AFP An International Olympic Committee (IOC) official said on Sunday that detailed options for moving some Tokyo 2020 venues will be presented this week at a key four-party meeting. Tokyo is eyeing ways to save money after warnings that skyrocketing costs could hit an eye-watering $30 billion — four times the initial estimate and almost triple that of the …

  AFP Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shock decision to scrap most of India’s curr- ency was hailed by some as a masterstroke against endemic corruption, but signs are emerging that it may hit the economy hard. The sweeping overnight abolition of all high-value notes was supposed to bring billions in so-called “black”, or undeclared, money back into the formal system. …

  Bloomberg Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi used a radio address on Sunday to assure the country that the cash crisis caused by his plan to remove large-denomination bills from circulation will ease within his proposed 50-day period. Modi said in the monthly radio address that the difficulties India has encountered since he announced a ban on the use of …