By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the State Department and “deep state” elements in the U.S. of trying to destabilise India in conjunction with a group of investigative journalists and opposition leader Rahul Gandhi. The accusation comes as a surprise as New Delhi and …
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By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An Indian antitrust investigation has concluded there was no price collusion between the domestic units of delivery companies DHL, United Parcel Service and FedEx, according to three sources and a document seen by Reuters. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) ordered an investigation in 2022 into more than …
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(Reuters) – Australia’s left-arm wrecking ball Mitchell Starc won the Adelaide round of his duel against India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal while claiming a career-best 6-48 in the day-night second test on Friday. Jaiswal smashed 161 in India’s comprehensive win in the series opener in Perth and was caught on stump mic telling Starc he was …
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By Anushree Fadnavis and Sakshi Dayal SHAMBHU, India (Reuters) – Indian police used tear gas and pepper spray against dozens of farmers who began marching from Punjab state along a key highway to Delhi on Friday to demand better prices for their crops. The confrontation took place just over 200 km (125 miles) north of …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian police used tear gas and pepper spray on Friday to stop dozens of farmers who were trying to reach Delhi from the northern breadbasket state of Punjab to press a series of demands. Here is a look at why farmers are marching to the capital again. WHAT ARE FARMERS DEMANDING? Farmers …
(Reuters) -Mitchell Starc was a menace with the pink ball and claimed a career-best six for 48 as Australia bundled out India for 180 inside two sessions of the day-night second test in Adelaide on Friday. The hosts finished day one on 86-1, looking on course for a first-innings lead as they seek to bounce …
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By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – Young, well-to-do Indians’ booming appetite for live entertainment is attracting global music stars as they seek out new audiences in the world’s most populous nation. Dua Lipa and Maroon 5 performed in India’s financial capital Mumbai in the past seven days, while Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes and Green …
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By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India eased some restrictions imposed to combat pollution in its north on Thursday as air quality there improved, with smog giving way to blue skies and Delhi recording a “moderate” air quality index reading of 165. As AQI levels shot up last month, schools in the capital and …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -The European Space Agency on Thursday launched Proba-3, a cutting-edge Sun-observing mission, aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation’s flagship rocket. The launch from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, originally scheduled for Wednesday, had been delayed because of a technical snag. The mission is intended to advance global efforts to understand economic and technological risks …
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By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Three trading houses have become dominant sellers of Russian oil to India as many smaller players dropped out of the business due to high funding costs in Russia and lack of access to Western funds, according to data and six trading sources. The change reverses a trend of …
