By Anushka Trivedi MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee slipped on Thursday against a steady greenback that found support from minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s last meeting that hinted higher interest rates could stick for longer. The partially convertible rupee ended at 79.6725, having flirted with the key 79.70 level occasionally during the session. …
By M. Sriram MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s Razorpay said on Thursday it had bought offline payments firm Ezetap, marking the Sequoia Capital-backed firm’s latest bet on the payments industry in a deal which a source with knowledge of said was worth $150 million. Razorpay, which is valued at more than $7 billion and offers payment …
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By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – India is expected to register as many as 2.5 million new voters in the contested Jammu and Kashmir region, a top official said late on Wednesday, in a move local political parties said was an attempt to influence upcoming elections. The Muslim-majority region is claimed in full but …
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(Reuters) -The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie said he respected Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini but would not say if he was inspired by a fatwa issued by the former Iranian leader, according to a New York Post interview published on Wednesday. Hadi Matar also told the Post he had only “read a couple pages” of …
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By Tanvi Mehta BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares closed higher on Wednesday, as investors pinned their hopes on strong earnings data amid signs of cooling inflation, sending the S&P BSE Sensex above the key 60,000 level for the first time since April 5. The NSE Nifty 50 index closed 0.67% higher at 17,944.25 while the Sensex …
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron discussed via telephone on Tuesday the crisis in Ukraine with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the two agreed to work together to try to end the conflict, said the French presidency. Macron also held a call earlier on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, during which Macron …
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By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Eleven Hindu men jailed for life for the gang-rape of a pregnant Muslim woman during Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 have been freed on remission, officials said on Tuesday, drawing condemnation from the victim’s husband, lawyers and politicians. The men were convicted in early 2008 and released from jail …
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By Tanvi Mehta BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares ended higher on Tuesday, boosted by auto stocks, with the NSE Nifty 50 index posting its highest level since April 5 at close. The NSE Nifty 50 index gained 0.7% to end at 17,825.25. The S&P BSE Sensex closed up 0.6% at 59,842.21. The Nifty Auto index hit …
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(Reuters) – Former India captain Kapil Dev has called on cricket’s governing body (ICC) to take steps to protect the test and one-day international formats amid the global growth of lucrative domestic Twenty20 competitions. The proliferation of T20 leagues has further strained cricket’s already-bloated calendar, with new competitions in the United Arab Emirates and South …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet Ltd said on Tuesday it has entered into a settlement agreement with aircraft lessor Goshawk Aviation Ltd and its affiliates related to three Boeing aircraft. The airline said that the agreement – the terms of which are confidential – ends all litigation proceedings between the parties, adding that …
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