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Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for the creation of an “investment-friendly charter’ during the ninth Governing Council Meeting of the Niti Aayog on 27 July. This charter will outline policies, programmes and processes to attract more investments. Despite India’s potential, foreign direct investment (FDI) data shows that the country has not fully capitalized on its opportunities.

Qatar Investment Authority, SBI Mutual Fund, and foreign investment funds Nomura and Citigroup were the biggest buyers of shares in Adani group's power transmission unit's $1 billion QIP, according to a stock exchange filing by the company. The Rs 8,373.10 crore (USD 1 billion) qualified institutional placement (QIP) of Adani Energy Solutions Ltd (AESL), which closed last week, saw over 120 investors seek shares in the firm that is into power transmission, distribution and smart metering business.

As the unseeded Sen faces World N0. 2, he has hopes of 1.4 billion Indians, who are anticipating a medal from him in this edition of the Games. The 22-year-old shuttler has become the sole hope after the exits of prominent players like Satwik-Chirag and PV Sindhu. Sen and Axelsen have a shared history, as the Indian trained with the former World No. 1 in Dubai after being dropped from the Thomas Cup team.

ShareChat has raised an additional $16 million in debt financing through convertible debentures, increasing the total size of its previous debt round to $65 million, the company said on Saturday. This funding comes as the company has laid off approximately 5% of its workforce, or around 40 employees. The reductions are part of a performance improvement plan (PIP) aimed at streamlining costs and achieving profitability. The new funding was provided by EDBI, a Singapore-based fund, which is also an investor in the home design and renovation platform Livspace.

Carlsberg has said it will acquire the remaining 33.33 per cent stake in Carlsberg South Asia Pte. Ltd. (CSAPL) from its partner CSAPL (Singapore) Holdings Pte. Ltd in a deal valued at USD 744 million. CSAPL is the holding company for the Carlsberg's businesses in India (100 per cent) and Nepal (90 per cent), through its shareholding in Gorkha Brewery Private Limited (GBPL). CSAPL Holding's 33.3 per cent shares is under the control of Singapore resident C P Khetan, with whom the company was having disputes.

citizenship in 2023, the Congress on Saturday said the exodus of high-skilled and high net worth Indians is an "economic travesty" that will shrink the country's tax revenue base over the next few years. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said business personalities are increasingly relocating to places such as Singapore, UAE, the UK and other places renouncing their Indian citizenship. In a written response to queries on Indian citizens who have renounced their citizenship, Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh recently told the Rajya Sabha that more than 2.16 lakh Indians renounced their citizenship in 2023. Ramesh, the Congress general secretary in-charge communications, said the number was almost double than what it was in 2011, at 123,000.

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Rubicon Research has filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for ₹1085 crore initial public offer (IPO). The company’s IPO comprises a fresh issue of up to ₹500 crore and an offer for sale of up to ₹ 585 crore by the promoter selling shareholder, General Atlantic Singapore RR Pte Limited.

The PoC was part of Project Desft (Digital Economy Semi-Fungible Token), an exploration from the BoG and Monetary Authority of Singapore into how technology can boost the participation of micro, small, and medium enterprises from developing countries in international trade. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, first deputy governor, Bank of Ghana, says: "Project Desft is aimed at supporting SMEs in Africa to engage in international trade by removing significant obstacles they face, such as establishing trust with overseas trade partners and obtaining support in cross-border payments and supply chain finance." The project has been focusing on cross-border trade between the two nations using the UN-developed, blockchain-based Universal Trusted Credential, the Singaporean Dollar stablecoin, the Ghanaian CBDC (eCedi) and purpose-bound money. Giesecke+Devrient delivered its Filia platform for the CBDC part, while local commercial lender Fidelity Bank offered banking and exchange services for the eCedi. G+D says the PoC demonstrated a direct transfer between the transacting parties, eliminating the need for the long chain of intermediaries and corresponding high costs in cross-border payments.

COSCO Shipping Corporation has signed a preliminary agreement with Australia's Fortescue to jointly build a green fuel supply chain to help reduce pollution from the shipping industry, the Chinese company said on Monday.

Bitcoin touched the highest level since mid-June after Donald Trump expanded his pro-crypto agenda and as expectations for US Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts bolstered investor sentiment. The largest digital asset rose as much as 2.6% on Monday and changed hands at $69,462 as of 11:40 a.m. in Singapore. Smaller tokens such as Ether, Solana and meme-crowd favorite Dogecoin also pushed higher.

Reserve Bank of India said that global acceptability of the UPI and the development of CBDCs — can lower the cost of remittances, enhance their volume and also inflows to the recipients.

Investors begin the week desperate for answers to questions about the near-term path of global monetary policy after conflicting signals from key economies upended markets.

MAE SOT, Thailand—In late December, Guracha Belachew Bersha helped lead a small but brazen rebellion. He’d been enslaved for 16 months in a twisted new criminal empire in which Chinese gangsters traffic people from around the world, often to remote and lawless parts of Southeast Asia, and force them to sit at computers all day scamming strangers online. The cyber frauds they’re forced to commit are called pig butchering, named for the way the perpetrators fatten up their victims by gaining their trust before taking their money and cutting them loose.

capital gains tax rates is a welcome and logical change by the government. Under the new tax rules, stock investing will now attract a 12.5% Long-term capital gains tax (previously 10%) and 20% Short-term capital gains tax (previously 15%). Excluding tax havens such as Hong Kong, Singapore and the UAE, India’s capital gains tax remains one of the lowest globally, especially as the amount of capital gains increases. And as Finance Secretary Somnath explains, analysis of the tax base shows that capital gains tax doesn’t really impact the middle class. 88% of the capital gains income is earned by individuals with an income above Rs. 15 Lakh and 62% by those with an income greater than Rs 1 crore. The investing community in India is a minority demographic that benefits from a tax rate much lower than the marginal rate, a standard tax rate for income earned by salaried and other business incomes. Even with the new rates, we’re still much below the marginal tax rate.

A newly published report by Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs notes that the illicit use of crypto in terror financing is on the rise, though cash is still the dominant method used in transferring value.

Indonesia has launched a long-term visa scheme designed to attract foreign investors. The initiative offers visas of up to 10 years to investors, aiming to draw significant investments into Southeast Asia's largest economy.

IndiGo, IndusInd Bank, DLF, Tech Mahindra, Mankind Pharma, RBL Bank among others will be in focus due to news developments and first quarter earnings. IndiGo, IndusInd Bank, Cipla, Power Grid Shares of IndiGo, IndusInd Bank, Cipla and Power Grid will be in focus as the companies will announce their first quarter results today.

IT industry has raised concerns with the Indian government around Singapore's new framework for skilled worker visas, saying it could hinder ease of doing business due to the existing skills shortage.

Reserve Bank of India, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed a Madras High Court order asking it to determine the value of shares, assets and investor bonds of the cash-strapped Lakshmi Vilas Bank (LVB) and the Indian subsidiary of DBS Bank of Singapore. The merger proposal of LVB and DBS Bank India Limited (DBIL), the Indian arm of the Singapore Bank, was approved in 2020.

SINGAPORE—China’s government is tightening its rules on the protection of confidential information, including intensified scrutiny on international travel by people privy to state secrets, as concerns over espionage rise amid an increase in global tensions. The changes also put a heavier burden on the country’s internet companies to stop leaks of sensitive information.