New Delhi / WAM India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, who deals with the Gulf and the rest of the Arab world, V Muraleedharan, has held a meeting with Indian ambassadors in the Gulf to discuss initiatives to resume passenger flights to India from their countries of accreditation. “Our ambassadors were requested at that meeting to take up with …

Bloomberg Oil falls this week for the first time since May after days of volatile trading in the wake of Opec+’s stalemate over a production increase in the near term. Futures in New York declined 0.8% this week, although the US crude benchmark closed higher amid a broader market rebound. A stronger dollar makes commodities priced in the currency less …

Bloomberg China’s central bank cut the amount of cash most banks must hold in reserve, a move that went further than many economists had expected and suggested growing concerns about the economy’s faltering recovery. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) will reduce the reserve requirement ratio by 0.5 percentage point for most banks, according to a statement. That will unleash …