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Biofuel Alliance (GBA) can aim for success, Gauri Singh, Deputy Director General, International Renewable Energy Agency, said India has a big role to play in the important initiative. “Innovation in business models coming from India will have a huge impact on how many other countries in the developing world can take up this entire initiative and move forward with it,” she said on November 3 while speaking at an event co-hosted by the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in the capital. The event was held from November 1-3.

China's exports fell at a faster pace than predicted in October, data showed Tuesday, as the world's second-largest economy is buffeted by faltering global demand and a sluggish domestic recovery. Beijing has sought to boost business activity in a country grappling with a major property crisis and weaker consumption since officials abolished their strict zero-Covid policy at the end of last year. Exports — long a key driver of the growth — sank 6.4 percent year-on-year last month, according to the General Administration of Customs. The reading was much worse than the 3.5 percent drop forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists and slightly heavier than September. Apart from a brief rebound in March and April, exports have been in constant decline since last October. «Export growth remained sluggish as the economic momentum in the United States and Europe slowed,» said Zhang Zhiwei of Pinpoint Asset Management, adding that external demand was likely to remain weak in coming months. Imports, however, rose 3.0 percent, bucking a forecast drop of 5.0 percent and notching the first month of on-year growth since late last year. The rise in imports could be a signal that domestic demand in China is recovering from months of weakness. But Zhang told AFP that the October «positive surprise» in imports alone is not sufficient to determine whether domestic demand is improving, pointing to other indicators such as retail sales. «Nonetheless as fiscal policy has turned more proactive, a recovery in domestic demand is likely in coming months,» said Zhang. China recorded moderate growth in the third quarter as Beijing looks to achieve its official goal of «around five percent» expansion for 2023 — one of its lowest targets

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Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies fell on Tuesday as a warning from Federal Reserve officials and signs of more economic headwinds for China dented sentiment, while the Australian dollar tumbled after the Reserve Bank struck a seemingly dovish tone.

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Denso Wave Inc. engineer who invented the two-dimensional barcode known as quick response, or QR, had never imagined that his system of labelling automotive parts would one day become a crucial pillar of monetary exchange.

Investing.com-- Chinese exports fell more than expected in October amid worsening overseas demand, while an unexpected rise in imports saw China’s trade surplus shrink to its worst level in 17 months. 

Investing.com-- The Reserve Bank of Australia hiked interest rates as expected on Tuesday, citing a slower-than-expected decline in inflation while also hiking its outlook for consumer inflation over the next two years.

Investing.com-- Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Tuesday as a rebound in the dollar weighed, while weaker-than-expected trade data from China also raised concerns over sluggish demand in the world's largest oil importer. 

Investing.com-- Asian stocks retreated on Tuesday after four straight days of gains as investors awaited more economic cues from China and Australia, while South Korean shares saw a heavy dose of profit taking. 

BEIJING (Reuters) — China's imports unexpectedly grew in October while exports contracted at a quicker pace, in a mixed set of indicators that showed the recovery in the world's second-largest economy remains uneven.

₹549.37 crore, according to NSE data. DIIs bought equities resulting in an inflow of ₹595.70 crore, the exchange data showed.Oil held a modest advance after Saudi Arabia and Russia’s announcements that they would prolong supply cuts through the end of the year was balanced by a worsening demand outlook.The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.64%.

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China's attempts to keep the yuan from falling contributed to last week's chaos in money markets, sources involved say, pointing to the pressure behind the scenes as Beijing tries to guide its economy and markets through a major slowdown.

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan's real wages slipped in September for an 18th month, government data showed on Tuesday, with rising prices squeezing consumers' purchasing power, and likely to add to pressure from labour groups for higher wage increases.

Victoria’s Suburban Rail Loop Authority has spent $126 million during its first 18 months of operations, with the “key achievement” being the laying of a 630-metre sewer pipe, annual reports reveal as experts call for it to be paused.

Ebbw Vale, located in Blaenau Gwent, Southeast Wales, a concerning trend has emerged where some residents are having fast food delivered to their homes not once, not twice, but three times a day. Ebbw Vale, often dubbed the «UK's fattest» town, is grappling with astonishing levels of obesity, and the prevalence of takeaway restaurants, where customers return daily without fail, is a significant contributor to this issue.

Market watchers are not expecting any further interest rate hikes from the Bank of Canada in the current tightening cycle, according to a survey released Monday.

Seeking to generate excitement around a largely lackluster economy, Chinese Premier Li Qiang is pledging to continue deepening reforms, expand free trade zones and relax market access for foreign investment

Stocks are drifting as Wall Street’s wild recent moves calm a bit

Estonia's government says it will allow Taiwan to open a nondiplomatic representative office of Taipei in the Baltic country to boost economic and cultural ties with the self-governing island

Indian stock indices rallied for a third straight session on Monday, closing higher by nearly 1% on gains in IT, private banks and capital goods shares. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) on Monday sold stocks of Indian companies worth ₹8,291.34 crore and bought stocks for ₹7,741.97 crore, resulting in an outflow of ₹549.37 crore, according to NSE data. FIIs offloaded equities worth ₹12.43 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.