By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – A carnival float featuring a Hindu temple that is planned for an upcoming India Day Parade in New York City has sparked controversy, with a number of groups calling it anti-Muslim and saying it should be removed from the event. The float depicts a temple to the Hindu god Lord …
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By Subrata Nag Choudhury and Sunil Kataria KOLKATA (Reuters) – Some Indian junior doctors remained off the job on Sunday as they demanded swift justice for a colleague who was raped and murdered, despite the end of a strike called by a big doctors’ association, while some other people held street protests. Doctors across the …
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By Subrata Nag Choudhary and Jatindra Dash KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) -Hospitals and clinics across India turned away patients except for emergency cases on Saturday as medical professionals staged a 24-hour shutdown in protest over the rape and murder of a doctor this month in the eastern city of Kolkata. More than one million doctors were …
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By Hritam Mukherjee and Manvi Pant BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s JSW Cement filed draft papers for an initial public offering worth up to 40 billion rupees ($476.7 million) on Friday, aiming to cash in on the country’s booming stock market and strong demand for the building material. The company, part of billionaire Sajjan Jindal’s steel-to-energy JSW …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – India has initiated an anti-dumping investigation on certain steel products imported from Vietnam, according to a notification from Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The anti-dumping investigation, which will analyse consequential injury and the threat of injury to the domestic industry, comes in response to the urging of the country’s leading steelmakers, such …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has extended restrictions on exports of deoiled rice bran until Jan. 31, the government said on Friday. India is a leading exporter of deoiled rice bran, which is used in the cattle feed industry. In March, the government extended restrictions on deoiled rice bran until July 31. (Reporting by Shivam …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s central bank on Friday tightened norms for peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms as some of these entities have violated regulations. P2P lending sidesteps banks and financial institutions by connecting individual lenders with borrowers. Such platforms shall not assume any credit risk arising out of transactions, provide credit enhancement or guarantee, the Reserve …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s foreign exchange reserves came off record highs and fell to $670.12 billion as of Aug. 9, the central bank said on Friday. The reserves fell by $4.8 billion in the reporting week, the biggest fall in four months. They had risen by $7.5 billion in the prior week. The Reserve Bank …
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By Subrata Nag Choudhary KOLKATA, India (Reuters) – The murder and rape of a trainee doctor as she took a rest during a long shift in a Kolkata hospital has highlighted the vulnerability of medics left without proper protections and facilities, her colleagues and friends said on Thursday. The 31-year-old, whose killing has triggered protests …
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By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata last week has brought women onto the streets across India, furious at persistently high levels of sexual violence despite legal reforms and promised crackdowns. The government brought in sweeping changes to the criminal justice system, including tougher sentences, …
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