MANILA (Reuters) – A group of 20 Catholic devotees walked barefoot for hours in Manila on Thursday while repeatedly striking their backs with bamboo whips to commemorate the passion of Jesus Christ. “This is our vow every Holy Week to strengthen our faith to our Lord (Jesus Christ) and for repentance of our sins,” said …
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By Marwa Rashad LONDON (Reuters) – Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices remained flat this week at the lowest level since July 2021 on muted demand and solid inventories in China, Japan and Korea. The average LNG price for May delivery into northeast Asia was $12.50 per million British thermal units (mmBtu), unchanged from …
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Tinder-owner Match Group and Indian startups have asked the country’s competition body to investigate Alphabet’s Google for alleged non-compliance with an antitrust directive by charging a high service fee for in-app payments, filings show. The filings by Match and Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF) mark the latest tussle …
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NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) -India and China broke into fresh diplomatic sparring on Thursday, accusing each other of creating visa hassles for their journalists posted in New Delhi and Beijing. The exchange came days after India objected to China renaming or “standardizing” names of 11 locations in the eastern state of Arunchal Pradesh, which China calls …
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(Reuters) -Jaguar Land Rover expects free cash flow of over 800 million pounds (about $1 billion) for the fourth quarter, boosted by a 24% rise in wholesale volumes as chip and other supply constraints eased, the luxury carmaker owned by India’s Tata Motors said on Thursday. Tata Motors, which acquired the British car maker in …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian shares logged gains for a second consecutive week on Thursday, aided by real estate and financials stocks, after the Reserve Bank of India, in a surprising decision, kept its key policy rate unchanged. The Nifty 50 ended 0.24% higher at 17,599.15 and the S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.24% …
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By Anushka Trivedi MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee held minor gains and forward premiums fell on Thursday after the Reserve Bank of India surprised markets by holding rates, with the local currency posting its third straight weekly advance. The rupee finished at 81.8850 per dollar, compared with its previous close of 82. It gained …
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By Ira Dugal MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged, after a nearly year-long hiking cycle, may extend even though the central bank described its move as a pause and not a pivot, said one of the few analysts who predicted the surprise decision. A Prasanna, head of …
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By Siddhi Nayak MUMBAI (Reuters) -The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is proposing expanding the reach of the popular Unified Payments Interface (UPI) digital payments system by allowing credit to be offered via pre-approved bank lines. UPI is an instant real-time payments system that allows users to transfer money across multiple banks without disclosing bank …
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By Ben Blanchard and Liz Lee TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Taiwan was keeping a close watch on a Chinese aircraft carrier and threats to inspect ships in the Taiwan Strait on Thursday after Beijing condemned a meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy – the third highest ranking official in the …
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