Daily News Monitor: 22 August 2017

HEADLINES: 

1. Consumer confidence in India drops in April-June: Nielsen

2. India agrees to discuss its investment policy in BRICS

3. Economists’ expectations of GDP growth: From 6.1% to 6.7% for Q1

4. Retail inflation to be within RBI’s 2-6% target: BofAML

5. India, Hong Kong trade increases by 40% in H1CY17

6. ‘352 km Mizoram NH to boost ties with Myanmar; provide new trade route’

7. Investment in India’s retail market touched $200 million in Jan-Jun 2017: CBRE report

8. Japan’s Miniso sets up shop in India, eyes Rs 10,000 crore (USD 15bn) revenue in 2 years

9. Flipkart to let sellers sell products globally through eBay

10. GST pulls down India Inc net by 15.7% to Rs 87,475 crore (USD $14bn) in Q1

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