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Indian Miss America resonates as symbol of change

YoopyaSeptember 17, 2013June 17, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 17, 2013June 17, 20230

“Miss America is evolving. And she’s not going to look the same anymore.” So predicted Nina Davuluri during her quest to become the first Indian-American...

Asia News World

Sectarian riots spread in north India, 28 dead

YoopyaSeptember 9, 2013April 3, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 9, 2013April 3, 20240

MUZAFFARNAGAR, India (AP) — Security forces have been ordered to shoot rioters on sight, as sectarian violence spread in northern India on Monday despite an...

Asia News World

India’s big business want Modi to be next PM

YoopyaSeptember 6, 2013April 7, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 6, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – – Nearly three-quarters of Indian business leaders believe the government has mismanaged the economy and want opposition leader Narendra Modi to lead the...

Economy

Meet “The Guv”: India’s new central bank chief gets rock star welcome

YoopyaSeptember 5, 2013April 7, 2024

by YoopyaSeptember 5, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – Less than 24 hours in the job and he has already been dubbed “The Guv” by a gushing Indian media and portrayed as...

Asia Business Economy News World

Indian rupee in sharp rebound on suspected heavy intervention

YoopyaSeptember 4, 2013June 15, 2023

by YoopyaSeptember 4, 2013June 15, 20230

(Reuters) – The Indian rupee staged a sharp recovery on Wednesday after suspected heavy dollar selling by the central bank, preventing the battered currency from...

Asia News World

India convicts youngest Delhi gang rape defendant

YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 31, 2013April 14, 20240

NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian juvenile court on Saturday handed down the first conviction in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on...

Business Economy News

Indian rupee resumes slide as fears grow for slowing economy

YoopyaAugust 30, 2013June 22, 2023

by YoopyaAugust 30, 2013June 22, 20230

(Reuters) – The rupee slid back towards a record low on Friday, with investors braced for a statement on the state of economy from Prime...

Business Finance News

Indian rupee hurtles lower as foreign investors flee

YoopyaAugust 28, 2013May 15, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 28, 2013May 15, 20240

(Reuters) – The Indian rupee slumped to a record low of more than 68 to the dollar on Wednesday on growing worries that foreign investors...

Business Markets News

India’s ONGC to buy $2.64-billion stake in Anadarko Mozambique gas block

YoopyaAugust 26, 2013April 21, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 26, 2013April 21, 20240

(Reuters) – India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC.NS) has agreed to buy 10 percent in a gas field offshore Mozambique from Anadarko Petroleum Corp for $2.64 billion, as...

Asia News World

Police arrest second suspect in Mumbai gang rape

YoopyaAugust 24, 2013April 21, 2024

by YoopyaAugust 24, 2013April 21, 20240

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police on Saturday arrested a second man in the gang rape of a young photojournalist in the Indian financial hub of...