DHAKA (Reuters) -India suffered a top order meltdown chasing a small victory target of 145 after spinner Mehidy Hasan struck triple blows to keep alive Bangladesh’s hopes of a series-levelling victory in the dramatic second test on Saturday. The tourists were on a precarious 45-4 after 14 wickets tumbled on a frenetic day three — …
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By Aftab Ahmed and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will end its COVID-19 era free food programme on Dec. 31 and replace it with a cheaper programme that will save the government nearly $20 billion in the next 12 months. Late on Friday, India’s Food and Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said the government …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Global economic developments are expected to complicate India’s outlook further, the finance ministry said in a monthly review on Friday, adding that the country needs to stay the course on fiscal consolidation. India needs to focus on medium-term challenges, such as securing technology and resources for energy transition and skilling its …
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By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was released from a Nepal prison on Friday after nearly two decades behind bars. The 78-year-old French national is suspected of killing more than 20 Western backpackers on the “hippie …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s foreign exchange reserves snapped a five-week rising streak and fell to $563.5 billion in the week through Dec. 16, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) statistical supplement showed on Friday. For the week ended Dec. 9, the country’s reserves were at $564.07 billion. Overall, they have declined from $632.7 billion at …
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian institutions are “deeply engaged” in the development Of genetically modified seeds for 13 crops, including rice, wheat and sugarcane to improve their yield and quality, the government said on Friday. The environment ministry in October granted clearance for indigenously developed GM mustard seeds, potentially paving the way for a commercial release …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has approved proposals to acquire defence equipment, including infantry combat vehicles, light tanks and missile systems, worth 843.28 billion rupees ($10.18 billion), the defence minister said on Thursday. Of the total approvals, more than 97% have been earmarked to be procured from Indian manufacturers, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh wrote on …
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By Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee advanced against the U.S. currency on Thursday, tracking a fall in the dollar index ahead of U.S. data. The rupee last traded at 82.7625 per U.S. dollar, up marginally from 82.81 in the previous session. The rupee held an 82.65 to 82.80 range on volumes that …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – SoftBank-backed Paytm said on Wednesday that going ahead there will be no more cash burn in the business and that the Indian digital payments firm was far ahead on re-setting its ambition on controlling spends. “It has got decided last month that it (cash burn) would no more be continuing. As far …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) -Up to 20 people have died of hunger or thirst on a boat carrying ethnic Rohingya that has been stranded at sea for two weeks off India’s coast, two Myanmar Rohingya activist groups said. The boat with at least 100 people is currently in Malaysian waters as members of the Muslim minority continue …
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