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Chinese police intensify efforts to combat unlawful activities during summer campaign

BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — Chinese police nationwide resolved 566,000 criminal cases during a three-month security enforcement campaign that ran from June 25 to Sept. 30, the Ministry of Public Security announced Tuesday. The police addressed 25,000 cases involving violations of the rights of vulnerable groups, 6,861 cases related to online gambling, and 719,000 cases of driving under the…

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Taiwan opposition to discuss teaming up ahead of January election

TAIPEI, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT) said on Monday that it was discussing ways to team up with another opposition group, the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), ahead of January’s presidential and parliamentary elections. The election is happening as China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has been stepping up military and political pressure, seeking to…

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Rapid rise in Mumbai pushes India's COVID numbers to month high

Rapid rise in Mumbai pushes India’s COVID numbers to month high

Cars move on Bandra-Worli sea link in Mumbai, India, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas MUMBAI, June 2 (Reuters) – India’s health ministry reported 3,712 new coronavirus infections for the past twenty four hours on Thursday, the highest in nearly a month, driven up by a record number cases recorded in the financial capital, Mumbai. Reporting by Shilpa Jamkhandikar in Mumbai; Editing…

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Indian shares muted as metal, banking gains offset auto losses

Indian shares muted as metal, banking gains offset auto losses

People stand outside the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), after Sensex surpassed the 60,000 level for the first time, in Mumbai, India, September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo BENGALURU, June 1 (Reuters) – Indian shares were flat on Wednesday, as gains in metal and banking stocks were offset by losses in auto scrips, while data showed that the country’s economic growth slowed to…

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Google backs India's ShareChat in $300 mln funding round at $5 bln valuation

Google backs India’s ShareChat in $300 mln funding round at $5 bln valuation

ShareChat logos are seen in this illustration taken, July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo NEW DELHI, May 30 (Reuters) – The parent company of India’s ShareChat has raised nearly $300 million in fresh funding from Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google, media giant Times Group and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, valuing the social media firm at nearly $5 billion, two sources involved…

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India withdraws warning on national biometric ID after online panic

India withdraws warning on national biometric ID after online panic

A woman goes through the process of finger scanning for the Unique Identification (UID) database system, also known as Aadhaar, at a registration centre in New Delhi, India, January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Saumya Khandelwal/File Photo NEW DELHI, May 29 (Reuters) – India on Sunday withdrew a warning not to share photocopies of the national biometric identity card after the announcement caused…

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Ukraine war: Russia says it destroyed radar station built by US in Zolote town

Ukraine war: Russia says it destroyed radar station built by US in Zolote town

The Russian defence ministry added it would consider NATO transport carrying weapons in Ukraine as targets meant to be destroyed, this on the 75th day of war. Servicemen of the Ukrainian Military Forces gather after the fighting against Russian troops and Russia-backed separatists near Zolote village, Luhansk region.(AFP) Published on May 09, 2022 04:07 PM IST ByHT News Desk | Written by Aryan…

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Stop 'regulatory assault' on Chinese firms, Global Times tells India after Xiaomi accusations

Stop ‘regulatory assault’ on Chinese firms, Global Times tells India after Xiaomi accusations

A man uses his mobile phone in front of a screen showing a logo of Xiaomi at the launch ceremony of the Mi Note in Beijing, Picture taken on January 15, 2015. REUTERS/Jason Lee NEW DELHI, May 9 (Reuters) – India should stop its “regulatory assault” on Chinese companies, state-backed Chinese newspaper Global Times said, after smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) alleged threats of “physical…

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Exclusive: Xiaomi accuses Indian agency of 'physical violence' threats during probe

Exclusive: Xiaomi accuses Indian agency of ‘physical violence’ threats during probe

1/2 Manu Kumar Jain, former managing director of Xiaomi India after an interview with Reuters inside his office in Bengaluru, India, January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa SummaryCompanies Xiaomi India facing India probe over royalty paymentsXiaomi won court relief, but accuses agency of threats -documentAgency says allegations “untrue and baseless”India says Xiaomi made foreign…

