All the major banks - ANZ, ASB, BNZ, Kiwibank and Westpac - are picking a 50 basis point cut on Wednesday.

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Desmond McKenzie, says repairs on the Brown's Town Transportation Centre in St Ann will get under way in short order.

Critics point to a lack of environmental protections while the government calls the 149 projects a key part of rebuilding the economy.

Tamil Nadu Minister meets Samsung representatives to discuss ongoing workers' strike, aiming for swift resolution and amicable solution.

Cochin International Airport Ltd. (CIAL) to begin second phase of Operation Pravah for flood mitigation, worth ₹80 crore.

Humanity has failed at the goal of keeping the degree of global warming below 1.5C. According to the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Jim Skea, the planet was on course to warm by 3C by 2100. But surface temperatures would rise by more than those of the sea. Furthermore, western Europe and the UK were at threat from even greater warming, possibly as much as 5C by the turn of the century. - The Sunday Telegraph

The law is 'economically necessary', the Regional Development minister says.