MORNING NEWS CALL FACTORS TO WATCH 10:00 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an interactive session with students in New Delhi. LIVECHAT - FRONTIER MARKETS We will chat with Gavin Serkin, Managing Editor of Frontier Funds Media & Intelligence at 4:30 pm IST, to discuss all things frontier markets. To join the conversation, click here INDIA TOP NEWS JSW Steel, Duferco in talks on landmark steel pre-payment deal Indian conglomerate JSW Steel and global trading firm Duferco are in advanced talks on a five-year cash-for-steel prepayment deal, four sources familiar with the matter said, in a rare move for the industry. Jet Airways seeks shareholder approval for debt to equity swap Jet Airways said on Monday it would seek shareholder approval next month to convert existing debt into equity, part of efforts by the cash-strapped Indian airline to resolve its financing problems. Snapdeal backs India's e-commerce curbs, assures compliance Even as India's new e-commerce curbs sting global giants Amazon.com and Walmart-owned Flipkart, their local rival Snapdeal is cheering the move. Bank of India aims for Q4 profit as it tackles bad loans Bank of India aims to return to profit in the January-March quarter as it focuses on reducing bad loans, its chief executive said on Monday, after the state-run lender logged its biggest quarterly loss since at least 2005. Canara Bank December-quarter profit soars 152 percent Canara Bank reported a 152.5 percent surge in quarterly net profit on Monday, buoyed by higher interest income and a write-back of provisions made for mark-to-market losses. Tata Power quarterly profit dives nearly 79 percent Tata Power Co's quarterly profit plunged nearly 79 percent, well below market expectations, dented by higher expenses. Zee Entertainment rebounds as co denies demonetisation-linked deposits Shares of Zee Entertainment Enterprises clawed back on Monday from a 33.5 percent plunge in the previous session, after the company denied any role in demonetisation-related transactions that are being probed by an Indian watchdog. India's Modi seen appeasing voters, putting reforms aside in pre-election budget Desperate for five more years in power, India's Hindu nationalist government will woo rural and urban middle-class voters with farm relief measures and tax cuts, said officials privy to plans for the final budget before a general election. GLOBAL TOP STORIES U.S. charges China's Huawei with conspiring to violate Iran sanctions The United States on Monday announced criminal charges against China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, escalating a fight with the world's biggest telecommunications equipment maker and coming days before trade talks between Washington and Beijing. Japan cuts view of exports as U.S.-China trade war hurts trade Japan has cut its assessment of exports in January for the first time in three months due to the trade war between the United States and China in a warning that the fallout is spreading to the world's third-largest economy.