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Mumbai paralysed after heaviest rain in more than 10 years

Bloomberg The heaviest downpour since 2005 inundated Mumbai, delaying trains and planes and spurring the city administration to declare a holiday. Flights to Mumbai were delayed, diverted or cancelled after a Boeing Co 737 aircraft operated by SpiceJet Ltd overshot the runway amid heavy rains. Precipitation over the past 24 hours was the second-heaviest on record, said KS Hosalikar, deputy ...

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Moody’s India unit CEO put on leave amid probe

Bloomberg Moody’s Investors Service’s India unit has put its chief on leave amid a probe into a controversial rating decision, in the latest sign of trouble in the nation’s credit evaluation industry. ICRA Ltd’s board has decided to place Chief Executive Officer Naresh Takkar on leave, the company said in an exchange filing. The rater is examining concerns raised in ...

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Warburg venture bets on warehouses in India

Bloomberg Embassy Group, an Indian real-estate developer, that has partnered with Warburg Pincus, has spotted a winner in India’s e-commerce slug-fest: logistics. Embassy is looking to build warehouses and industrial parks near eight big Indian cities that can store goods for retail giants as billionaires including Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani and Amazon.com Inc’s Jeff Bezos clash for dominance in ...

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