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By Ira Dugal MUMBAI (Reuters) – JPMorgan will include Indian government bonds in its Government Bond Index-Emerging Markets (GBI-EM) from June 2024, the Wall Street bank said on Friday. The inclusion, a first for the country, could lead to billions of dollars of inflows into local currency-denominated government debt and bring down bond yields, while …

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By Daphne Psaledakis, Gabriela Baczynska and Humeyra Pamuk NEW YORK (Reuters) – Western nations are sending representatives to India, home to 90% of the world’s cutting and polishing of the rare gems, to discuss potential effects of any G7 restrictions on imports of rough Russian diamonds, two Biden administration officials said. “There’s a trip next …

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By Andrea Shalal and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. is in touch with Indians at high levels after Ottawa said Indian government agents had links to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada, and Washington is giving India no “special exemption” in the matter, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on …

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By Blassy Boben NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Lawmakers in India’s upper house of Parliament on Thursday gave final consent to a bill to reserve 33% seats in the lower house and state assemblies for women a day after the landmark legislation was approved by the lower house. After 11 hours of debate, over 200 MPs …

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By Jarrett Renshaw and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -The White House is “deeply concerned” about allegations that Indian agents were potentially involved in the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada and encourages India to cooperate in any investigation, national security spokesman John Kirby said on Wednesday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday …

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By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s parliament on Wednesday approved a landmark bill to reserve a third of its seats in the lower house and state assemblies for women to boost female participation in politics that had been disproportionately low for decades. Women now comprise nearly half of India’s 950 million registered voters but …

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By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s opposition Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday offered unequivocal support to a bill reserving a third of seats in the lower house of the parliament and state assemblies for women, a day after it was introduced into parliament. “The Congress demands that the bill be implemented as …

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