By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian police confirmed on Friday that a man shot dead in British Columbia on Thursday was Ripudaman Singh Malik, a Sikh businessman acquitted in connection with the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people. Police said they have not established a motive for the killing or have evidence …
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By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) – Ample monsoon rain in the first half of July accelerated planting of main summer-sown crops such as soybean, cotton and pulses in India, although rice planting is still lagging behind due to scant rainfall in northern states. Farmers planted summer-sown crops on 59.2 million hectares, as of July 15, …
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By Katie Paul (Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fueled real-world violence in places like India and Myanmar. The report, which covers due diligence performed in 2020 and 2021, includes a summary of a …
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By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – A man was shot dead in British Columbia on Thursday who local media reports said was Ripudaman Singh Malik, a Canadian Sikh businessman acquitted in connection with the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people. Police, in a statement responding to a Reuters request for information on Malik’s …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Reece Topley recorded the best figures for an England bowler in one-day international cricket as the hosts roared back against India after their drubbing at the Oval to level the three-match series with a 100-run win in the second game on Thursday. Chasing 247 on a Lord’s wicket that had eased up after …
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By Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Chris Thomas MUMBAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) -India reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox on Thursday, a 35-year old man with a history of travel to the Middle East, government officials said. The man, who travelled from the United Arab Emirates to the southern Indian state of Kerala on July 12, was in …
By Maayan Lubell and Nidhi Verma JERUSALEM/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates has pledged $2 billion to help develop a series of “food parks” in India to tackle food insecurity in South Asia and the Middle East, a joint statement said on Thursday. Speaking in Jerusalem at a virtual summit with UAE, Israeli and …
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By Rupam Jain and Tanvi Mehta MUMBAI (Reuters) -Half a world away from the political drama in London, many Indians are closely following the twists and turns of who replaces Boris Johnson as British prime minister, curious to see how two candidates with Indian ancestry fare. Rishi Sunak, the bookmakers’ favourite to prevail, and Suella …
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By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s central bank this week introduced a new mechanism for international trade settlements in rupees, aiming to promote exports and facilitate imports. Besides promoting international use of the local currency, many exporters and economists see the measure as a way to promote trade with countries that are under …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian pharmaceutical company Bajaj Healthcare Ltd said on Wednesday it was entering the highly-regulated opiate processing business after winning two tenders from the government, sending its shares to a near three-month peak. The orders, to supply opium-derived alkaloids and active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) to the government, give a private player access to …
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