India, Supreme Court and protests
Digest more
India releases ‘cockroach’ leaders
Digest more
Oct 12 (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of India on Monday tightened rules on rupee non-deliverable derivative contracts, limiting overseas clients to using them only for hedging, and widened a 20% cash reserve requirement to banks' own rupee currency hedges.
The taunt made clear how difficult it will be for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to quell the turmoil, which has roiled the Indian capital over the past week. In July, youth protests over exam leaks forced the resignation of the education minister, in what was then a rare defeat for India’s powerful prime minister.
Commuters cross a checkpoint as police officers stand guard on the second day of a protest planned by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) seeking the resignation of India's Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, in New Delhi, India, October 11, 2026. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh
Authorities have increased security in New Delhi and announced transport restrictions ahead of a planned demonstration by India’s “Cockroach” movement.
AI is upending labor markets around the world, yet few countries have as much at stake as India, long considered a nation of coders.
India is vying to secure a piece of the AI boom, and letting Google clear hundreds of acres to build a $15 billion US data centre hub near its eastern coast. It will be the company's largest such project outside the U.
By Sethuraman N R NEW DELHI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - India turned away nearly 1.8 billion units of renewable electricity in July and August, even as it grappled with power shortages and dwindling coal stocks at power plants during a period of record electricity demand,
Bangladesh has called for the removal of restrictions on its exports through Indian land ports, the withdrawal of anti-dumping duties on Bangladeshi jute products and PET film, and the continuation of tariff preferences after graduating from the least developed country (LDC) category.