NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday began a new cross-country march from a troubled northeastern state, aiming to generate political momentum to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in general elections due by May. The “Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra”, or Unite India Justice March, comes weeks after Gandhi’s Congress …
By Rohith Nair AL RAYYAN, Qatar (Reuters) -A physical Australia side dominated India to win their Asian Cup Group B opener 2-0 in front of a crowd largely made up of Indian fans at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium on Saturday. After a cagey opening 45 minutes, Australia got on the board through Jackson Irvine …
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By Nikunj Ohri and Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has extended the tenure of central bank deputy governor Michael Patra by a year to the beginning of 2025, according to a government document seen by Reuters. Patra is a career central banker, and was first appointed as deputy governor of the Reserve …
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By Nikunj Ohri NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s annual retail inflation rose at the fastest pace in four months in December, driven by a rise in prices of some food items, raising expectations that the central bank will stay away from interest rate cuts for some time. Annual retail inflation rose to 5.69% in December from …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s industrial output rose 2.4% year on year in November, its weakest pace in eight months, data from the Ministry of Statistics showed on Friday, after manufacturing growth slowed. The figure lags a 4% growth forecast by analysts in a Reuters poll, and a 7.6% output same month last year. Output …
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(Reuters) -India’s annual retail inflation rose to 5.69% in December from 5.55% the previous month, government data showed on Friday. A Reuters poll of 56 economists had forecast a rate of 5.87%. COMMENTARY: DEVENDRA PANT, CHIEF ECONOMIST, INDIA RATINGS AND RESEARCH, GURUGRAM “Core inflation has declined to 48-month low of 3.89% in December 2023. Declining …
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By Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee was trading higher on Friday, surpassing the 83-level against the U.S. dollar, as traders capitalised on the opening decline to build bullish bets on the local currency. The rupee was at 82.9775 to the dollar at 11:22 a.m. IST, up from 83.0275 in the previous session. …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Shivam Dube proved his utility in India’s crowded batting lineup with a belligerent half-century to secure their six-wicket victory against Afghanistan in the opening T20 International in Mohali on Thursday. Left-hander Dube gave a good account of himself ahead of the T20 World Cup in June with an unbeaten 60 off …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Netflix has removed an Indian language film from its platform after the movie faced a backlash on social media for depicting the daughter of a Hindu priest eating meat. Hindus are India’s largest religious grouping and Hindu priests, as well as their families, are typically vegetarian. “Annapoorani – The Goddess of Food”, …
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By Saurabh Sharma and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s most populous state has stopped paying some 21,000 teachers of subjects including mathematics and science in Muslim religious schools, or madrasas, an official said on Thursday, and they could lose their jobs altogether. The teachers work at madrasas in Uttar Pradesh, ruled by Prime …
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