NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A powerful cyclone, named Biparjoy, is inching closer to India and Pakistan. Here are key details regarding its landfall and the preventive measures being taken by both countries to minimise damage it may cause to life and property. LANDFALL The ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ developing over the northeast Arabian Sea is …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday called on the U.S. government to urge India to end a media crackdown and release six detained journalists. A statement from CPJ President Jodie Ginsberg ahead of a state visit to Washington next week by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there had been an …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada will freeze the planned deportation of dozens of students who entered the country using fraudulent university letters of acceptance, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said on Wednesday. Fraser spoke after the Canadian Broadcasting Corp reported in March that several students from India had been served deportation papers for using forged documents to …
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By Mohi Narayan NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India will soon overtake China as the largest driver of global oil demand, International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol said on Wednesday. “One of the reasons why we say this is that electrification of cars and buses in China is growing rapidly,” Birol told reporters on the sidelines …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Yamal LNG plant is set to resume liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies to India’s GAIL under a long-term contract involving a Gazprom unit, Kommersant daily reported on Wednesday citing Russian government sources. Novatek, Yamal LNG’s main shareholder, has not replied to a request for comment. Kommersant said that supplies under the …
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By Hritam Mukherjee BENGALURU (Reuters) – E-bike rental startup Yulu, which is looking to go public, expects to turn operationally profitable by September and plans to expand its presence in India and abroad, its chief executive said. The startup, which currently operates in Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai, will venture into cities including Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, …
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TBILISI (Reuters) – The Armenian Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that two Indian citizens had been wounded by Azerbaijani shelling in the town of Yeraskh, close to the border with Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave. In a statement posted on the Telegram messenger app, the ministry said that the two Indian nationals were involved in construction work …
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By Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) -At least nine people have been killed in the latest clashes between members of rival ethnic groups in India’s northeastern state of Manipur, police said on Wednesday, as security forces pressed on with a hunt for illegal weapons. Violence between members of the Kuki ethnic group, who mostly live …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The United States is set to remove obstacles that prevent smoother trade with India in critical areas such as defence and high technology, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday. Washington sees New Delhi as a vital partner in its efforts to push back against China’s expanding influence worldwide, …
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(Reuters) -India’s Adani Group is in talks with lenders to refinance up to $3.8 billion of a loan facility taken for its acquisition of Ambuja Cements Ltd last year, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The group is mulling whether to convert the original loan into debt with a longer …
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