india has a lot riding on hib visas, put this in perspective for us, why is this important for indianal because a lot of from donald trump that is very much making... us exceptionalism continue on, tax cuts, fiscal spending or deregulation so i think the outlook is likely to be quite robust in 2025. what is your outlook for asia? a nuanced approach. i would say perhaps you have to look at... i think in china, we are neutral on china because there is outside and downside risk but i think in india and the asean region, the outlook is bright because india is easily going to grow by 6.5 or even higher in terms of growth, so a very strong middle class domestic consumption. exports, particularly digital, are quite resilient and insulated from the whole headwinds associated with trade. headwinds associated witi us |de. headwinds associated witi us citizenship and the us citizenship and immigration services from april to september last yeari in five hib visas were given to indian origin tech companies, which is significant. even the bbc reported over 70% of hib were given to indian nationals

this expert says the hib visa scheme has been a slamdunk successful the us.re talking about 85,000 visas per year. the context, the us economy is producing 150,000 jobs per month on average so this is very small and this is critical workers and in many cases they will come here, work here, contribute and ultimately they may find their way to being citizens here and start their own companies and generate a lot more jobs. their own companies and generate a lot morejobs. i think the hib has been a slamdunk success since its inception back in 1990. the world bank _ inception back in 1990. the world bank has _ inception back in 1990. the world bank has names rising trade tensions and tariffs as big threats to growth. it has forecast that the global economy will grow by 2.7% this year. that would be one of its weakest performances since 2019. tariffs are a central part two donald trump's economic vision. he has already pledged tariffs on the us �*s biggest trading partners, us —— canada, mexico and china. apple has suspended an artificial intelligence feature that

this— support of those hib visas. this is— support of those hib visas.ndia, from the global - to america from abroad. from india, from the global south. | india, from the global south. and _ india, from the global south. and that _ india, from the global south. and that was really a dividing line between elon musk and the maga _ line between elon musk and the maga movement. he does not tick all the _ maga movement. he does not tick all the boxes but he is clearly anti _ all the boxes but he is clearly anti woke _ all the boxes but he is clearly anti woke and pro—free speech in a very— anti woke and pro—free speech in a very certain sort of way but — in a very certain sort of way but when _ in a very certain sort of way but when he moves into these pushing — but when he moves into these pushing anti—moderate, and mainstream, pro far right line of attacking countries that are not his— of attacking countries that are not his own, this is when it gets— not his own, this is when it gets to _ not his own, this is when it gets to he _ not his own, this is when

a penalty was conceded and, with half an hour to go, hibs were level, boyle again the man on the spotuld have held, but hibs were to get up off the canvas one last time. it became then three each. there was a chance to have the last word, the goal gaped, and then he wanted the ground to swallow him up. motherwell beat aberdeen 2—0 — they were a goal up at fir park when motherwell�*s tony watt felt aberdeen's slobodan rubezic had dived and said so. rubezic got up and reacted. maybe watt made the most of it, but rubezic was sent off. and from the free kick that followed, motherwell punted the ball forward and tawanda maswanhise promptly made it 2—0. aberdeen haven't won in ten games now. after both those games, celtic wrapped up a comfortable 3—0 victory over st mirren. third—placed dundee united were beaten 1—0 by hearts. dundee and ross county both picking up three points as well. sunderland kept pace with the top of the championship, beating ten—man portsmouth 1—0 to end the weekend fourth, three points off leaders leeds. wilson isidor�*s eighth goal of the season after seven minutes

beaten 2—0 at kilmarnock whilst stjohnstone remain rooted to the bottom despite a point at home to hibsgame with ten men. that's scotland taken care of. in the premier league, everton manager sean dyche says he's got bigger issues to deal than neal maupay�*s comments on social media. the striker is on loan from everton at marseille, but posted on x, "whenever i'm having a bad day, ijust check the everton score and smile." dyche is instead concentrating on their relegation battle and improving his team in the january transfer window whilst trying to balance the books they are our guidelines and notjust for us another clubs are working with them and others going into the world where maybe they have to look at their numbers and everyone is looking at the numbers to be sure and making sure they are in the correct position to move forward. the ones that are unlikely to be hundreds of millions of pounds whether you have got it or not, january is a notoriously tough month. you never know i am not saying no but it is very tough, forgetting about numbers. to alexandra palace next then — where we

hearts are up to ninth after a 3—2 win over kilmarnock, overtaking ross county who drew with hibs.86th minute. that's the men's football taken care of. just the one game in the women's super league today where manchester city moved up to second with a 4—2 win away to aston villa. villa took the lead before vivianne miedema scored twice to give the visitors the advantage at the break but that lasted all of 42 seconds after the restart, laia alexandri putting the ball into her own net, but city retook the lead through mary fowler before england internationaljess park sealed all three points. there are five games tomorrow. the pick sees leaders chelsea take on arsenal — live on bbc two at sunday lunchtime. a win would take chelsea nine points clear. over 3a,000 tickets have been sold for the game at stamford bridge. it is the best games to play, to walk out for stamford bridge with the fans behind us and so loud and, it is an amazing feeling. it is extra pressure in those games, you never know what to expect, but it is the games you love to win and hate to lose and it means something

there are six games in the scottish premiership later, in the early match, rangers kick off against hibsbad run of form, while, top of the table celtic host st mirren. dundee united take on hearts. kilmarnock host ross county and stjohnstone play dundee. australia surged to victory on day three of the fifth test in sydney to beat india by six wickets and win the five—match series 3—1. fast bowler scott boland took 6 for a5 with india adding just 16 runs to their overnight score to be bowled out for 157. australia reached their target of 162 in just 27 overs to regain the border—gavaskar trophy. the result also sees pat cummins' side qualify for the world test championship final at lord's injune, where they will face south africa. a huge win. in the context of the series, it has the biggest is that you can play at home. i felt like i was kind of seesaw throughout the whole so is to finish at 3—1 and told the driver was an amazing feeling and the extra layer is securing and the extra layer is securing a spot at the world championship final and it was always a huge goal for us championship