. the government declared a state of emergency after armed gangs rated the country's two biggest jails and freed thousands of prisoners. indian markets have been trading for seven minutes now. let's look at where the benchmarks are. mixed picture for india. the sensex up 0.1%, the nifty also in positive territory but banks are a drag, currently down 0.1%. the rupee 82.74, versus usd, pretty flat at this point in time. keep it here with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ okay y'all we got ten orders coming in... big orders! starting a business is never easy, but starting it eight months pregnant... that's a different story. i couldn't slow down. we were starting a business from the ground up. people were showing up left and right. and so did our business needs the chase ink card made it easy. when you go for something big like

particularly when it comes to electric vehicles and renewable energy. on friday — the reserve bank of indiaest rates on hold at its meeting. the country has the highest growth rate of major economies at the moment and inflation around the 2.5% range. staying with india and its income tax department has served notices seeking dues worth over $400 million to the country's principal opposition party. in protest, on sunday, the party and other opposition leaders held a massive rally accusing them of misusing central agencies to intimidate india's opposition ahead of oppositions which start in less than a month. the congress party calling this tax terrorism by the ruling pgp saying that authorities have reopened eight years of the party's tax reopened eight years of the pa rty�*s tax returns deliberately ahead of elections. the congress party saying they will fight this legally but also taking on the fight outside the courts as well. on sunday, the congress along with other opposition parties won a rally in delhi... the congress party complains that the tax agencies have already frozen $16 milli

meanwhile, the bank of india appears to be concerned that inflation will be slow to fall to its 4% medium-term are the chances of a rate cut by the r.b.i. distant now? let's bring in the chief economist at morgan stanley. good to have you with us. what are we looking at? >> thank you for having me. yeah. i think india's inflation and growth numbers are moving in line with expectations. we are seeing growth trends which are surprising on the upside. growth momentum remains stronger-than-expected. on the inflation side, inflation has been moderating. we've seen the numbers go down from the above 6% level that we saw last year to around 5% now. also the silverlining being that core inflation has been moderating at well -- as well. so in that sense, we do think that inflation will average at 4.5% in 25 pig get that's in line with the r.b.i.s population numbers as well for cpi inflation that they expect in 25. so on the face of it, moderating inflation trend will open up the opportunity for a shallow easing cycle in our view, probably sometime in the latter part of fiscal 25. but we've been highlig

of india. they said lenders the likes of access make, hdf see, state bank of india willpower. payments on paytm. the index under pressure, down 0.4%. still to come, india's elections watchdog reveals prime minister modi's party was the biggest beneficiary of now banned monetary bonds. we will follow the trail, next. this is bloomberg. ♪ thanks to avalara, we can calculate sales tax automatically. avalarahhhhhh what if tax rates change? ahhhhhh filing sales tax returns? ahhhhhh business license guidance? ahhhhhh -cross-border sales? -ahhhhhh -item classification? -ahhhhhh does it connect with acc...? ahhhhhh ahhhhhh ahhhhhh starting a business is never easy, but starting it eight months pregnant... that's a different story. i couldn't slow down. we were starting a business from the ground up. people were showing up left and right. and so did our business needs the chase ink card made it easy. when you go for something big like this, your kids see that. and they believe they can do the same. earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase with the chase ink business unlimited ca

controversial scheme that allows businesses to anonymously donate to political parties, state bank of india. it has since been forced to publish the details of the donors list. and questions have been raised about the appointment of election commission is a little past last year gave us the government most stay on choosing those commission is increasing site. this creates a lack of transparency and accused the prime minister of playing favoritism as well. indian chief election commissioner has warned against any violations of edits . electro rules in the run up to an during the elections, to mainly charges and muddy positive food. and the election commission faces foaming challenges the fall ends off muscle, money, misinformation, ad m. c. c. evaluations become a table essentially focus on these 4 key areas between now and the end of the elections. the election commission is focusing on how to control must have bob up, how to control money, thought, how to control the menace of misinformation, and how to control any violations against the model code of conduct rules. and let's get more in t

we met the former governor of india central bank who expressed concerns for india's democratic prospectsalso a measure of hope. >> you have expressed concerns about democratic backsliding. do you think we are dangerously veering toward autocracy? >> i think these words are pretty strong. i would stay away from that for now. what i would say is the direction of drift is very clear. it has been clear by every index that you can look at. at the same time, one can always hope and india has done this in the past that you have a strengthening once again. >> you can watch a special program all about india's upcoming elections. "this is india" is on the bbc news channel over the weekend. thank you for watching. "bbc world news america." ♪ narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ announcer: "usa today" calls it, "arguably the best bargain in streaming." that's bec

