US, UN express concern about India’s religion-based citizenship law
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government and the United Nations on Tuesday expressed concerns about a contentious religion-based citizenship law in India, with the UN calling the legislation “fundamentally discriminatory…
India’s top refiner IOC buys 3 million bbls Russian Urals crude via tender -sources
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI – Indian Oil Corp, the country’s top refiner, bought 3 million barrels of Russian Urals from trader Vitol for May delivery, trade sources said, its first purchase…
India’s February WPI inflation accelerates to 13.11% y/y
NEW DELHI – India’s annual wholesale price-based inflation accelerated to 13.11% in February from the previous month’s 12.96%, government data showed on Monday. February’s figure was higher than 12.10% forecast in a…
India’s Paytm chief detained briefly for negligent driving: reports
MUMBAI – Indian police briefly detained Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the founder and CEO of the fintech firm Paytm in New Delhi in February for a minor road accident, local media said on…
Japan’s Renesas, India’s Tata Elxsi partner in EV design centre
TOKYO – Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp announced on Thursday it will set up a design centre with India’s Tata Elxsi Ltd to jointly develop electric vehicle (EV) technology as appetite for…
Economists say higher oil prices pose further risk to India’s growth momentum
By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI – Rising crude oil prices and supply disruptions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could further sap an Indian economy already slowed by COVID-19, posing risks to household…
Electrolyser supply crunch hangs over India’s hydrogen ambitions
By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI – A global supply crunch of electrolysers needed to produce green hydrogen and a lack of domestic manufacturers to make them pose a major challenge to India’s…
Himalaya yogi ran India’s top bourse as puppet master, regulator says
By Abhirup Roy MUMBAI – The former head of India’s largest stock exchange shared confidential information with a yogi and sought his advice on crucial decisions, a probe by the market regulator…
India’s Reliance plans to turn syngas into blue hydrogen
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI – India’s Reliance Industries Ltd plans to produce blue hydrogen at a “competitive cost” of about $1.2-$1.5 per kg as it repurposes its $4-billion gasification assets, the…
India’s Maharashtra hopes to persuade Amazon, Uber, others to go electric faster
By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI – India’s Maharashtra state will offer companies like Amazon.com Inc and Uber new incentives to electrify their delivery fleets ahead of a 2025 target for cleaner air,…
India’s Ather targets 1 million electric scooters a year as demand soars
By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI – Ather Energy, India’s top electric scooter maker by revenue, is raising funds to ramp up annual production to one million scooters over the next three years…
‘Off to Canada’: India’s jobs crisis exasperates its youth
By Krishna N. Das and Aftab Ahmed RAJPURA, India – Srijan Upadhyay supplied fried snacks to small eateries and roadside stalls in the poor eastern Indian state of Bihar before COVID-19 lockdowns…
India’s Omicron wave may intensify in coming weeks -experts
(Corrects Dr. Subhash Salunke’s designation, paragraph 7) By Neha Arora NEW DELHI -India’s COVID-19 infections, led by the Omicron variant, may see a sharp rise in the coming weeks, some top experts…
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