Bloomberg India’s basmati rice exports may drop to a three-year low this year as the European Union tightens a fungicide rule and local prices strengthen. Exports may decline as much as 5 percent to 3.79 million metric tons in the year than began on April 1 from a year earlier, said Vijay Setia, president of All India Rice Exporters Association. ...

Bloomberg Huochebang and Yunmanman, the two biggest apps for Uber-like truck services in China, are in talks to merge, people familiar with the matter said. Wang Gang, a backer of Yunmanman and an angel investor in ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing, is the top candidate to become chief executive officer if the companies merge, the people said, asking not to be ...

Bloomberg For jewellers in the world’s second-largest gold market, business is yet to recover from the slump that followed India’s decision to ban high-value currency notes a year ago. Ask Bachhraj Bamalwa, who has spent four decades in the industry. As PM Narendra Modi prepared to address the nation last November to announce demonetisation, Bamalwa was busy wrapping up a ...