to get a real look at the ground, my colleague sat down with the former governor of india central bankpens to be a real issue in these elections and also discussed concerns. i'm in the city of chennai. this is really the cradle of south indian culture and civilization. but it's also a bustling, modern metropolis that's home to some of the biggest companies in the world. and i'm here to meet dr raghuram rajan, an economist of international renown, former governor of india's central bank, and somebody who's been a vocal critic of prime minister narendra modi's government. hi. i want to ask mr rajan what he makes of mr. modi's ten years in power, particularly from an economic standpoint. well, as with every government, there are wins and there are misses. implementation, especially of infrastructure, has been very strong. what is worrisome is it hasn't done more to liberalize the economy. but the biggest challenge, i would say again, and that is the focus of our concerns, is that we haven't built our human capital. we haven't invested in people. we haven't. .. we had the pandemic. so many

providers of goods and services in india are branches of key russian banks, which not only help makenecessary conversion, but also open deposits and provide other specialized services. so, today there is a dialogue between countries through a plastic card and a bag of tea. for me, doing business in russia is never difficult; doing business in russia is always convenient. beneficial without any words, but the illegal sanctions curtain that the collective west brought down on us was supposed to cut off russia from the outside world. in 2014 you said that if we were disconnected from swift it would be tantamount to war, what was done to ensure that your prediction did not come true? it came true, you see, the west applied to us and started an outright war against us in the region economics, finance, now our efforts are concentrated, of course, on the development of financial markets, namely alternative ones, to the western currencies that we are accustomed to, we have a whole program for this, we believe that it... all such points as the creation of an independent system for transmittin

into it of digital currencies of central banks, and i remind you that according to projects for the introduction of digital currencies of central banks, russia, china, indias a serious challenge posed by the world community. the united states, the united states is now in a position where they are not very afraid, when they can hardly offer anyone anything constructive, and ukraine is simply being dragged to the bottom. our cause is just, the enemy will be defeated, victory will be ours, we give the floor to the news, all the best, goodbye, see you next week. hello, the evening news is on air about we will tell you the most important events right now. details for each.

for more on the outlook with india, we are joined by the head of financial markets in india and head of macrotrading for south asia at standard charter banki want to pick up on that point about government borrowing. 7.5 trillion rupees, about one trillion less than the market was expecting. what's your take on that? >> hi, paul, thanks for having me. the borrowing was less than the previous year's first half borrowing by 15%. market was expecting lower by around 5% to 7%. that's a definite surprise. even looking at the composition of the plan, the weight of the longer end bonds was at the lower end bonds largely in line with how it was the previous year. increasing the weight in the initial amount of borrowing which will happen in 15-year and longer bonds, that's in line with increased demand we see from insurance and pension investors in india where they demand is growing at a good clip of 10% to 12%. paul: there's plenty of dhand, i think there's 10 billion in government bonds since j.p. morgan announced the inclusion of ippeda in its emerging market index. is that a trend you expect to see continuing? >> absolutely. ever since the incl

plant to learn more about the process of every problem de jesus i'm thousands of people in india have gathered on the bank. so the river guns used to celebrate the head of the countries most, a color full festival. holy thirty's have been done. single smearing each other with ash from funeral pies, vibrant color powder in his sights. the safety of us on an us festival has couldn't do roads and months beginning of spring only which falls on monday instead of a very traditions across indiana. and other agent is reminded about top stores of this our israel's prime minister has told us secretary of state and the bank and he's punching the launch. it's of talk, it's ground to talk on profit and soft jobs that with or without us, that the banking was instead of 8th on the last stuff with these police that to, to push for a ceasefire. from the un security council has failed to pass a resolution quoting for about 65, russia and china. the target repeats of the resolution which was up for forward probably united states would have caused for immediate and sustained cease 5 times the release of next on the w to the

banks. this is talminadu, the southernmost state of india, right on the slope of the tea plantation jaful kantonnection between his country and russia, more precisely about the common business, where there are no intermediaries in the form of the dollar, all mutual settlements are carried out directly through rupees and rubles. jafulkant speaks excellent russian: he was educated in the soviet union. the role of the dollar is reversed. famous indian tea, how it is sorted, by leaf size, which one is suitable for bags and which one is for steeping, and how the tea is made evaporated? there are a lot of green leaves in tea , eyesight, they are left at the beginning, here on these grids on ribbons and hot air, and here moisture, moisture is pulled out, and up to 60% of the moisture comes out, conductors of goods and services in india, branches. let the collective west attack us and had to cut off russia from the outside world. in 2014, you said that if we were cut off from swift, it would be tantamount to war. what was done to ensure that your prediction did not come true? it came true, you see, th

