To access the newsletter, click on the link: http://share.thomsonreuters.com/assets/newsletters/Indiamorning/MNC_IN_05262016.pdf GMF:ASIA LIVECHAT - COMMODITIES FOCUS with Gavin Wendt, Founding Director & Senior Resource Analyst, MineLife With questions being raised on more Fed rate hikes this year, Gavin joins us at 1000 IST to talk where commodities could now be headed, especially his outlook on gold, metals and crude. To join the conversation, click on the link: https://forms.thomsonreuters.com/communities/ INDIA TOP NEWS  Indian banks still resisting rate cuts as liquidity row with RBI drags on RBI has stepped up fund injections in the two months since Governor Raghuram Rajan pledged to gradually erase a cash deficit in the financial system, but commercial banks say it is still not enough for them to sharply lower interest rates.

 India's markets regulator to draft proposals on high frequency trading soon The head of India's capital markets regulator said on Wednesday it would increase monitoring of brokers and auditors and issue draft proposals for high frequency trading, laying out an ambitious agenda for itself in the year ahead.

 Samsung Elec says launching iris-recognition tablets in India South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co said on Wednesday that it is launching a new tablet device in India for government and enterprise use equipped with iris-recognition technology.

 L&T looks at new markets, forecasts faster order growth Larsen & Toubro Ltd said it is bidding for projects in Far East and Africa to counter a slowdown in its key Middle East market, which has been hurt by lower oil prices, as the industrial group forecast faster sales growth.

GLOBAL TOP NEWS  Japan's Abe to take G7 leaders to shrine as economy tops summit agenda Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe was set to escort Group of Seven (G7) leaders to the Shinto religion's holiest site on Thursday before a summit covering topics from risks to the global economy to refugees and China's maritime assertiveness.

 Takata hires Lazard, seeks cash infusion after air bag deaths Takata Corp confirmed on Wednesday it has hired investment bank Lazard Ltd to lead a financial restructuring in an effort to resolve costs stemming from its recall of tens of millions of faulty air bags linked to at least 13 deaths and more than 100 injuries worldwide.

 Trump fires his national political director -campaign sources U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has fired his national political director after six weeks on the job, campaign sources said on Wednesday.