Multiple earthquakes -- including a powerful and shallow 6.9-magnitude tremor -- have rocked the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok, killing at least five people and setting off fresh waves of panic.

A series of quakes were recorded by seismologists throughout Sunday, the first measuring 6.3 shortly before midday which triggered landslides and sent people fleeing for cover.

US technology giants plan to intensify lobbying efforts against stringent Indian data localisation requirements, which they say will undermine their growth ambitions in India, sources told Reuters.

US trade groups, representing companies such as Amazon, American Express and Microsoft, have opposed India's push to store data locally.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed today the flood situation in rain-battered Kerala at a high-level meeting in Kochi.

Earlier, there were reports that the prime minister's helicopter could not take-off for an aerial survey of flood affected areas due to bad weather. But, there was no official confirmation from the state and the Union government.

Benchmark Sensex rebounded by over 284 points to close at 37,947.88 on Friday, while the NSE Nifty finished at a fresh lifetime high on the back of robust gains in FMCG, metal and banking stocks amid positive global cues.

Brokers said sentiment got a lift on uninterrupted buying by domestic institutional investors, while global markets were mixed after the US and China agreed to resume trade talks.

Hinduja flagship firm Ashok Leyland on Friday said it had bagged an order from Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) for supply of 300 buses.

The order is for double decker buses which have been procured against a tender under Indian Line of Credit, the company said in a statement.

Bangalore: Amazon’s country manager for India has proposed a radical idea: Log off; get a life. In an email to his team earlier this month, Amit Agarwal counselled colleagues to stop responding to emails or work calls between 6pm and 8am in the interest of “work-life harmony.” He also talked about the importance of work discipline and how to draw the line.

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a telecom tribunal order asking Reliance Communications to pay the difference between the price for spectrum in the 800 MHz band in 2013 and its auction price in 2015, as the company is in the process of selling part of its spectrum to Reliance Jio Infocomm.

The government has dropped a plan to ask ONGC to resume sharing its fuel subsidy burden if the Indian basket of crude breaches $70 a barrel. An imminent reintroduction of the practice that was discontinued in FY16 was threatening to hit the state-run hydrocarbon producer’s all-important capex plans, especially since its surplus cash had got depleted by Rs 12,000 crore due to its Rs 37,000 crore acquisition of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) last last fiscal under a government directive.

The top management at Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) believes the tractor industry will grow at a much faster of 12-14% y-o-y in 2018-19 than the earlier anticipated 8-10%. The optimism stems primarily from the fact that the monsoon could be a good one and comes on the back of two good monsoons in 2017 and 2016.

Private sector lender ICICI Bank on Friday said it has waived off late payment penalties for all retail customers in Kerala this month as well as contributing Rs 10 crore towards flood relief to the state that's facing worst rain havoc in a century.

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