what russia is doing and you tr trying to buy in india and hard to use the banking sector there and india's banks' resistance from our standpoint one ofs we can do is create incentives that make it hard for russia to be able to earn revenues or access to the goods they need but get other countries to be in■í alignment with us and think about refined products. when i meet with finance ministers they complain just as much. i had inflation due to russia's invasion of ukraine. and increasing in the cost of wheat and energy. many of those countries in africa or latin america are benefiting from the cap we put on refined products coming out of russia, because which are not it and buy cheaper products. our goal is to get incentives aligned to rece revenues and companies and officials in these countries want to work less with russia and more with us and if he can to ate the change we want. mike: question from our online audience. [indiscernib >> i'm sorry, that was a mistake. it's not a question. [laughter] >> we'll take our question from tess davis. [indiscernible] >> and thank you for your work on this issue. you said russia is isolated fro

would be in our diversity, the strange, all part of diversity in india, 440000000 people have been given access to back to 1000. so what are the banking system? in india, there are $350.00 the media who never has access to the daughters of access to being dollars in 1000000 people get fleet greens. so all these 1000000 people are more differentiated on the cost of the 600. all the robbers already richard rubin, the very front seat. bruce here will slip and he will be all good benefits use active doorstep. you're deprived of this stuff without any different vision. all really just for cost. last me, i would say united nations need to do that. by not blue, and this spectacle only to clean the spectacle and softening this baltic salt convenience and the sweet service. keep that convenience india democracy. as many as many there does, we see as the strong we have to get up and we all say to him, which is not a little bit rid of the with lucy or attribute in one, but it was great. right? and the final thing i want to us do i know that we're ready pushing on time. you're very busy, man. i'm calling not oscar about the middle east conflict.

but look to the west of the yangtze river valley chung chain 26 degrees for india. with this breeze off the bay of bank. all that's going to is sparks and storms in the northeast, right through bung with dash, but otherwise elsewhere across the country. it is a quiet picture to the middle east. we go still this round of intense rain moving from iraq into a ron. but it's also kicking back a band of showers and storms across central southern saudi arabia into the south west of yum. and let's go in here for a closer look. who gets tracked with some showers, kuwait, spa brain and cats are but the bulk of that energy, again falling in iran. and there's that line of showers just now dropping down into southern saudi arabia, where there had been some big storms and hailstones. but i think the worst of the rain will actually be in southern iraq. sure, as could see a month's worth in 24 hours. the palestine is once a very different place for today. most of the cities became connected to the interior in an award winning film, which is 0. well, here's historians and i'd witness accounts that portray early 20th ce

of the u.s. economy. and in india, the rbi on a crackdown drive against schedule lenders. dive deeper into what is making the central bank nervous about the financial sector. we've got a great lineup of voices, including j.p. morgan head of economic research, and the ceo of singapore's budget carrier. in the markets it's about fed and jerome powell saying you know what, rate cuts can wait, but it is appropriate to cut rates this year. pal reiterating what he's said before, but consider whether it's appropriate this year. we also heard from neel kashkari, weighing in and saying maybe he sees two or maybe just one rate cut this year. the msci asia-pacific index up about 3/10 of 1%. we are keeping and i csi 300 index. it is about the mpc. it states and we heard from the pboc governor saying there is still room for rate cuts. at rrr that investors have a wedding four. we also heard that they will make those moves if they need support in the market and we've seen some support in the market already. in terms of the csi 300 index, in positive territory right now. the yen front and center in the fx space. this office port of gov

analysts expect this later -- latest bout of weakness to trigger support from india's central bank.ts and rates strategist. david, is there cause for concern that the rupee is at such levels? >> i would say has been range bound for the last few months. this month it has been weekly. some of it has been dollar strength. some has been awaited to the yuan weakness as other asian -- asian currencies have entered this as the yuan is stabilizing. i think the next big risk is u.s. pc data is coming out later this friday. with fed chair powell speaking later that day, if the data comes in powell sounds hawkish. you see u.s. yield pushing higher, that would put more pressure on the rupee, but how is it that the central bank has plenty of reserves. it wants to defend the currency like it has done. more as plenty do so. i would expect this to be the beginning of a big decline. haslinda: baron mind india's on the verge of the bond inclusion. the rupee could recover and has lost ground. >> you see in flows with that 6.5 billion into the bonds. is it interested despite the inflows, we still see t

