Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day

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India shifts 50,000 troops to the border with China. Crypto exchange Binance is banned in the U.K. And UBS will allow up to two-thirds of its workers to adopt a hybrid work-from-home/office model.Here’s what you need to know to start your day.

India has redirected at least 50,000 additional troops to its border with China in a historic shift toward an offensive military posture against the world’s second-biggest economy. Although the two countries battled in the Himalayas in 1962, India’s strategic focus has primarily been Pakistan since the British left the subcontinent, with the long-time rivals fighting three wars over the disputed region of Kashmir. Yet since the deadliest India-China fighting in decades last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration has sought to ease tensions with Islamabad and concentrate primarily on countering Beijing. Meanwhile, a bad bank in India that’s expected to launch this month may help reduce one of the world’s worst bad-loan piles.