By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – When COVID-19 infections peaked in India in April and May last year, the western city of Ahmedabad officially recorded at least three times as many total deaths in those two months than in the same period in the previous two years, government data showed. The data, provided by …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene was left to rue the team’s lack of killer instinct after the Indian Premier League’s most successful franchise slumped to their fifth consecutive defeat in Pune on Wednesday. Mumbai rejigged their batting order and reinforced their bowling unit against Punjab Kings but still could not snap …
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By Jatindra Dash BHUBANESHWAR, India (Reuters) – A fire at a chemical factory in southern India killed at least six people and injured 12, a government official said on Thursday, with more casualties feared in the second such accident this week. Pictures of the scene provided by government officials showed Wednesday’s massive blaze, with at …
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India on Wednesday allowed duty-free imports of cotton until Sept. 30 as prices in the local market jumped to a record high because of a drop in the production, the government said in a notification. The world’s biggest producer of the fibre also removed the Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) on …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian software behemoth Infosys Ltd said on Wednesday it is moving its business out of Russia and is pursuing alternate options against the backdrop of the Ukraine conflict. Several other global IT and software players including Oracle Corp and SAP SE have either suspended or paused all operations in Russia. (Reporting by …
By Sethuraman N R BENGALURU (Reuters) -Infosys Ltd on Wednesday joined the corporate boycott of Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, saying it would move its business out of the country and pursue alternate options. The move aligns India’s No.2 software services firm with several global peers such as Oracle Corp and SAP SE and …
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By Aftab Ahmed and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s plan to make six airbags mandatory in passenger vehicles will make cars more expensive and drive out a chunk of potential buyers, the chairman of Maruti Suzuki, the country’s top-selling carmaker, told Reuters. Such a move will hurt sales of small, low-cost cars and …
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By Swati Bhat and Aftab Ahmed MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is willing to commit up to another $2 billion in financial assistance to Sri Lanka while also supporting the island nation with food and fuel, five sources told Reuters, as New Delhi tries to regain ground lost to China in recent years. Sri Lanka, …
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Holders Chennai Super Kings finally ended their losing streak in the Indian Premier League (IPL) by beating Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday, with Shivam Dube’s sparkling ball striking earning comparisons with former India stalwart Yuvraj Singh. Chennai’s title defence looked in tatters after four successive defeats under new captain Ravindra Jadeja but …
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By Sudarshan Varadhan CHENNAI (Reuters) -India is likely to face more power cuts this year as utilities’ coal inventories are at the lowest pre-summer levels in at least nine years and electricity demand is expected to rise at the fastest pace in at least 38 years, officials and analysts say. Power cuts could stifle industrial …
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