banks are watching the fed's plans closely. we speak exclusively to the assistant governor of the thai central bank on their outlook. in india, a key opposition leader has been arrested by the federal anti-money laundering agency just weeks before the national elections. indonesian stocks have been on a stellar run but can the new president's spending plans dent that rally? the ceo will be joining us to discuss that. let's do a check in on how markets are faring today. s&p posting the 20th time of record highs. avril: this was always going to be a pivotal week for central banks and markets. half of the world's economy setting monetary policy. we thought through -- we got through the boj and fed. in the past 24 hours, we got the surprises from the swiss, taiwan central banks. we had the pboc setting the fix above 710 for the first time in two weeks. that is spooking and traders as well. here, we hear about the geopolitics of it all. smic also potentially in the crosshairs of u.s. authorities. couple that with speedier inflation print out of japan, raising the question, are we going to see another hike from the boj? u.s. econo

of one of the bank of america notes this morning on what asian central banks are set to do after the fed. if the fed cuts rates in june, according to bank of america, china, korea, indiations for these central banks, i'm just telling you what they are, thailand and new zealand will likely join the easing camp and cut interest rates around the same time or in the second half of the year. obviously, the fed you most important along with ecb, boj, boe for market conditions. having central banks around the world moving into the easing posture together is helpful for stocks. >> i want to is you something, it came up the other day, i think rick santelli was talking about it, the balance sheet. you were talking earlier this week about the tapering of the tightening. >> correct. >> we're at -- where are we right now? >> just below $8 trillion. >> it struck me where we were at the end of the financial crisis, how much higher we are on the balance sheet and why we wouldn't want to continue to lower the balance sheet overall, in part because, you know, the next crisis could be around the corner. >> so they do want to lower the balance sheet as much as they possibly can. they don

of 16. this suggests that the central bank is managing to contain inflation. at the end of the year, russia doubled its supplies of oil and petroleum products to india.lion , respectively. such data. was presented by the ambassador to the republic denis alipov. in indian imports of these raw materials, our country ranks more than 30%. russia also maintains leadership in the supply of coal and mineral fertilizers, diamonds, sunflower oil and ferrous metals. donon's business in russia was removed from temporary state administration. president vladimir putin canceled the transfer to the federal property management agency in a decree. lawyers do not rule out that a suitable buyer has been found for the asset, the businessman notes. also, the measure will help avoid... it was sent to international investment arbitration. at the end of february , the financial times, with reference to non-public documents, wrote about plans to sell danone business of the vamin company from tatarstan. and the largest russian microelectronics manufacturer element plans to go public this year. according to the statements, the company expects to receive a valuation of 100-150

of his gdc defense. the world bank estimates that every year humans produce more than $2000000000.00 tons of garbage worldwide. at least a 3rd isn't managed in an environmentally safe manner. it wasted india. a grass roots initiative aims to create waste free communities every morning where it goes from the men's group here in dahlonega, a set of small gods to collect garbage. it's more than just schedule. they want to change the way people hand deliveries. i'm the next nearly 300 and decided to say if you're like, i mean i need, i know it in less than 500 and try to get it for friday. this like paper and i feel good. it says it is now. know how to segregate. think of it and keep it ready for pick up a beautiful dry and green solid base. the waist has been brought to this collection point read this further sought by other group members. monday's group was set up in 2015. its aim is to generate income for women to work that helps improve living conditions in that community's. today, the municipal cooperation based the salaries because it sees their work as a valuable service to the city. they are doing something which is good and something which is for them for don raymond, and not somethi

bank go on the river floor. another full man remained missing. also coming up your plane and far administered the reach of whoever is on a 2 day visit to india to boost by natural ties and promote keeps peace formula to pay the world with russia. plus the de speaks to a neighbor in your neck to this continuing her $54.00 is you beat tick you rights from the germans, which you have for known off the escaping a death sentence at that on for the image. prime of cold, promoting our sexuality and approach and research as have something new ruling. they examine whether artificial intelligence can produce better than human view. as we look at this opening results, the i'm finished manager. welcome, diverse testing for the remains of 6 workers from the baltimore bridge collapse of recovered the bodies of 2 man. they were fault of a road bike crew on the bridge when it was rammed by a cargo ship. in the early hours of tuesday, safety investigators are now inspecting the cargo ship and states article the for more information about what caused the shape to malfunction. the investigators avoiding the cargo ships right where it sits in the water. earlier searcher

