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Empty offices, lost orders: India’s diamond hub stands idle as steep US tariffs loom

26 Aug 2025

By Bansari Mayur Kamdar and Rajendra Jadhav SURAT, India (Reuters) -The Surat Diamond Bourse, billed as the world’s largest office complex – surpassing even the Pentagon in size and symbolising India’s growing trade ambitions, stands eerily quiet, with only a few traders at work. The reason: business is sluggish and the outlook is grim. Exports …

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Papa John’s to re-enter India with plan for 650 pizza stores by 2035

26 Aug 2025

By Praveen Paramasivam (Reuters) -U.S. pizza chain Papa John’s International plans to return to India by October, said a master franchisee executive, aiming to open 650 stores over the next decade in a market where fast-food chains have been struggling to sustain sales growth. The world’s third-largest pizza delivery company, which exited India in 2017 …

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Cricket-Former India skipper Ganguly takes first coaching job at Pretoria Capitals

25 Aug 2025

(Reuters) -Sourav Ganguly has been appointed head coach of Pretoria Capitals, marking the former India captain’s first venture into coaching, South Africa’s SA20 franchise said. The 53-year-old succeeds former England batter Jonathan Trott, while former South Africa all-rounder Shaun Pollock takes on the role of assistant coach. “The Prince is all set to bring a …

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Container truck collision with tractor kills 8, injures 43 in India, police say

25 Aug 2025

(Reuters) -At least eight people, including two women and a child, were killed, and around 43 others injured when a container truck collided with a tractor carrying devotees in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh early on Monday, police said. “Three people are in serious condition on ventilator,” Bulandshahr district police chief Dinesh Kumar Singh …

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Japan’s SMBC gets Indian central bank approval to buy up to 24.99% of Yes Bank

23 Aug 2025

MUMBAI (Reuters) -Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation has received Indian central bank approval to buy up to 24.99% of India’s Yes Bank, the Indian bank said in a stock exchange filing on Saturday. The Reserve Bank of India has also decided that SMBC would not be treated as a “promoter” of Yes Bank following the …

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India’s top court revises stray dog policy after public outcry

22 Aug 2025

By Tanvi Mehta NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Supreme Court modified its order on stray dogs on Friday, directing that those picked up from streets in and around Delhi be released after sterilisation and immunisation, after a storm of protests from animal lovers. Earlier this month, the court ruled that all stray dogs in Delhi …

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Tanker captain accused of Baltic cable cut tells Finland’s YLE he is ‘innocent’

22 Aug 2025

HELSINKI (Reuters) -The Georgian captain of an oil tanker that damaged undersea cables in the Baltic Sea in late 2024 denied any wrongdoing, describing the incident as “a marine accident” in an interview with Finland’s public broadcaster on Thursday. Captain Davit Vadatchkoria and first and second officers of the Eagle S oil tanker face charges …

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Four killed in gas leak at pharma company in India, official says

21 Aug 2025

(Reuters) -At least four workers were killed in a gas leak at a pharmaceutical company in India’s western state of Maharashtra on Thursday and two more were injured, according to a district official. The incident, which happened at Medley Pharma, appears to have been a nitrogen gas leak, Palghar district’s Resident Deputy Collector Subhash Bhagade …

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Russia expects India to keep buying its oil and seeks China-India-Russia talks

20 Aug 2025

By Krishna N. Das and Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Russia expects to continue supplying oil to India despite warnings from the United States, Russian embassy officials in New Delhi said on Wednesday, adding that Moscow hopes trilateral talks will soon take place with India and China. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced an additional …

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