By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian farmers have so far planted wheat and rapeseed on nearly 15% more area than a year ago, the latest data from the farm ministry showed, as planting of winter-sown crops accelerated. Higher wheat production in India, the world’s second biggest producer of the staple, …
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By Nupur Anand MUMBAI (Reuters) – Axis Bank, India’s third-largest private lender, will focus on mid-corporate and working capital loans, shifting away from longer tenure lending and chunkier infrastructure-related loans, a top executive said on Friday. “Within the corporate side, we were more infrastructure, longer term-loan focused earlier. We are now moving to be more …
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By Arpan Chaturvedi and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Friday proposed a new data privacy law, a regulation that will dictate how tech giants operate in the world’s second-largest mobile market, where there are also more than 700 million internet users. Below are some of the key aspects of the proposed “Digital …
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(Reuters) – India’s Twenty20 series opener against New Zealand was washed out on Friday without a ball being bowled, following steady rain in Wellington. The beaten semi-finalists of this year’s T20 World Cup were hoping to find out more about some of their new talents in the first T20 International of the three-match series. India …
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By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) -India successfully launched its first privately developed rocket, the Vikram-S, on Friday, a milestone in the country’s effort to create a commercial space industry and to compete on cost. The 545-kg rocket, developed by space startup Skyroot, took off from the Indian space agency’s launch site near Chennai and hit …
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By Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee declined against the dollar on Thursday, spurred by the fall in Asian peers, while forward premiums extended their recent slide. The rupee last traded at 81.65 per U.S. dollar, down from 81.2975 in the previous session. The local unit oscillated in an 81.46 to 81.67 range, …
By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India need to appoint a new Twenty20 captain and follow England’s template to revive their fortunes in that format, former head coach Ravi Shastri said on Thursday. Rohit Sharma, 35, remains India all-format captain but the team’s defeat in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup in Australia …
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(Reuters) – India will play fearless cricket in the limited-overs series in New Zealand while remaining tactically flexible, coach VVS Laxman said on Thursday. The beaten semi-finalists of the recent T20 World Cup in Australia will clash in Wellington on Friday in the first T20 International of the three-match series. Their batting approach in the …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Electronics industry stakeholders in India have agreed to a phased roll-out of USB-C type uniform charging ports for devices including smartphones and laptops, the Indian government said on Wednesday. Adoption of the USB-C connectors, used by many Android based devices, is expected to hurt Apple Inc whose iPhones are charged using …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Tata Motors-owned luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said on Wednesday Chief Executive Officer Thierry Bollore would resign due to personal reasons after more than two years in the role. Adrian Mardell will take over as CEO on an interim basis, JLR said. A 32-year JLR veteran, Mardell is currently a member of the …
