India's biggest telco Jio said on Monday it will begin rolling out 5G services for subscribers in the next two months. Owner Mukesh Ambani said it has committed $25bn to the expansion

Shares on mainland China slipped on Friday, but Hong Kong rose on news of a possible deal between the US and China with audit teams due to conduct initial checks in the city

Adani said claims that NDTV's founders are not able to sell off shares are "baseless" and "untenable". But the issue has taken the spotlight off Adani's huge $29-billion debt load

Nayara Energy's Russian parent Rosneft has already been hit by Western sanctions after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and traders are concerned the Indian refiner will suffer the same fate.

Markets fell in Hong Kong and Shanghai amid the bleak economic outlook in China, but shares edged up in Australia and India

Asian markets slid lower on Tuesday amid expectations of a further rate hike in the US, the slowdown in China, but financial stocks helped to pull India's Nifty 50 to a positive level

India is set to sign a $3-billion deal with the US for 30 top-level military drones for surveillance of their border with China and the Indian Ocean

The plan being discussed by the two nations would enable the use of Russia's Mir cards at India ATMs and Point of Sale terminals, and India's RuyPay cards in Russia, said the report.

"The hybrid bet is a turning point,'' said a person with direct knowledge of Toyota's plans. ``It will be a litmus test for Toyota's future and success in India.''

Russia claims to be the only country that can do a complete transfer of technology in hi-tech defence equipment, the report said

Nomura lowered its China economic growth forecast, citing dismal July activity data, the lingering impact of the pandemic, and the worst heatwave in six decades.

Japan's Nikkei closed above 29,000 for the first time in seven months and China and Hong Kong stocks rose. South Korea was down.