NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said on Tuesday it was working to create a nationwide registry of suspected cyber criminals, and that it would crack down on them by deploying about 5,000 “cyber commandos” over the next five years. The “commandos” would be a team of experts working with police and regional authorities, Home Minister …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares recovered from a lacklustre start to end higher on Tuesday, with IT and pharma stocks leading the charge ahead of crucial U.S. inflation data that could pave the way for interest rate cuts. The Nifty 50 index closed up 0.42% at 25,041.1, while the S&P BSE Sensex gained …
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday he did not view this year’s two-month general elections as a free exercise, but rather as one structured to deliver an advantage to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, without citing evidence. But Modi suffered a rare setback instead, as the opposition made a strong …
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By Emma Batha LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An Indian nurse who was sacked by a British care company won a significant payout on Monday in a case that lawyers said could spur other migrant workers to pursue claims against unscrupulous bosses. Kirankumar Rathod is among more than 100,000 overseas workers who have arrived in …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said on Monday a case of mpox it reported in a traveller a day earlier was from the older strain of the virus, not from the new, fast-spreading strain that had led the outbreak to be classified as a global health emergency. “Laboratory testing has confirmed the presence of mpox …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s capital will ban the use of firecrackers ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali in November in a bid to control air pollution that reaches hazardous levels every winter, the local government said on Monday. New Delhi, a city of 20 million people, is the world’s most polluted capital, where …
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By Haripriya Suresh BENGALURU (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Delta Electronics said on Monday it plans to almost double its workforce in India over the next five years, including by setting up its largest research centre in the country whose role in the global tech industry has been rising. The company, which supplies power components to other …
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By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court ordered all doctors protesting over the rape and murder of a female medic last month to resume work by Tuesday, warning they may face “adverse action” if they failed to adhere to the deadline. Hundreds of doctors nationwide have stayed off work as they demand …
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By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee was nearly flat on Monday, supported by market expectations that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will not allow the currency to weaken below the 84 mark, even as Asian currencies slipped on worries of a slowdown in the U.S. The rupee was at 83.93 against …
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(Reuters) -Wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant returned to the Indian test team for the first time in nearly two years after the country’s cricket board announced a 16-member squad for the first of two tests against Bangladesh. Pant was involved in a near-fatal crash in December 2022 that required him to have multiple surgeries but after a …
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