By Arpan Chaturvedi and Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Four gay couples have asked India’s Supreme Court to recognise same-sex marriages, setting the stage for a legal face-off with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government which has in the past refused to legalise such marriages. In a historic verdict in 2018, India’s top court decriminalised …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Air pollution worsened in New Delhi on Monday to the “very poor” category after a few days of clear skies, as lower temperatures and calmer winds trapped pollutants. The Indian capital’s pollution causes illnesses such as asthma and other respiratory problems every winter as the heavy air does not let vehicular …
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(Reuters) -India took a 1-0 lead in their two-test series against Bangladesh after securing a comprehensive victory in the first test in Chittagong on Sunday, beating the hosts by 188 runs. Chasing a target of 513, Bangladesh were bowled out for 324 in the morning session of day five as Axar Patel picked four wickets …
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By Krishna N. Das and Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Friday it will seek to reopen its main factory after India’s main drugs officer said test samples of cough syrups that had been linked to deaths in Gambia showed they had not been contaminated and met government standards. The plant …
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(Corrects typo in name in the headline) (Reuters) – Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara smashed hundreds against a listless Bangladesh attack to put India on course for a comprehensive victory in the opening test in Chittagong on Friday. India, having claimed a substantial first innings lead of 254, spared Bangladesh the ignominy of a follow …
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By Tim Hepher and Aditi Shah LONDON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Air India is close to a deal to order more than 200 Boeing jets including 190 narrowbody 737 MAX and 30 widebody 787s – part of an historic fleet shake-up roughly split with Boeing’s European rival Airbus, industry sources said on Friday. The deal is …
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By Dharamraj Dhutia MUMBAI (Reuters) – The recent rise in India’s banking system liquidity surplus due to government spending and capital inflows may not be sustainable as demand for cash picks up towards the end of the fiscal year, economists said. India’s banking system liquidity surplus has averaged above 1.50 trillion rupees ($18.11 billion) on …
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(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin gave Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “fundamental assessments” of the conflict in Ukraine during a call on Friday, while both sides expressed satisfaction with growing bilateral cooperation, the Kremlin said. Reuters partner agency ANI cited Modi’s office as saying Modi had reiterated his call for dialogue and diplomacy as …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, reiterated his call for dialogue and diplomacy as being the only way forward in the context of ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Reuters partner ANI said on Friday, citing the Prime Minister’s office. Putin spoke by phone on Friday …
By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters blocked a section of a main highway that runs through the Indian border region of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday over the killing of two men who worked as labourers at an Indian army base, a police official and residents said. Residents said the men were …
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