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India plans to raise spending on new military hardware by nearly 18% in the coming financial year, strengthening its capabilities as tensions with Pakistan persist....

India is looking to remove taxes on import of equipment for processing critical minerals and spur manufacturing of rare earth magnets locally, a move aimed at minimizing dependence on China....

The Indian government proposed fresh steps to boost the nation's municipal bond market and encourage civic bodies to issue higher value debt as rising urban infrastructure needs weigh on the federal government's budget....

OPEC+ is close to ratifying plans to pause production increases in March, delegates said ahead of the group's online meeting on Sunday....

Saudi Arabia's economy expanded at the fastest pace in three years in 2025, with the oil sector emerging as a stronger engine of growth under new OPEC+ supply policy....

Nordic construction firm NCC AB is in advanced talks to sell its industry business to a consortium including CRH Plc and Heidelberg Materials AG, two of the world's biggest building materials companies, according to people familiar with the matter....

India will continue to offer the existing tax waivers for imports of nuclear power equipment until 2035, regardless of the size of the projects, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech on Sunday....

India is seeking to draw more money from its overseas nationals into local equities as global funds pull back amid concerns over corporate earnings and more attractive returns elsewhere....

Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said the company's proposed $100 billion investment in OpenAI was “never a commitment” and that the company would consider any funding rounds “one at a time.”...

Saudi Arabian equities dropped the most in almost eight months on Sunday as a global metals selloff hit local miners and speculation intensified over the possibility of military attacks involving the US, Iran and Israel....

India will extend a tax-holiday at its international finance hub to boost the appeal for foreign businesses setting up shop there, according to the country's budget documents....

India will offer a two-decade tax holiday to overseas firms that provide global data center services from the country, stepping up efforts to woo investors in its fast-growing digital infrastructure sector....

India expects to receive a record 3.16 trillion rupees ($34.4 billion) in dividends from its central bank and state-owned financial institutions in the fiscal year starting in April, according to budget documents tabled in the Parliament on Sunday....

India plans to invest 12.2 trillion rupees ($133 billion) in infrastructure in the next financial year, about a 9% increase from last year, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government steps up spending to accelerate an overhaul of transport and logistics networks....

India raised taxes on some equity transactions in a bid to further stem speculative trading by retail investors....

Shares of India's electronics manufacturing services companies rose on Sunday after the finance minister set aside 400 billion rupees ($4.3 billion) to boost the sector and position the country as a global hub for the sector....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government plans to sell a record amount of bonds in the coming fiscal year, a move that risks adding further pressure to local debt markets amid waning demand....

Price, relevance, conviction — Bitcoin is bleeding all three....

Indonesia has permitted the artificial intelligence tool Grok to resume service after Elon Musk's X provided assurances to the government following its ban for producing sexualized content....

Africa is emerging as a major betting powerhouse, but governments across the continent are struggling to keep pace with the regulatory challenges rising alongside it. Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja spoke with RISE Mzansi MP Makashule Gana and Garron Whitesman, founder of Whitesmans Attorneys, about the current regulatory landscape and the pressure to strengthen oversight. (Source: Bloomberg)...