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Bloomberg India’s federal government has warned television stations not to broadcast images of protests against a new religion-based citizenship law, as it intensifies attempts to quell growing anger over what demonstrators say is an attack on the country’s secular constitution. At least 18 people have been killed over the last week as police cracked down on demonstrators and more than ...

Bloomberg An Italian parliamentary body has told the government to “very seriously” consider banning Huawei Technologies Co and other Chinese equipment suppliers from the country’s fifth-generation mobile networks. In a report concluding a yearlong review, the intelligence and security committee said concerns about using Chinese companies to install and maintain 5G networks in Italy were “largely grounded,” given the Beijing ...

Bloomberg Southeast Asia is set for another year of low inflation, generating difficult choices for the region’s central banks. S&P Global Ratings sees inflation remaining below central bank targets in most cases in 2020, according to Shaun Roache, S&P’s chief APAC economist in Singapore. Policy makers may soon have to think about using tools other than interest rates to achieve ...

Bloomberg Japan’s cabinet approved a record budget for next fiscal year, with social security costs pushing up the bill for a government already struggling to rein in the developed world’s biggest public debt load. Spending by the Japanese government will increase by about 1.2% to 102.7 trillion yen ( in the year starting April, the Finance Ministry confirmed. Outlays on ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Dr Nawal Al Hosany, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena), said that the UAE’s contributions to the renewable energy sector have made it a model to follow, with investments worth $12 billion covering 49 renewable energy projects across 25 countries, producing some 4GW of energy supplies to communities. Al Hosany noted ...

Fujairah / WAM His Highnesss Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Fujairah, stated that fulfilling the needs of Emiratis is one of the UAE’s leading priorities and is part of its strategic plans. He also noted the country’s keenness to implement development projects to support UAE citizens and improve their living standards. Sheikh Hamad ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Multi Commodities Centre, (DMCC) – the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – has announced a set of new rules and regulations effective from January 2, 2020 to further enhance the ease of setting up and doing business in DMCC. The new regulations update DMCC’s existing company law ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The General Command of Abu Dhabi Police (ADP), announced on Wednesday the reduction of traffic violations committed before December 22, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, by 50 percent. Black points and penalties for impounded vehicles will also be cancelled for three months, the General Command explained. ADP also announced a new scheme, beginning December 22, ...

Bloomberg Tata Sons Ltd suffered a shock defeat as an Indian court ordered it to reinstate the chairman it fired in 2016, a ruling that may paralyse the $110 billion conglomerate’s plan to revive growth by selling assets, finding new partners, and cutting costs. An appeals court on Wednesday said former chairman Cyrus Mistry was improperly ousted from the Tata ...

Bloomberg The US government is weighing new limits on sales of chips and other vital components to China’s Huawei Technologies Co, sparking another furious round of lobbying by technology firms. Industry associations representing US chipmakers, software companies and manufacturers have written to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in recent weeks arguing against the changes, according to copies obtained by Bloomberg ...