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By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is very disappointed with India’s stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, trade minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said on Thursday ahead of the conclusion of a second round of trade talks. India has avoided condemning Russian actions since it invaded Ukraine three weeks ago, to the frustration of allies including the …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will hold a summit meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India this weekend, an Indian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. “This summit will actually be the first meeting of these two leaders,” spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, adding that Kishida would be in India …

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By Shilpa Jamkhandikar MUMBAI (Reuters) – A new low-budget Indian film focusing on the exodus of thousands of Hindus from disputed Muslim-majority Kashmir region has won accolades from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and is proving a box office hit. “The Kashmir Files”, a 170-minute Hindi-language movie released last week, tells the fictional story of a …

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By Ludwig Burger and Philip Blenkinsop (Reuters) -The World Trade Organization (WTO) praised a provisional deal to waive patent rights for COVID-19 vaccines after more than a year of deadlock, though drugmakers said the move risked undermining the industry’s ability to respond to future health crises. The United States, the European Union, India and South …

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By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – As Vladimir Putin looks out from behind the Kremlin’s red walls, Russia’s paramount leader of 22 years has a riddle to solve: how to win a war in Ukraine that the West says he has already lost. Three weeks into its invasion, Russia is battling fierce resistance from Western-armed …

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AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – India started administering on Wednesday doses of COVID-19 vaccine to young people aged between 12 and 14 as public and private schools re-opened. The government aims to swiftly expand vaccine coverage by also dropping a restriction on booster doses for those older than 60 only if they had a co-morbidity condition. …

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By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A surge in wheat and corn prices is boosting demand for low-grade rice in animal rations across Asia, pushing up prices of the world’s most important staple at a time when global food inflation is already hovering near record highs. Global crop importers are scrambling for supplies after Russia’s …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States, European Union, India and South Africa have reached a tentative agreement on a long-sought limited intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines, sources familiar with the deal said on Tuesday. The tentative agreement among a narrower group of countries needs approvals from those parties’ capitals, the sources said, and would …

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By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India is reviewing its standard operating procedures for weapons systems and will immediately fix any shortcomings after accidentally launching a missile into Pakistan last week, its defence minister said on Tuesday. Although tension between India and Pakistan had calmed in recent months, military experts have previously warned against the …

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