By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – Indian police have arrested an officer accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh after she went to him to report her gang rape, an incident that sparked outrage in a country notorious for assaults on women. The head of a rural police …
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(Reuters) – Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Wednesday after testing positive for a banned substance. Kamalpreet, 26, came sixth at the Tokyo Games last year, with her best throw measuring 63.70 metres. The AIU said she tested positive for stanozolol, a banned anabolic steroid, in …
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By Nupur Anand and Chris Thomas MUMBAI (Reuters) -Life Insurance Corp’s (LIC) $2.7 billion IPO, India’s largest public issue, was subscribed 67% on the first day of bidding, even as a surprise rate hike by the central bank roiled markets. Investors bid for 108.7 million shares on Wednesday, compared with the total 162.1 million shares …
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By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has hired a new public policy head in India, Archana Gulati, who previously worked at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s federal think-tank and the country’s antitrust watchdog, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. A number of Indian government officials have been hired …
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By Swati Bhat and Nupur Anand MUMBAI (Reuters) -India’s central bank raised its main lending rate off record lows in a surprise move on Wednesday to contain rising inflation, shocking markets and pushing the benchmark 10-year bond yield to its highest levels in three years. The Reserve Bank of India raised the repo rate – …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares plunged, bond yields jumped and the rupee strengthened on Wednesday after the country’s central bank announced a surprise increase in its key policy rate to tame inflation, putting an end to ultra-loose monetary policy era. The Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee, in an off-cycle meeting, raised the key lending …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – For Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya, Tuesday’s defeat by Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League will go down as a batting experiment gone wrong. After Pandya chose to bat, Punjab restricted table-toppers Gujarat to 143-8 and then chased down the target with four overs to spare for an eight-wicket victory. With …
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By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India registered about 475,000 more total deaths in 2020 than the previous year, government data released months ahead of schedule on Tuesday showed, as the World Health Organization readies its estimates of excess COVID-19 deaths whose methodology New Delhi has opposed. Some experts estimate India’s actual COVID …
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(Reuters) – Liam Livingstone smashed the biggest six in the Indian Premier League this season, a 117-metre effort, as his late cameo allowed the Punjab Kings to seal an eight-wicket win over leaders Gujarat Titans with four overs to spare on Tuesday. Livingstone plundered 28 runs off the 16th over against Mohammad Shami, smashing three …
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By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India fell short of domestic coal supply targets to utilities by 7.6% in April, as output from mines owned by companies for self-use were 33% lower than required and a shortage of trains for delivery further exacerbated a crippling power crisis. India faced its worst power crisis in …
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