gentleman of the world bank estimates that every year humans produce more than 2000000000 tons of garbage worldwide. at least a 3rd of that isn't managed and then environmentally safe manner. in western india, a grassroots initiative is now helping to educate residents about what they get rid of with the aim of waste free communities. every morning, what goods from women's group children dalinta set off for the small gods to collect garbage. it's more than just the job. they want to change the way people handled evie's. i'm the next nearly 300 and decided to say if you're like i'm in. 1 need and all in less than $500.00. and so i think it was the friday. this like paper electrical says it is now know how to segregate, think of it, and keep it ready for pick up blue for dry and green, full but based the waste is then brought to this collection point read this further sought by other group members. monday's group was set up in 2015. it scheme is to generate income for women to work that has improved living conditions in that communities. today, the municipal cooperation phase, the salaries. that's because it sees their work as a valuable service to the city. they are doing something which is

of rupees andhing else. you're trying to buy as much as you can in india and it's hard for them to do because it's hard to use the banking regime that we put in place in india's banks resistance to violating those sanctions. so from our stamp of what i most do using our sanctions and export controls is create incentives that make it hard for russia to be able to earn revenues or get access to the g need, but it at the countries to want to be an alignment with us. the same is true when you think about refined products. whence ministers from countries in africa or latin america, they can play just as much as our country's about high headline invasion of ukraine, the egypt where you saw huge increases in the cost of wheat, or huge increase in the cost of energy.e countries in africa or latin america are benefiting on the price cap we have put on refined products coming out of russia because it's met that because we are not buying it they can buy cheaper diesel and cheaper refined products frombu russia. so our goal try and get incentives aligned in a way that allow us to reduce russia's revenues, and to mean that companies

of india nationals across the world. the loan is part of the indian governments look east policy, which emphasizes religious and cultural banks. protecting civilians must be a priority. the us searches as well to delay any military offensive, and rafa without the time to and still the safety of palestinian civilians of the same time. washington continues its weapons flow to support as well. and we acknowledge from the very beginning that israel has a fundamental right to be able to defend itself. and, and so we're going to continue to support them as a, as they try to do that, ensure that they have what they need to defend their people. but we also recognize the importance of ensuring that people remain safe and gauze and a 2 things aren't mutually exclusive. or we've been clear about the need to prioritize the protection of civilians. so that, that should be a key part of any military, any plan, any, any type of operational planning to for, to account for and protect those civilians that are in the battle space. and again, we've yet to see such a plan, but we'll have an opportunity to engage the leadership here on that. so i

of interest. puts up tory notes. what are we seeing their? mark: -- >> these are obscure, issued by some banks and foreign institutions. to people who don't want to invest in indiaarket has grown substantially. i think it has seen a growth of about 50% over one year. despite heightened regulations and scrutiny from the regulators. just because they don't know who is the ultimate owner of these instruments. what we understand from our sources, banks have been making a case with the regulators to get the more time. they have started reallocating their exposures. they are trying to manage it. in the context of local savings in india coming to the market, it's not that big of a worry. in 2007, india had curbed participatory notes. we need to remain a bit nimble and wary of this aspect as well. haslinda: all this coming at a time when the r.b.i. is pretty much nervous about euphoria in the market. some say that moves are coming as preemptive measures. how is the market looking at it? how will it impact sentiment? >> i would like to think it's a preemptive measure. he sets standards globally around many things. lately, there's been comparison between what china did in

of former us dominance and control to central guns where at least 8 civilians were reportedly killed. india alpha on friday, as the ideas keeps off, its woodland, less bombardment palestinian officials, the bank types. dest told us of pounds, but 30800 people since october, the 7th of owning, he might find the following images. obsessing video shows locals, carrying the wounded, as well as bodies of the dead, to a local hospital. most of the casualties of the latest strikes in that area, a set to be children. more victims could still be trapped under the rubble of collapse, buildings which westgate cruise and voluntary is a scrambling to stick with. the un has was that more than 90 percent of goals as population is on the brink of starvation and several countries of a range, humanitarian supplies to be dropped from planes. jordan seitz's military has carried out a number of 12th to note the northern parts of the and flavin cooperation with egypt, the us, france, and belgium delivery. i'll be much anticipate today. it has been modified. tragedy is several crates of opposed to the phone and directly on the weights in crowds, injury civilians who have gathered at the 12 sides. at least 5 people

of the u.s. economy. and in india, the rbi on a crackdown drive against schedule lenders. dive deeper into what is making the central bankus about the financial sector. we've got a great lineup of voices, including j.p. morgan head of economic research, and the ceo of singapore's budget carrier.

