Bloomberg Protests over land sold for mine expansions in one of India’s top coal regions are hindering efforts to boost production and avoid a repeat of last year’s energy crunch. Residents in the central state of Chhattisgarh, where Coal India Ltd operates some of Asia’s biggest coal mines, have accused the producer of reneging on offers of employment made ...

  Bloomberg When Surojit Chatterjee walked on stage at a Coinbase Global Inc conference in Bengaluru, India, he had little reason to anticipate the fallout that would shortly ensue. Chatterjee, the company’s chief product officer, told the audience that crypto investors would now be able to use the country’s online retail payments system to transfer funds to its local exchange. ...

Bloomberg Billionaire Roman Abramovich has travelled to Kyiv in a bid to restart peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, which stalled after evidence emerged of Russian atrocities against civilians. Abramovich met with Ukrainian negotiators to discuss ways of reviving the negotiations, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The Russian billionaire, who has longtime ties to President Vladimir Putin, ...