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By Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India may exempt some solar projects from paying duties on equipment imports, according to government and industry sources, to bring renewable-energy capacity additions back on schedule and lower consumer power tariffs. Projects with 30 gigawatts of capacity will benefit, the sources said. In March 2021, the government …

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By Rama Venkat BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian shares finished a choppy session lower on Wednesday, as traders awaited domestic and U.S. inflation data later this week for cues on central banks’ interest rate-hike plans. The Nifty 50 index was down 0.1% at 17,895.70 at close, while the S&P BSE Sensex declined 0.02% to 60,105.50. Both …

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By Rupam Jain and Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The leader of a Hindu group that is the parent organisation of India’s ruling party has come out in support of the gay and transgender community, days before the government is due to respond to the Supreme Court about petitions to legalise same-sex marriage. India …

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(Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma said he withdrew a ‘Mankad’ run-out appeal against Dasun Shanaka in Tuesday’s one-day international as that was not how they envisioned dismissing the Sri Lankan skipper, who scored a century in a game his team could not win. With Sri Lanka requiring 83 runs off the last three balls …

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(Reuters) – Virat Kohli struck a brilliant century to guide India to a 67-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first of their three-match one-day international series in Guwahati on Tuesday. Kohli made 113 runs, hitting 12 fours and a six in his 87-ball display. It was the former captain’s 45th ODI hundred and he …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s government said on Tuesday it has approved three proposals worth 42.76 billion rupees ($523.03 million) to purchase equipment for its army and navy. ($1 = 81.7550 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Tanvi Mehta; Editing by Andrew Heavens)