Morning News Call - India, January 18
To access the newsletter, click on the link: http://share.thomsonreuters.com/assets/newsletters/Indiamorning/MNC_IN_01182017.pdf If you would like to receive this newsletter via email, please register at: https://forms.thomsonreuters.com/india-morning/ FACTORS TO WATCH 10:35 am: Federal cabinet likely to meet in New Delhi.
LIVECHAT-REVIEWING POLICY FRAMEWORKS Paul Sheard, chief economist at S&P, talks at 05:30 pm about the global economic outlook, impact of Brexit and shares his view on rethinking policy frameworks. To join the conversation, click on the link: https://forms.thomsonreuters.com/communities/">https://forms.thomsonreuters.com/communities/ LIVECHAT-INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES Scott Minerd, Global Chief Investment Officer at Guggenheim Partners shares his views at 06:30 pm on investment opportunities in 2017. To join the conversation, click on the link: https://forms.thomsonreuters.com/communities/">https://forms.thomsonreuters.com/communities/ INDIA TOP NEWS Modi urges Chinese restraint as Trump handover nears Growing military ambitions in the Asia-Pacific are creating security risks, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday in a coded message to China to exercise strategic restraint.
Government seeks up to $2.2 bln dividend from Hindustan Zinc - sources India is seeking a dividend of up to $2.2 billion from partly state-owned Hindustan Zinc Ltd, three people with knowledge of the matter said, as New Delhi targets a boom in the base metal to help shore up crumbling public finances.
Indian online healthcare platform Practo raises $55 mln in fresh funding Indian online healthcare platform Practo said on Tuesday it had raised $55 million from new and existing investors in a fresh round of funding led by China's Tencent Holdings.
GLOBAL TOP NEWS Britain to leave EU market as May sets "hard Brexit" course Britain will quit the EU single market when it leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday in a decisive speech that set a course for a clean break with the world's largest trading bloc.
Samsung chief questioned behind closed doors in arrest warrant hearing A South Korean judge questioned Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee behind closed doors to decide whether he should be arrested over his alleged role in a corruption scandal that led parliament to impeach President Park Geun-hye.
In Davos, Xi makes case for Chinese leadership role Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a vigorous defence of globalisation on Tuesday, pushing back against the "America First" rhetoric of incoming U.S. president Donald Trump and signalling Beijing's desire to play a bigger role on the global stage.