MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s retail inflation is expected to be close to 5% in June, in line with the Reserve Bank of India’s expectations but still too far from its 4% target to start talking about lowering interest rates, the central bank chief said on Thursday. The country’s inflation picked up slightly to 4.8% last …
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By Tora Agarwala GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) -More than 150 animals, nine of them rare one-horned rhinoceros, have drowned in floods at the Kaziranga National Park in India’s northeastern state of Assam, authorities said. Assam is grappling with flash floods triggered by heavy rain over the past two months. At least 79 people have been killed …
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(This July 10 story has been corrected to fix the name of Harmanpreet Singh, in paragraphs 5 and 6) By Forrest Crellin PARIS (Reuters) – India broke a 41-year medal drought in Olympic men’s hockey with a bronze in Tokyo three years ago, triggering hopes that a ninth gold medal for the once dominant power …
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By Dhwani Pandya and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) -When the son of Asia’s richest person Mukesh Ambani marries this week, traffic in a key part of Mumbai will literally stop for the four-day extravaganza to be attended by a gamut of VIPs from former British prime ministers to Kim Kardashian. The wedding of the billionaire’s …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Both India and Russia on Wednesday denied there had been any disagreement between President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at their talks in Moscow this week. Modi delivered an implicit rebuke to Putin on Tuesday, the day after a lethal strike on a children’s hospital in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, …
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(Reuters) – Captain Shubman Gill struck a fluent half-century as India claimed a 23-run win over hosts Zimbabwe in the third T20 international in Harare on Wednesday to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series. A youthful India side without several members of their victorious World Cup squad elected to bat and posted 182 …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Being on the wrong side of 30 in the brutally demanding sport of badminton, HS Prannoy prefers his matches to be short and sweet. The Indian plans to reach Paris with a “surprise package” as he plots ways to overcome younger opponents on his Olympic debut. Prannoy, who …
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LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – At least 18 people were killed in north India after a bus collided with a milk tanker early on Wednesday, police said. The collision on an expressway in the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh state, about 500 km (310 miles) southeast of Delhi, also injured at least 19 people, said Arvind …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – India’s relationship with Russia gives it an ability to urge President Vladimir Putin to end its war with Ukraine, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday. Jean-Pierre made the remarks after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Putin that the death of innocent children was painful and terrifying, a day after …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said on Tuesday that Moscow has agreed to begin discharging Indian citizens who were “misled” into serving in the Russian army following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin. Here is a look at the problem and how the countries thrashed out a solution. HOW WERE INDIANS …
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