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(Reuters) – India may exempt certain steel product imports from quality control requirements to meet domestic demand and rein in prices, broadcaster ET Now reported on Thursday citing sources. The products could include aerospace steel grade and high-speed tool steel among others, the broadcaster said. India only allows steel grades that are governed by its …

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(Reuters) – Apple’s warnings in October to Indian opposition politicians that government hackers may have hacked their phones prompted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration to quickly demand the U.S. firm soften its message, the Washington Post reported. Apple’s India representatives were called by administration officials who demanded that company help weaken the political impact of …

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By Sumit Khanna and Rupam Jain AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – India has launched an investigation into how 303 Indians ended up on a chartered flight that was grounded in France last week because of suspected human trafficking, authorities in the western Indian state of Gujarat said on Wednesday. Tipped off by an anonymous informant, French …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and India have made tangible progress in talks on plans to jointly produce military equipment, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, after talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Moscow. Speaking at a news conference, Lavrov said such cooperation was of a strategic nature and was in both …

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By Anushree Fadnavis and Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) -An explosion near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday did not kill or wound any staff members, authorities said, adding that investigations into its cause were ongoing. Officials were still inspecting the area but it had been reopened to the general public. There was …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Flight and rail services in India’s capital city of New Delhi were disrupted on Tuesday morning as a thick layer of fog enveloped the region, reducing visibility to barely 50 metres (164 feet) in some areas. “Very dense fog” was observed in the city, where the temperature was just 9 degrees …

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