MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s federal government asked states to identify emergency hotspots and ramp up-testing for COVID-19, after the country recorded its highest daily case count since September, a Reuters tally showed on Friday. There were 6,050 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the federal health ministry said on Friday, continuing a …
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By Sudipto Ganguly and Shivam Patel MUMBAI (Reuters) -The Editors Guild of India is deeply disturbed by the government’s move to police news on social media through a self-appointed fact-checking unit, the industry body said on Friday, describing the new rules as draconian and akin to censorship. The amendments to the country’s IT rules make …
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By Katharine Jackson (Reuters) – A man accused of plotting and being paid to smuggle Indian nationals from Canada into the United States pleaded not guilty in a U.S. federal court on Wednesday. Prosecutors allege Simranjit “Shally” Singh, a 40-year-old Indian who is resident in Ontario, was involved in a conspiracy to smuggle Indian nationals …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Adani Wilmar Ltd said on Thursday that its overall oil sales volume was dragged down in the fourth quarter by lower demand from the bakery and frying industry. The company said that the overall sales value in the quarter ended March 31 declined in high-single digit, pulled down by edible oil, which registered …
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By Nikunj Ohri NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s federal government plans to set up a panel for faster resolution of state-owned companies’ land disputes, two government officials with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. The move, part of a renewed push by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration to slim down the public sector, …
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By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Tinder-owner Match Group and Indian startups have asked the country’s competition body to investigate Alphabet’s Google for alleged non-compliance with an antitrust directive by charging a high service fee for in-app payments, filings show. The filings by Match and Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) mark the latest tussle …
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By Francis Mascarenhas and Tanvi Mehta MUMBAI (Reuters) -Apple Inc on Wednesday revealed the look of its first retail store in India, as several people tried to catch a glimpse outside the store’s black and yellow artwork patterned after Mumbai’s iconic taxis. The store is still in barricades and is likely to open this month, …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Landslides in the Indian Himalayas around hydro power projects were caused mainly by topography, geological conditions and rainfall, the power ministry said on Wednesday, citing a study that ruled out construction as a factor. The government-run Indian Institute of Remote Sensing study of nine sites of state hydropower board NHPC Ltd …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Five children drowned on Wednesday in a water tank inside a temple in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state in southern India, broadcaster NDTV reported, in the second deadly incident in a temple this week in the South Asian country. An investigation is being conducted into the Chennai incident, which …
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By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian opposition parties on Wednesday condemned the removal from some schoolbooks of references to how independence hero Mahatma Gandhi’s pursuit of Hindu-Muslim unity angered some Hindu extremists and led to his assassination. The new edition of a political science book for 17-18 year olds, published by the autonomous …
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