MUMBAI – The head of India’s markets regulator, Madhabi Puri Buch, continued to earn revenue from a consultancy firm during her seven-year tenure, potentially breaching rules for regulatory officials, according to public documents reviewed by Reuters. Hindenburg Research has alleged a conflict of interest in Buch’s investigations surrounding the Adani […]
NEW DELHI – India’s main opposition Congress party asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday to impose an additional tax on the country’s billionaires to generate funds for stretched public services like education and health. The annual budget will be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July […]
NEW DELHI, July 21 – India’s parliament was disrupted for a second day on Friday and women’s groups planned protests across the country over a sexual assault case during ethnic clashes in the state of Manipur.At least 125 people have been killed and more than 40,000 have fled their homes […]
KANGVAI, India, July 28 – A one-mile stretch of a highway in the lush green foothills of India’s Manipur state has become the symbol of a vicious sectarian conflict that has killed over 180 people since May and severely dented the strongman image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The […]
NEW DELHI – Hospital cleaning worker Manish Kumar became the first person in India to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched one of the world’s largest immunisation campaigns to bring the pandemic under control. Kumar received his shot at Delhi’s premier All-India […]
SYDNEY – Australia’s Steve Smith has denied trying to erase Rishabh Pant’s guard in the batting crease during the third test against India on Monday, saying he had been marking centre as he always does. Video footage from the stump camera of Smith dragging his boot across the […]
NEW DELHI – India’s Supreme Court on Monday criticised the government for failing to break a deadlock with farmers protesting against reforms of the agricultural sector. Tens of thousands of farmers have been camped on the outskirts of the capital, New Delhi, for more than a month, and […]
NEW DELHI – India’s Future Group expects swift regulatory approval of its $3.4 billion deal to sell its retail assets, its chief executive said, even as its warring business partner Amazon.com Inc intensifies efforts to block the deal. Future and Amazon are at loggerheads over the Indian group’s […]
SYDNEY – Cricket Australia apologised to the India team on Sunday and launched a probe into allegations visiting players were subjected to racial abuse by part of the crowd during the third test at Sydney Cricket Ground. The Indian team lodged an official complaint after play on Saturday […]
NEW DELHI – The Indian government and representatives of protesting farmers failed to reach an agreement on contentious new agriculture laws on Friday and said they will meet again in a week’s time. Tens of thousands of farmers have been camped on the outskirts of the capital New […]
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