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(Reuters) – Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant tamed his nerves to return to action in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Saturday after 15 months out following a car accident, but the wicketkeeper-batsman had to settle for an opening defeat by Punjab Kings. Pant was involved in a near-fatal crash in December 2022 that required …

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By Saurabh Sharma and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A court in India essentially banned Islamic schools in the country’s most populous state, a move that could further distance many Muslims from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist government ahead of national elections. The Friday ruling scraps a 2004 law governing madrasas in Uttar …

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By Shivam Patel and Fayaz Bukhari NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Famed Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk, on a hunger strike to bring autonomy to the Himalayan region of Ladakh, said on Saturday he was weak as his fast stretches into its 18th day but he would continue for three more days as planned despite pleas from …

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By Sai Ishwarbharath B and Haripriya Suresh BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian IT services firm Wipro has promoted six employees to senior vice president roles and 25 others to vice president roles, two internal memos seen by Reuters showed. The promotions, seen by industry watchers as a move to stem senior-level attrition, came after a series …

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By Rupam Jain and Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Arvind Kejriwal founded one of India’s newest parties more than a decade ago on an anti-corruption platform and took it to national prominence in no time, irking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party as well as the main opposition Congress. Kejriwal, chief minister of the territory …

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By Siddhi Nayak MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s foreign exchange reserves rose for a fourth straight week to hit a record high of $642.49 billion as of March 15, central bank data showed on Friday. The reserves rose by $6.4 billion in the reporting week, after rising $20 billion in the previous three weeks. The Indian …

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By Krishna N. Das, Arpan Chaturvedi and Subrata Nag Choudhury NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s main financial crime fighting agency has investigated well over a hundred opposition politicians in the past decade, drawing criticism it has become a weapon of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party to cull political opponents. In the latest in …

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By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee fell to a record low against the U.S. dollar on Friday pressured by a drop in the offshore Chinese yuan and aggressive local dollar demand close to the end of the session, traders said. The rupee ended at 83.4250 against the U.S. dollar – its lowest …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s inflation and economic growth are at risk from the rise in oil prices caused by disruptions in the Red Sea, the government said on Friday, highlighting the need to diversify trade routes. About 80% of India’s merchandise trade with Europe – including key products such as crude oil, auto parts, …

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