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• Oct 30, 2026 India’s Health Cover Reaches Nearly Half the Population, but Hospital Costs Still Vary Sharply Rural health coverage climbed to 47.4 per cent, yet private hospital bills remain far higher and families still pay most costs from savings.
• Oct 30, 2026 Odisha Deploys Helicopters and Rescue Teams as Floods Isolate Ganjam and Gajapati About 50,000 people are severely affected in Ganjam as floodwaters disrupt roads and limit access to stranded communities.
• Oct 30, 2026 Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals Targets Overseas Growth With New Brand Identity Tuticorin Alkali is tying a sustainability-led brand refresh to broader customer ambitions, with its first ammonium chloride shipment to the United States.
• Oct 30, 2026 Gold Prices Fall Across Indian Cities, With 22-Carat Rates Down ₹155 per Gram Gold rates fell across listed cities. Delhi had the highest quoted 22-carat price, while Chennai and Hyderabad shared the lowest.
• Oct 30, 2026 India’s Data Centre Tax Holiday Draws Cloud Demand, but Operating Rules Remain Pending Tax certainty and AI demand are drawing global cloud players to India, while pending rules and infrastructure costs could slow investment.
• Oct 30, 2026 India’s Social Security Board to Shape Welfare Schemes for Gig Workers A new national board will recommend and monitor welfare schemes for gig, platform and other unorganised workers, with at least three meetings each year.
• Oct 30, 2026 Bay of Bengal System Raises Prospect of Heavy Rain Across Southern India A developing system could bring very heavy rain to Coastal Andhra Pradesh, alongside a broader spell of showers, thunderstorms and strong winds across the penin...
• Oct 30, 2026 Former Coro Health Staff Plan Worker-Owned Healthcare IT Cooperative in Kerala Twenty-six professionals have signed up to form a healthcare IT cooperative after Coro Health’s closure left more than 800 people without jobs.
• Oct 30, 2026 NIIT Learning, Sagility and NBCC Lead a Mixed Set of Company Moves NIIT agreed to pay up to $17.6 million for Bluewater Learning, while a reported Sagility stake sale and NBCC property bids put other figures in focus.
• Oct 30, 2026 Blackstone Weighs US$1.9 Billion Sale of Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho Offices The proposed sale would come about two years after Blackstone’s roughly 400 billion yen purchase, with digital securities also in the mix.
• Oct 30, 2026 Trucordia Connects Agency Systems to Reduce Manual Insurance Work Trucordia says connected workflows and shared task views help staff cut routine work and spend more time with clients.
• Oct 30, 2026 PAG to Acquire 51.016% of Evergrande Property Services for US$509.8 Million PAG’s HK$4 billion deal would give it control of Evergrande Property Services, with a further offer and approval conditions still ahead.
• Oct 30, 2026 Five Long-Serving Singapore CEOs and the Business Shifts That Defined Their Tenures From SGX’s planned succession to major shifts at UOB, SIA, Keppel and ST Engineering, five long CEO tenures reflect changing business priorities.
• Oct 30, 2026 HSBC Weighs Insurer Cover for Data Center Loans as AI Finance Expands HSBC is discussing credit insurance for project loans as AI infrastructure borrowing grows and insurers signal limited capacity.
• Oct 30, 2026 Malaysia’s 2027 Budget Clears Initial Hurdle After Anwar Secures Opposition Support Anwar won backing for Malaysia’s 2027 spending plan through a pact offering constituency funds and setting out institutional reform conditions.
• Oct 30, 2026 Japan to Reduce Fuel Subsidies as Energy Costs Strain Households Japan will raise subsidised fuel prices by 5 yen a litre monthly from December, easing public costs while adding pressure on households and businesses.
• Oct 30, 2026 MPACT Faces China Property Pressure as Divestments Stall and Singapore Assets Support Income MPACT’s China properties face falling rents and valuations as sales prove difficult. VivoCity’s growth and planned upgrades offer support amid overseas weakness...
• Oct 30, 2026 Bank of Japan Holds Rate at 1.25% as Inflation Target Comes Into Reach The BOJ kept its rate at 1.25% but shifted its focus to containing inflation near 2%, with a December increase in view.
• Oct 30, 2026 ADB Builds Singapore Team to Mobilise Private Capital for Asian Projects ADB has doubled its Singapore specialists to about 30 as it targets US$13 billion in private capital annually by 2030.
• Oct 30, 2026 Pennsylvania Flood Disclosure Law Adds Five Risk Questions to Home Sales Starting in July 2028, sellers must disclose flood history, coverage and claims, giving buyers more information as only about 1% of Pennsylvania households carr...