India’s forex reserves edge towards $600 billion, hit near 1-year high

MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s foreign exchange reserves rose for a third consecutive week and stood at $599.53 billion for the week ended May 12, their highest level since early June, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) statistical supplement showed on Friday. That is an increase of $3.55 billion from the previous week. Reserves had risen…

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Tesla ‘serious’ on establishing India production, innovation base, minister says

By Munsif Vengattil and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Tesla Inc is “serious” about its plans to establish a manufacturing base in India, the country’s deputy minister for technology told Reuters in an interview on Friday, a day after meeting senior executives of the electric vehicle maker. The Elon Musk led U.S. automaker held…

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Factbox-Key excerpts from G7 leaders’ statement on Ukraine

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Leaders of the world richest democracies agreed on Friday to stiffen sanctions against Russia and pledged financial support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion. Below are key extracts from the Group of Seven leaders’ statement. NEW SANCTIONS “we will broaden our actions to ensure that exports of all items…

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China will resolutely curb large fluctuations in exchange rate – central bank

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will resolutely curb large fluctuations in the exchange rate and study the strengthening of self-regulation of dollar deposits, the central bank said on Friday. The comment comes after the yuan dropped to multi-month lows and breached the closely watched 7-per-dollar level, pressured by a sputtering economic recovery, low yields and the…

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G7 leaders confirm need for governance of generative AI technology

TOKYO (Reuters) – Group of Seven leaders meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, on Friday acknowledged the need for governance of generative artificial intelligence (AI) and immersive technologies. The leaders agreed to have ministers discuss the technology as the “Hiroshima AI process” and report results by the end of the year, according to a summary of a…

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Biden likely to get another update on budget talks on Friday -spokesperson

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is likely to get another update from his team on budget negotiations with Republicans on Friday night in Japan, where he is traveling for the Group of Seven (G7) meetings, a spokesperson said. Biden was also planning to leave the G7 leaders’ dinner early, according to spokesperson…

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Turkey’s net FX reserves hit 21-year low of $2.3 billion before vote

ANKARA (Reuters) – The Turkish central bank’s net international reserves dropped some $4.45 billion to a 21-year low of $2.33 billion in the week to May 12, as forex demand surged ahead of elections, official data showed on Thursday. The bank’s total gross reserves plunged $9 billion in the same week to $105.13 billion, the…

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