India Opens Coal Mining to Competition

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India is to allow private firms to mine coal for commercial use. The BBC's Suranjana Tewari in Mumbai explains the background. Also in the programme, as Venezuela launches its own oil-backed cryptocurrency, our regular economic commentator Roger Bootle assesses the health of the cryptocurrency sector. We have a report from Spain on a flurry of corruption scandals that have been plaguing politics in the country. US retailer Walmart has announced a 42% drop in earnings, despite an increase in sales. Neil Saunders is managing director of GlobalData Retail, and interprets the firm's latest results. Plus we discuss with John Stables, a media barrister at 5 Raymond Buildings, the case of a comedian who is facing a defamation lawsuit over jokes she made about her ex-husband. (Picture: A coal mine in India. Picture credit: Getty Images.)