(Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Tuesday said a case of human infection with bird flu caused by the H9N2 virus was detected in a four-year-old child in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. The patient was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) of a local hospital due to persistent severe respiratory …
(Reuters) – Two Indian nationals recruited by the Russian army were recently killed in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Indian foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The Indian embassy in Moscow has pressed Russian authorities, including the ministry of defense, for prompt repatriation of the remains, the ministry said in a statement. The foreign …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Fans of a popular Indian movie actor arrested in connection with a murder investigation thronged the Bengaluru police station where he was being held on Tuesday to demand his release. Darshan Thoogudeepa, 47, who has starred in several hit films and enjoys a huge fan following in the southern state of Karnataka, …
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By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday announced that state-run Bharat Petroleum Corp plans to build a new refinery and the nation is looking at signing more oil import deals with countries including Russia at discounted rates. Puri, who took charge of the ministry for a second …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – On the pavement, in the kitchen or on water – Vishnu Saravanan is wasting no opportunity to hone his competitive streak ahead of the Paris Games, and egging the Indian on is a coach with an unorthodox theory about Olympic preparations. The 25-year-old is set to become only …
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By Tanvi Mehta NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The ideological parent of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has criticised bitter campaigning by both the ruling party and the opposition in the recent general election, in a rare public comment on politics. Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), also demanded urgent attention be …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s central bank has rejected Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company’s request to reappoint Raj Kumar Bansal as its managing director and chief executive officer, the firm said in an exchange filing on Tuesday. Bansal is currently the MD and CEO of Edelweiss ARC and is also the chairman of the Association of ARCs …
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By M. Sriram and Dhwani Pandya MUMBAI (Reuters) – In a middle-class suburb of Mumbai, workers at SoftBank-backed Swiggy’s grocery warehouse race against time to deliver orders within 10 minutes. Their speed is tracked by the seconds on a screen that flashes red warnings for slowness. Outside in sweltering heat, Swiggy’s bikers, sporting the firm’s …
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By Jatindra Dash BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) – At least eight people have died of suspected sun stroke in India’s eastern state of Odisha in the last three days, the government said on Monday, with the national weather department predicting more hot weather in parts of the state this week. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) declares …
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SRINAGAR (Reuters) -At least nine people were killed and 33 injured when a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims plunged into a deep gorge after a suspected militant attack in the Indian federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, police said. News of the attack came as Narendra Modi took oath as prime minister for a …
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