deluge in the final for pakistan and of in northern india and indeed afghanistan, but that's, that's resolved into a few sto, shala's doesn't know the rest india, pac 7 bank. today's popular ones you like to shop is allows you to draw a picture and the sun is coming out. so because of that time she's a rising, any cutting cobble, but $22.00. and if then, what about the weather brought to you by visit castle in the miners and tried to switch, switch to new extinction. now the ami enjoys and community groups to bring the box from the bring one a one east investigates. the the hello, i'm elizabeth put on and this is counting the cost on al jazeera, your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week. the american economy is remarkably strong, but foreign costs are high and many americans can't afford to buy a home. could that send vitals.

india, bitcoin, gold. gold is something we like along with commodities as kind of a safe haven play. if you look at the disparity between central bank buying of gold and etf buying, there's a huge gap. at some point i think retail investors will come back into gold markets been i like gold -- markets. i have liked gold all year and i continue to like it. there are risks in the market and i think investors need a diversified playbook. haslinda: if there was one rotation to make what would that be? tom: it's hard to call but in terms of the mega cap u.s. equities we are talking about rotation. we are not seeing get out of u.s. equities but there is a case to take some rotation in those markets into some of the lower exposures or people-weighted type of exposures. if you look at the earnings growth, it's been very strong, but protected things ruth -- earnings growth for some of those companies, several of the companies are 30% come i think that's very optimistic. particularly going into the second half of the year, we have election risks. will there be some kind of ai regulation? we don't really know. now is the time to start looking a

just saying that the fund on those who all the bank statement of the country should at least be happy with government data showing more than 50 percent of india as follows. in debt, economist uncle my points to a growing despite at the between urban and rural india, he says that if not addressed this in balance of development, good for is the political challenge for us to come. the reason is that you see 85 percent of the form of a small in mazda and farmers. the income that they're getting from farming is roughly at, on the poverty line. okay. or even below the forward because they have very low income to kind of new funding they have to bundle. so that in that for now, heavy security forces and bob wires are stopping one jeep on the other farmers from marching to the capital city. * but they are determined to stay put miles away from their homes and families. but then they say, it is a matter of somebody who says, we've heard the protesters and not so far reached the capital daily. and i spoke earlier to journalist shallow, you out of a and asked her to tell us more about what has stopped them, getting their i suppose to follow what's stopp

bank is 3.54. the ruble is 49 kopecks, and 100 russian rubles costs 3.53 belarusian. the national marketing center of belarus has agreed on cooperation with business associations in india the visit of the belarusian delegation to this south asian state, the parties outlined a number of events to promote bilateral trade and tourism. these include the organization of a belarusian-indian business forum this year, which will be held simultaneously with the next meeting of the bilateral intergovernmental commission. there are also plans to intensify cooperation in mechanical engineering. one of the concrete steps in this direction could be a visit of indian partners to our country during the belagram exhibition. united arab emirates. will act as a partner country for the international industrial exhibition inoprom for the first time this year. the event will take place at the beginning of july in yekaterinburg , the participation of companies from more than 60 russian regions and countries of the world was already announced. the exhibition is positioned as the main industrial, trade and export platform in russia. more than 46,000 specialists visit it annually. last time bel

of india. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm steve lai. let's start injapan where there is a lot of expectation from analysts that the central bank will putn left in the year that kept that stance. for more on these expectations we have an analyst and partner at ey. we are hearing reports this is likely to be the end of the 17—year—old policy of negative interest rates? 17-year-old policy of negative interest rates?— interest rates? exactly this afternoon _ interest rates? exactly this afternoon the _ interest rates? exactly this afternoon the governmentl interest rates? exactly this i afternoon the government will announce at a press conference we are policy. . announce at a press conference we are policy- -_ we are policy. . what will this mean for— we are policy. . what will this mean forjapan? _ we are policy. . what will this mean forjapan? it _ we are policy. . what will this mean forjapan? it will - we are policy. . what will this mean forjapan? it will mean | mean forjapan? it will mean the beginning _ mean forjapan? it will mean the beginning of— mean forjapan? it will mean the beginning of an - mean forjapan? it will mean the be

