India's Government unveil budget plans

Electricity prices in the country have soared since the government cut energy subsidies to obtain a $3bn bailout from the International Monetary Fund leading to protests. We hear how this is impacting individuals and businesses. Also in the programme, we get the latest from Gabon ...  Show more

US commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, is calling on Beijing to reduce the risk of doing business in China for American companies. 

Our Head of India Research and Chief India Equity Strategist lays out his bullish post-election view on India, explaining why the market is likely to drive a fifth of global growth in the coming decade.

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Indian prime minister Narendra Modi looks set to secure a third term in office with a narrower-than-expected parliamentary majority. We are live in New Delhi as the vote count continues. On Wall Street the Dow falls 100 points on the first trading day of June as U.S. manufactu ...

Two years ago India was being hailed as the bright spot in a gloomy global economy. But its much touted economic boom is now faltering. The FT’s South Asia bureau chief Amy Kazmin, asked India’s former central bank governor, Raghuram Rajan, for his view on what’s causing the slow ...  Show more

The government's new pension pact is a British way of doing business. At least that's what one of its key architects, the City of London's Lord Mayor Nicholas Lyons, tells us. We dig into how it will work and how much he believes it will help boost growth. Also, new labour market ...  Show more