By Aftab Ahmed and Nupur Anand NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s central bank is likely to raise its inflation projection for the current fiscal year at its June monetary policy meeting and will consider more interest rate hikes, a source aware of the development said on Wednesday. In its first rate move in two years …
By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s tech-to-autos Tata Group is drawing up plans to launch a battery company in India and abroad, its chairman N Chandrasekaran said on Wednesday, as Tata deepens its push to build electric vehicles. The group is making a transition towards sustainability across businesses which includes a clean mobility …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s power ministry on Wednesday asked state-run Power Finance Corp and Rural Electrification Corp to arrange short term loans for power plants using imported coal that are facing financial stress or corporate debt restructuring. India last week invoked an emergency law in a bid to start generation at some idle power …
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By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp plans to make India a manufacturing hub for electric vehicle parts to meet demand there as well as for export to Japan and some ASEAN countries, a senior company executive told Reuters. The carmaker plans to start by producing e-drives or electric powertrain parts used …
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By Rama Venkat BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares on Wednesday fell to their lowest in two months, extending losses for a fourth straight session as oil prices rose, while investors kept an eye out for U.S. inflation data for cues on the Federal Reserve’s rate hike plans. The NSE Nifty 50 index was down 0.45% at …
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LUSAKA (Reuters) – Vedanta Resources has challenged Zambia’s appointment of a new Provisional Liquidator for Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) following the resignation of the previous office holder. Zambia’s previous government put KCM into the hands of liquidator Milingo Lungu in May 2019, triggering an ongoing legal dispute with Vedanta Resources, KCM’s parent company. The government …
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By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s environment ministry has allowed coal mines with clearances to increase output by 40% to step up production by up to 50% without seeking feedback from locals, it said in a memo reviewed by Reuters. The decision was taken after a request from the coal ministry which pointed …
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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries for their news and will roll out a tool to make it easier for others to sign up too, the company told Reuters. The move to be announced …
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By Mayank Bhardwaj and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India exported a record 1.4 million tonnes of wheat in April, four trade sources said, providing some relief to grain markets as buyers scramble for alternatives to Black Sea supplies hit hard by the war in Ukraine. April is the first month of the fiscal year. …
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By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – U.S. crude oil price settled below $100 a barrel on Tuesday to its lowest level in two weeks as the demand outlook was pressured by coronavirus lockdowns in China and growing recession risks, while a strong dollar made crude more expensive for buyers using other currencies. U.S. West Texas …
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