NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India urged Ukraine and Russia on Friday to impose a ceasefire in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy to help evacuate hundreds of Indian students trapped there amid worsening conflict. Around 700 Indian students have been unable to leave Sumy after Russian troops invaded Ukraine in late February, with their evacuation …
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By Manoj Kumar and Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India will raise petrol and diesel prices next week for the first time in more than four months as global crude prices soar after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week, three government officials said, amid growing concern about inflation. Asia’s third-largest economy, which imports 80% …
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By Saurabh Sharma VARANASI, India (Reuters) – A regional Indian party has claimed it will unseat Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in provincial elections in Uttar Pradesh state, the most crucial test for Modi before a general election in two years. The Hindu nationalist BJP has maintained it will retain power in …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Essential equipment at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was unaffected after a fire there, with no change in radiation levels, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Friday, citing the country’s regulatory authorities. Ukraine had said the plant in its southeast was shelled overnight, the IAEA added. “The Ukraine regulatory authority …
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(Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first in the opening match of the two-test home series against Sri Lanka in Mohali on Friday. India drafted in batters Hanuma Vihari and Shreyas Iyer into the side for the match, replacing the experienced duo of Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane …
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(Reuters) – Ahead of his 100th test for India, Virat Kohli said he can look back at his stint as captain with pride having instilled a dressing-room culture which helped the team achieve memorable victories across the world. Kohli stepped down as India’s test captain in January after seven years in charge during which he …
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By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Shells exploded nearby, shaking buildings and sending debris flying around a group of Indian students making a dash out of central Kharkiv on foot after warnings from their government to flee the Ukrainian city hit hard by the Russian invasion. Aditya Narayan Patra, a 21-year-old medical student from …
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By Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian tax investigation into China’s Huawei Technologies has found the telecoms equipment maker manipulated account books to reduce its taxable income in the country, an Indian government source told Reuters on Thursday. Without naming the company, India’s Ministry of Finance said a major telecoms group did not …
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By Aftab Ahmed and Swati Bhat NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – India is considering guarantees of lenders’ letters of credit and soft loans for exporters hit by a cash squeeze following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Western sanctions imposed on Moscow, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Indian banks are scrambling after bills for …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The United States called on India on Wednesday to distance itself from Russia, its main arms supplier, after the invasion of Ukraine, which New Delhi has yet to condemn. New U.S. sanctions on Russian banks will make it harder for countries to buy major defence equipment from Moscow, a U.S. diplomat …
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