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By Sarita Chaganti Singh and Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s retail inflation in November rose at its fastest pace in three months due to higher food prices, strengthening expectations that the central bank will not ease interest rates anytime soon. Annual retail inflation rose to 5.55% in November from 4.87% the previous month. However, …

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By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has requested the United States to share intelligence on Sikh separatists living there amid investigations into an accusation that an Indian official was linked to a plot to kill a Sikh separatist on American soil, an Indian official said on Tuesday. The request was made by the …

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By Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian central bank’s simultaneous purchase and sale of U.S. dollars in recent weeks has puzzled bankers, who speculate there may be multiple objectives behind the operations. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been buying dollars amid hefty foreign inflows, and has, at the same time, been selling …

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By Gloria Dickie DUBAI (Reuters) -A 12-year-old protester burst on to the stage at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai on Monday, holding a sign above her head that read: “End fossil fuels. Save our planet and our future.” Licypriya Kangujam, a child climate justice activist from India, was escorted away as the audience clapped. …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court upheld on Monday a 2019 decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to revoke special status for Kashmir and split the region into two federally administered territories. The disputed Himalayan region is claimed in full, though ruled in part by both India and Pakistan since their independence from …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s top court on Monday said the special status given to the Himalayan territory of Jammu and Kashmir before its revocation in 2019 was a temporary provision. (Reporting by Arpan Chaturvedi, Writing by Shivam Patel, Editing by YP Rajesh)

By Gloria Dickie DUBAI (Reuters) – India’s environment minister, Bhupender Yadav, on Saturday demanded “equity and justice” in U.N. climate negotiations, holding that rich countries should be leading global climate action. The comments underlined India’s long-held position that, as a developing country, it should not be a forced to cut its energy-related emissions – even …

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