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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s vast state-owned Rostec corporation said on Thursday that its weapons export unit had organised the production in India of armour-piercing rounds for Russian-made battle tanks. Rostec issued its statement ahead of a July 8-9 visit to Russia by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will hold talks with President Vladimir Putin. …

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By Sudarshan Varadhan and Cassandra Yap SINGAPORE (Reuters) – India’s solar power generation grew at the slowest pace in six years in the first half of 2024, an analysis of data from the federal grid regulator showed, as the country further stepped up reliance on coal to address surging power demand. Electricity generated from coal …

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By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian labour officials visited a Foxconn factory in the country’s south this week and questioned executives about the company’s hiring practices, an official said, after Reuters reported that the major Apple supplier has been rejecting married women from iPhone assembly jobs. A five-member team of the federal government’s regional …

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By Shivam Patel HATHRAS, India (Reuters) – Thousands of devotees rushed to get a closer glimpse of a Hindu preacher, jostling and pushing on slippery ground, witnesses say, moments before a crush at an overcrowded venue in India killed 121 people and sparked a police hunt for the organisers.  The stampede occurred on Tuesday at …

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By Bharath Rajeswaran and Hritam Mukherjee BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares logged record closing highs on Wednesday led by gains in top private lender HDFC Bank, as investors bet on the stock’s weightage in a key global index being increased. The NSE Nifty 50 settled 0.67% higher at 24,286.5 points, while the S&P BSE Sensex added …

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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Nearly 70 people were feared dead in a stampede at a Hindu religious gathering in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, authorities said, in one of the worst such tragedies in recent years. The stampede happened in a village in Hathras district, about 200 km (125 miles) southeast of the …

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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s annual monsoon rains covered the entire country on Tuesday, six days ahead of the usual time of arrival, the state-run weather department said, although rain totals are still 7% below average so far this season. In a typical year, rains usually lash the southwestern coastal state of Kerala around June 1 …

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