 
 
							Mumbai dropped more than 2% as it extended losses into a fifth day, while Hong Kong, Seoul, Jakarta and Wellington were all in retreat too
 
 
							Hospitalisation and ICU admissions are rising but most cases have been mild or asymptomatic
 
 
							Morrison’s WeChat account, which has about 76,000 followers, was taken over and rebranded 'Australian Chinese new life' earlier this month, with the government given no prior warning
 
 
							Consultants who specialise in selling school debentures to parents seeking to increase their children’s chances of enrolment said prices may pick up when the border reopens
 
 
							SoftBank-backed Blinkit and rival Zepto are taking on the likes of Amazon, Walmart's Flipkart and Reliance with the promise of 10-minute deliveries
 
 
							The fund, which includes the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority among its backers, will finance affordable housing projects across India
 
 
							The French and US gas giants’ withdrawal from the Yadana gas field in the Andaman Sea will deprive the junta of hundreds of millions of dollars a year in foreign revenue
 
 
							India's Reliance Industries reaped the rewards of a festival season and Covid curb-related lift in consumer demand
 
 
							US president Jo Biden says the Innovation and Competition Act is key to the country’s economic competitiveness and national security
 
 
							The region’s investors were feeling gloomy on Friday following Wall Street’s losses as a year of interest rate rises looms
 
 
							Transport ministry officials concerned about cut-price competition, an increase in membership fees and other issues
 
 
							Singtel said its wholly owned subsidiary Singtel Alpha Investments acquired 2.4 billion new shares issued by PT Bank Fama International