By VarunVyas Hebbalalu and Dhanya Skariachan BENGALURU, India (Reuters) – Police detained protesters on Tuesday in India’s tech hub of Bengaluru after one tried to commit suicide and another was injured while demonstrating against the sharing of water from a river that flows through two states, media and officials said. Farmers’ groups called the protest, …
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By Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will set carbon emission reduction targets for four fossil fuel dependent sectors, as the Asian country looks to align its industry with the country’s greenhouse emissions reduction target, two government officials said. The country will fix carbon emission intensity benchmarks and reduction targets for three years …
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Pakistan’s first warm-up match ahead of the World Cup will be played behind closed doors in Hyderabad for security reasons, India’s cricket board (BCCI) said. Babar Azam and his men will meet 2019 runners-up New Zealand on Friday but fans will not be allowed inside the stadium in Hyderabad “… as …
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By Rupam Jain KOLKATA, India (Reuters) – Indian activist Partha Chaudhury is on a war footing as he strides out of the ruling BJP’s regional headquarters in Kolkata armed with passion and pages of voter lists. “We need to meet each and every BJP supporter, and all of this has to be done in less …
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By Wa Lone and Steve Scherer TORONTO/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Sikhs staged small protests outside India’s diplomatic missions on Monday, a week after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there may be a link between New Delhi and the murder of a Sikh separatist advocate in British Columbia. Trudeau a week ago stood in parliament to …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian shares are set to open lower on Tuesday, with higher-for-longer global interest rate expectations driving continuous foreign outflows from the domestic market amid subdued global sentiment. India’s GIFT Nifty was down 0.4% at 19,655 points at 7:53 a.m. IST on the NSE International Exchange. On Monday, the Nifty 50 and the …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Anti-Muslim hate speech incidents in India averaged more than one a day in the first half of 2023 and were seen most in states with upcoming elections, according to a report by Hindutva Watch, a Washington-based group monitoring attacks on minorities. There were 255 documented incidents of hate speech …
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(Reuters) – The Indian government on Monday reassured confidence in its digital identification system, Aadhaar, after a Moody’s report last week highlighted concerns about it like establishing authorization and biometric reliability. India’s ministry of electronics & IT said the Moody’s report “does not cite either primary or secondary data or research in support of the …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Visas have been issued for the Pakistan team for their participation in the 50-overs World Cup in India, the governing International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Monday, following complaints of a delay in the process. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had written to the governing body complaining about …
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COLOMBO (Reuters) – All-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga is “highly unlikely” to play in the 50-overs World Cup in India despite Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) making every effort to aid his bid to recover from a hamstring injury, according to media reports citing a team doctor. The spin-bowling all-rounder sustained the injury during the Lanka Premier League …
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