Bloomberg India is planning to enhance its meteorological forecasting capability to more accurately predict severe weather in a localised manner. The Ministry of Earth Sciences will send a proposal to the government for spending $308 million in five years to install more radars, supercomputers and special observatories, said M. Rajeevan, secretary of the ministry. The modernisation programme will help the …

Bloomberg Palm oil imports by India, the world’s biggest buyer, climbed for an eighth straight month in September as lower international prices prompted traders and refiners to buy more to meet festival demand. Imports advanced 20.4 percent to 931,637 metric tons in September from a year earlier, the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India said. Total vegetable oil purchases, including sunflower …

­­­­­­­­­­­Bloomberg The US Supreme Court agreed to decide whether law enforcement officials conducting a criminal investigation can demand data held overseas by Microsoft Corp. and other tech companies in a high-stakes clash over digital privacy. The justices will review a federal appeals ruling that the Trump administration says has become a major obstacle in criminal probes. Already, Google and Yahoo, …