By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) -India’s Gujarat state on Wednesday said it has signed initial investment agreements worth $86 billion with 58 companies including steelmaker ArcelorMittal’s joint venture and others operating in sectors such as energy, oil and gas, and chemicals. Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been signing these …
By Praveen Paramasivam and Phuong Nguyen CHENNAI/HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast is set to open its first Indian manufacturing facility, where it will make batteries, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, three people familiar with the matter said. The company will make batteries for EVs at the plant in the city of …
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By Nick Said CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South Africa closed an extraordinary see-saw first day of the second and final test against India at Newlands on 62 for three in their second innings, trailing the tourists by 36 runs after 23 wickets and several records fell on Wednesday. Aiden Markram (36 not out) and David Bedingham …
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By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – German-owned discounters Aldi and Lidl, No. 2 player Sainsbury’s, and market leader Tesco were the biggest winners among British supermarkets at Christmas, according to industry data published on Wednesday. Market researcher Kantar said those performing not so well included Asda, Morrisons, Waitrose and Iceland. Marks & Spencer, which analysts …
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(Reuters) -Local protests have forced a full shutdown of production at Libya’s Sharara oilfield, which can produce up to 300,000 barrels per day, two engineers told Reuters on Wednesday. A video circulating on the internet showed a number of local protesters from Fezzan region in southern Libya announcing the closure of the Sharara field until …
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By Mohammad Salem RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – For the Maarouf family, living in Rafah’s tent city after fleeing their house in Gaza at the start of Israel’s deadly bombardment nearly three months ago, home is now the small campfire they sit around each night. Supplies of wood, scavenged from ruined buildings, were exhausted long …
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By Laila Bassam, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Arafat Barbakh BEIRUT/CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Israeli forces kept up their assault on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and told civilians to leave a refugee camp in the north of the Palestinian enclave after the war reached into Lebanon with the killing in Beirut of the Hamas deputy leader. Israel has …
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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) -Junior doctors in England started a six-day walkout over pay on Wednesday, the longest strike in the 75-year history of the state-run National Health Service (NHS), which will hit patient care during a seasonal winter peak in demand. As in other key sectors over the past year, junior doctors represented …
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By Bharath Rajeswaran BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s benchmark indexes declined on Wednesday, dragged down by information technology and metal stocks, as global markets slid amid fading optimism about early U.S. interest rate cuts ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve minutes. The NSE Nifty 50 index fell 0.69% to 21,517.35, while the S&P BSE Sensex …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee closed marginally higher on Wednesday, supported by dollar sales from foreign banks, even as most of its Asian peers fell pressured by a recovery in the U.S. dollar index. The rupee ended at 83.2750 against the dollar, slightly higher compared with its close at 83.3175 in the previous session. …
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