The iPhone maker has bet big on India since it began iPhone assembly in the country in 2017, in line with the Indian government's push for local manufacturing

The S&P Global India services purchasing managers' index (PMI) signalled 17 months of straight growth for India's service sector - the longest sustained period since 2013

Such a deal could top $100 billion dollars at list prices, including any options, and rank among the biggest by a single airline in volume terms

The "Chinese market is not very buoyant now. Let us see how much we are able to export," Federation of Indian Mineral Industries secretary-general R.K. Sharma said