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To access a PDF version of this newsletter, please click here http://share.thomsonreuters.com/assets/newsletters/Indiamorning/MNC_IN_05302019.pdf If you would like to receive this newsletter via email, please register at: http://solutions.refinitiv.com/MNCIndiaSubscriptionpage FACTORS TO WATCH 10:00 am: Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg attends a ICRIER event in New Delhi.
10:30 am: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant attends ASSOCHAM’s Fintech Summit in New Delhi.
2:30 pm: Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg attends ASSOCHAM’s Fintech Summit in New Delhi.
7:00 pm: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony for the consecutive second term in New Delhi.
GMF: LIVECHAT - BONDS UPDATE Reuters interest rate reporters delve into government bond markets at 5:00 pm IST. To join the conversation, click on the link: https://www.refinitiv.com/en/products/eikon-trading-software/eikon-messenger-secure-messaging/editorial-communities-financial-forums INDIA TOP NEWS • Arbitration court rejects India's plea in case against Nissan: sources The Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore has rejected India's argument that the court does not have the jurisdiction to rule on a case brought against India by Japan's Nissan Motor, according to two people and documents reviewed by Reuters.
• Arun Jaitley tells Modi he wants to step aside due to ill health Arun Jaitley, India's finance minister, has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to give him a ministerial position in the new government due to ongoing health problems.
• Vedanta's Agarwal says willing to invest in Zambia Vedanta's Chairman Anil Agarwal said on Wednesday he was prepared to invest in increasing Zambian copper production to 400,000 tonnes, creating another 10,000 jobs at Konkola Copper Mines, but said "the right framework" had to be in place.
• Samsung aims to double online smartphone sales in India Samsung Electronics aims to double its online smartphone sales in India this year to $1 billion, driven largely by a new budget range of devices, the head of its mobile business for the country said on Wednesday.
GLOBAL TOP NEWS • Taking aim at U.S., China says provoking trade disputes is 'naked economic terrorism' Provoking trade disputes is "naked economic terrorism", a senior Chinese diplomat said, ramping up the rhetoric against the United States amid a bitter trade war that is showing no signs of ending soon.
• Mueller says he could not charge Trump as Congress weighs impeachment U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller said on Wednesday his probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election was never going to end with criminal charges against President Donald Trump but he did not clear him and indicated it was up to Congress to decide whether he should be impeached.