addressing this rally, saying that india's democracy and constitution should be saved, and that is the motive of this major rally here. the congress party says its bankd they have been asked to pay more than $200 million in fines for allegedly violating tax rules. but the government denies any political motive behind this action, saying the law will take its own course. india's elections are due to start on 19th april and will be held in several phases. the campaign is going across the country for this mammoth exercise, but what the opposition is saying is that there is no level playing field. for example, they accuse the election commission of being biased towards the governing bjp and they said that investigating agencies are being used to cripple them, to stifle dissent, to prevent them from campaigning. however, the governing bjp denies these charges and the mammoth exercise of india's general election, in which prime minister mahendra modi is seeking a third straight term, is starting on 19th april. 30 years after it first hit our screens, gladiators is still proving to be a hit with tv audiences. an average of eight million viewers tuned in to

after expectations the bank of japan could ditch its negative interest rates as early as this month. iceland and liechtenstein, switzerland, are set to invest $100 billion in indiandia will lift tariffs on industrial products from the four european states. the deal still needs to be ratified by the four countries before it takes effect. over the last two years, india has signed trade pacts with australia and the united arab emirates. while officials say another with britain is in its final stages. now, let's turn to the middle east now where hopes for a ceasefire in gaza during the islamic holy month of ramadan have faded after mediation talks in cairo proved unsuccessful so far. that's raising concerns that the attacks on commercial ships in the red sea will increase. these attacks have been carried out by houthis who are based in yemen. a former us ambassador to yemen gave us his take to the impact of the stalled talks. what's going to happen is the threat of greater violence and perhaps even more widespread violence is going to increase because of the failure to get to a ceasefire yet. so there are several issues that were contingent on getting this ceasefire

bank of here's what's, what's the cost, malaysia? plenty of shows the into indonesia. so one or 2, so i was just around the foothills of the himalayas, but for months of india, how much of a cost on his face, dry, fine, and sunny. the unique perspective that plays students up and does told the palestinians to go to on heard voices, to humor. i try to highlight the absurdities inconsistency, proceed with the landscape. connect with our community and tap into conversations you will find elsewhere to take every day. this is going to unspeakable horror as to really alone about what's happening because of the tasks and media attention the stream on out just the or is you are paying public support for ukraine, faltering, angry farmers in poland and elsewhere upfront testing against the chief impulse from the war tone conference and governments are under pressure to take action. so what does this mean for ukraine is the war with russia interest? it's the yeah, this is inside story. the .

of what so bad? but i will send it to its title, says it be india. the customers are on the stop bank or send like people to be looking at the disruption lock it disruption, which will be the most spend, anything that you're seeing with the last of the us. he forgot to give it much. most of the main subject, the manual i shot it is physically closer to the 91. and i think this, this, this sensitivity exists in your mind. so for looking for this thing that goes, i think this might be when he made the get my mind from the ship. it's not done anything about it, but i think many of the patients lucky understand how the market's book. you know, what's the thing and expect nothing price. the fact is white basis, but the $90.00 about is because of the circuit. it needs to be the type. the start we think is price, the thirty's going to be north $450.00. uh huh. all right, yeah. okay, good points are. all right, i appreciate you saying i missed the band audi, but i mean look, so india is not purchasing venezuelan oil a ride. i mean time is a huge amount of russian oil. the flow is into india,

bank came to this conclusion. according to the regulator, savings increased by one percent over the month after a moderate outflow in january. as a result, the volume of leftovers. 15%. india also had a positive impact. 300 billion, while business lending grew at a restrained pace, the portfolio was above the forecast + 9%, as in january, against the backdrop of growing consumer activity, the volume of the loan portfolio of current lending, including car loans and credit cards. grew at a fairly dynamic pace, but this turned out to be a positive surprise, which in general shows that in these segments the sensitivity to high interest rates turned out to be weaker than one might expect. the mortgage portfolio added 7% in february . year with the second half of last year years, when the growth rate was around, a large slowdown, in fact, five times occurred, so here social standards not related to the interest rate, this is what concerns. is about 300 billion per month, this is a high figure, it is rather closer to the indicators of last year, the interest margin and interest income of banks remain quite stable, and the cost of risks, the so-called, yes, that is, this is an ind

the bank has been operating since 2019, since 2022 for its indian engineering products. it was just over 600 million, according to the council for promoting the export of engineering products of indiaeuropean commission never presented a decision to ban the import of ukrainian agricultural products, which slovakia insisted on. this was announced following the meeting of relevant eu ministers. in the agricultural sector of the republic, the restriction would protect the farmers of the european union, now they are on the verge of ruin due to the influx of cheap duty-free ones, they prohibit the import of ukrainian products , because the european commission does not listen to the demands of farmers; it has already extended several times, allowing ukrainian goods into the country at dumping prices. hungary strongly insists that autonomous trade liberalization measures. if the issue of trade in these products is not resolved, the hungarian government will maintain its ban on the import of ukrainian agricultural products into the country. germany will completely absorb the local gas network operator through a former gazprom subsidiary. in 2022, the authorities nationalized it and renamed

