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India’s Bengaluru hit by flooding, traffic snarls after heavy rain

By Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Nandan Mandayam BENGALURU (Reuters) – Large parts of India’s tech capital Bengaluru were under water on Monday after torrential rains uprooted trees, caused crippling traffic and forced offices to issue work-from-home orders to employees, raising fears of further disruptions through the week. The Bangalore Urban district on Sunday received 28.1 mm …

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Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries to sell India energy unit for $1.5 billion

(Reuters) -Singaporean utilities firm Sembcorp Industries has agreed to sell its Sembcorp Energy India Limited unit to Tanweer Infrastructure Pte for 117.34 billion rupees ($1.47 billion), it said on Monday. The deal is part of Sembcorp Industries’ strategy to shift to green energy generation, the company said in a filing to the Singapore Stock Exchange. …

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India summons Wikipedia officials over cricketer bio tweak after Pakistan match

By Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has summoned executives of Wikipedia after a national cricketer’s page on the online encyclopedia was edited following a match with rival Pakistan to claim that he was linked to a Sikh separatist movement, a government source said on Monday. Indian cricketer Arshdeep Singh has incurred the wrath …

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