By Pritha Sarkar LONDON (Reuters) – India were bowled out for 296 in their first innings on day three of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against Australia at The Oval on Friday. They trail Australia by 173 runs. Ajinkya Rahane top scored for India with 89. His 109-run partnership with Shardul Thakur (51) helped …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares declined for the second straight session on Friday, dragged by a broad-based slide amid sustained profit booking after the Reserve Bank of India signalled tighter monetary conditions could persist. The blue-chip Nifty 50 closed 0.38% lower at 18,563.40, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.35% to 62,625.63. …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Some 11% of Indians are diabetic, a government study found, adding that diabetes, hypertension and obesity are much more common in India than previously estimated. The study of more than 113,000 people also found that around 15% of Indians were pre-diabetic and around 35% have hypertension. It was conducted between October …
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By Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee rose against the dollar on Friday and forward premiums moved up in the wake of a fall in U.S. yields triggered by data showing a jump in jobless claims. The rupee was at 82.46 to the U.S. dollar by 10:27 a.m. IST, up from 82.5625 in …
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By Kavya Guduru (Reuters) -Prices of rice exported from top hub India jumped to their highest since early March this week, driven by tight supplies and a move to raise the government-mandated price for paddy, while rates for the staple from Thailand eased on lower demand. India’s 5% broken parboiled variety was quoted at $388-$395 …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will put in place a regulatory framework to permit default loss guarantee arrangements for digital lenders, it said on Thursday. First loss default guarantee (FLDG) is a lending model between fintech firms and their partner banks and non-banking finance companies where the initial hit on a …
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By Ananya Bajpai (Reuters) – India’s fuel consumption surged in May with diesel sales scaling a record high, buoyed by strong factory activity in the third-largest oil consumer in the world. India’s factory output expanded at the quickest pace since October 2020 last month at a time when regional peers such as China, Japan and …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s foreign minister on Thursday hit out at Canada for allowing a float in a parade depicting the 1984 assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her bodyguards, perceived to be glorification of violence by Sikh separatists. “I think there is a larger underlying issue about the space which is …
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By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian police have questioned more than 155 people in a widening investigation of sexual harassment accusations against the chief of the national wrestling body, a police source with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. The government has set a June 15 deadline to wrap up the investigation …
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(Reuters) – India’s central bank kept its key lending rate steady for a second straight policy meeting on Thursday, as widely expected, but signalled that monetary conditions will remain tight for some time as it looks to further curb inflationary pressures The monetary policy committee (MPC), which has three members from the Reserve Bank of …
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