bank statement of the country should at least be happy. with government data showing more than 50 percent of india almost embed the economist alcomite points to a growing despite at the between urban and due to india. he says that if not addressed this in balance of development, good for the political challenge for us to come. the reason is that you see 85 percent of the form of a small and modular farmers, the income that they're getting from farming is roughly at, on the poverty line. okay. or even below the poverty because they have very low income to kind of new funding. they have to bought it. so that in that for now, heavy security forces and bob wires are stopping one jeep and the other farmers from marching to the capital city. but they are determined to stay put miles away from their homes and families. but then they say it is a matter of somebody who is now in the run up to this is us presidential election, much is being made about the thousands of my buttons crossing at the country's southern border. many of those trying to enter the us come from half way across the world and to in places like i've gone this dog feeling for thei

just saying that the phone number is to all the bank component of the country should at least be happy with government data showing more than 50 percent of india, almost in that the economist out of the life points to a growing despite of di, between urban and rural india, he says that if not addressed this in balance of development, good for the political challenge for us to come. the reason is that you see 85 percent of the foremost a small and modular farmers. the income that they're getting from farming is roughly at, on the poverty line. ok. or even below the forward because they have very low income to kind of new funding. they have to bought it. so that in that for now, heavy security forces and bob wires are stopping monday and the other formulas from marching to the capital city. but they are determined to stay put miles away from their homes and families. but then they see it as a matter of somebody that speak to a journalist, a shelter yet of in delhi for more so farmers planning to march your direction to the capital. could you please give us a sense of where things stand now and what might be stopping them for making their journey

we'll begin in india where the winds are coming in off the arabian sea. also the bay of bank also where they need. they are going to spice some storms and method pradesh. chat is scar, and westbank all state. these could be severe storms and park themselves over this area for a little bit. so copious amounts of rain, central leisure temperatures. on the high side here, the temperature is rising up and down. focused on and i do think it will be a settled weekend across the country this weekend. last seen the heat still in pool kat's at 38 degrees and no weather alerts to speak of up and down to the philippines. it's con sunshine, but also the odd passing thunder storm to be expected. rain falling from central and southern china is going to knock back the temperature. so, and who bade profits? will hon going from 16 down to 9, but this is the weather roller coaster because we're right back up to 20 degrees by tuesday. winds will be coming at just the right direction here over the next 24 to 48 hours. so we've got some more c effects. no to come for just has northern honshu isla

india in the final test in dharamsala. violence in the occupied west bank has surged since the start of the conflict last october.d there since then as israeli forces search for militants — 15 israelis have been killed in that same period. the un says children account for a quarter of the palestinians killed. our special correspondent fergal keane reports now on the case of ten—year—old amr najjar, shot dead in the village of burin on monday as he went shopping with his family. you may find his report distressing. they knew him from the beginning. long before he was made into a symbol of angry times. ten—year—old amr najjar, wrapped in the colours of hamas. but he was just a schoolboy killed going shopping with his dad. because he was killed by israeli troops, the factions celebrated him as a martyr. the plo, the marxist—leninists, hamas. all bore him to his grave, enveloped by their flags. this is a story about the killing of a child, not a symbol. amr najjar was one of three children. a good student. on march 4th, he was being driven by his father, mohammed, with his younger brother through burin when they enco

bank. so they've gotten geez, to celebrate the head of the countries most colorful festival diversities. dunston smooth each other. we've actually from funeral pyres and 5 and other houses in india. section to 60 of i thought i'd ask the festival has came to events and months. the beginning of the spring seems wholly which is on this coming . monday is celebration for very traditions across india and the full on the other side of age. the it is reminded our top story of this, our us secretary of state and to be plaintive, has arrived in israel for 12 square base, rent administered benjamin das. when y'all was, washington pushes for an immediate cease fire in guns, did you cry? and at least 2 people have reported to have been killed and several wounded in another round of russian mississauga and drove and attacked keeps as a 1000000 people are now without power. following strikes against the countries energy systems. i'm next on the definitely right documentary strand doc film looks at life in the service of 3 of us in just a moment. we're back at the top of the off a good day. the why do humming does not get drunk. why do gravitational waves squeeze all bodies? how much do we ne