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EXCLUSIVE Xiaomi accuses Indian agency of 'physical violence' threats during probe

EXCLUSIVE Xiaomi accuses Indian agency of ‘physical violence’ threats during probe

Manu Kumar Jain, former managing director of Xiaomi India after an interview with Reuters inside his office in Bengaluru, India, January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa SummaryCompanies Xiaomi India facing India probe over royalty paymentsXiaomi won court relief, but accuses agency of threats -documentAgency says allegations “untrue and baseless”India says Xiaomi made foreign payments…

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EXCLUSIVE Xiaomi accuses Indian agency of 'physical violence' threats during probe

EXCLUSIVE Xiaomi accuses Indian agency of ‘physical violence’ threats during probe

Manu Kumar Jain, former managing director of Xiaomi India after an interview with Reuters inside his office in Bengaluru, India, January 18, 2018. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa SummaryCompanies Xiaomi India facing India probe over royalty paymentsXiaomi won court relief, but accuses agency of threats-documentCompany says execs threatened with ‘dire consequences’-documentIndia says Xiaomi made…

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Heat adds to despair of Indian women after decades of daily treks for water

Heat adds to despair of Indian women after decades of daily treks for water

A man fetches water from an almost dry well on a hot day in Badama village in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, May 4, 2022. REUTERS/Ritesh Shukla HINAUTI, India, May 6 (Reuters) – India’s scorching summer heat adds new risks this year to an energy-sapping challenge that tribal woman Munni Adhivasi has surmounted every day for two decades, by trudging for miles to carry home…

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EXCLUSIVE State-owned Central Bank of India to close 13% of its branches: sources, document

EXCLUSIVE State-owned Central Bank of India to close 13% of its branches: sources, document

MUMBAI, May 5 (Reuters) – Central Bank of India (CBI.NS), a state-owned commercial bank, plans to shut 13% of its branches to improve its financial health, which has been under pressure for several years, according to sources and a document seen by Reuters. Reporting by Nupur Anand in Mumbai and Aftab Ahmed in New Delhi; Editing by Hugh Lawson Source: Reuters.

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Coronavirus: Beijing closes dozens of subway stations and suspends bus routes to keep a lid on outbreak

Coronavirus: Beijing closes dozens of subway stations and suspends bus routes to keep a lid on outbreak

China’s capital confirms 51 new Covid-19 infections from around 20 million tests conducted as the city tries to avoid a Shanghai-style lockdown Shanghai municipal government to allow more manufacturers to resume production if they obey virus-control rules, offering hopes of easing supply issues Mia Castagnone + FOLLOW Published: 2:04pm, 4 May, 2022 Why you can trust SCMP Workers in…

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Indian shares extend losses after cenbank's surprise rate hike

Indian shares extend losses after cenbank’s surprise rate hike

A broker reacts while trading at his computer terminal at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai, India, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas BENGALURU, May 4 (Reuters) – Indian shares extended losses on Wednesday after the country’s central bank announced a surprise increase in key policy rate. Reporting by Rama Venkat and Nallur Sethuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila Source:…

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India's private school aspiration increasingly out of reach as inflation bites

India’s private school aspiration increasingly out of reach as inflation bites

Ambika Chatterjee, 9, a student of fifth grade, who according to her father Subhasish Chatterjee, 52, shifted to a low fee charging private school from an elite school, waits for her father as he puts on his helmet to drop her to a school in Kolkata, India, April 27, 2022. Picture taken on April 27, 2022. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri Read More Summary Four million children left private system…

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India's factory activity quickens in April amid high inflation

India’s factory activity quickens in April amid high inflation

A worker operates a lathe machine as he makes a steel cutter at a manufacturing unit in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi November 3, 2014. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee Bengaluru, May 2 (Reuters) – Factory activity in India picked up last month, bolstered by a solid increase in demand as pandemic restrictions were eased, but rising energy prices pushed input costs to a five-month high, a…