Bloomberg India’s most valuable steelmaker is cutting output to step up supplies of medical-grade oxygen as the country grapples with a devastating shortage of the life-saving gas amid surging coronavirus infections. JSW Steel Ltd said it is reducing output to augment liquid medical oxygen supply to more than 900 tons a day by April-end, and more than 20,000 tons for ...

Bloomberg In the race to vaccinate citizens against Covid-19, Japan should be a front-runner. It has nearly universal healthcare coverage and pharmaceutical prowess, not to mention a pending national election, a large elderly population and the looming Olympics to motivate political leaders to move fast. Yet it has the dubious distinction of being among the worst performers when it comes ...

Bloomberg Maruti Suzuki India Ltd’s profit narrowed and earnings trailed estimates as a resurgent Covid-19 outbreak hit consumer demand in Asia’s third-largest economy. Net income fell 9.3% to 11.7 billion rupees ($157 million) in the three months ended on March 31, the unit of Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp said in a statement. That’s less than the average analyst estimate of ...