India
Sixty children die in Indian hospital amid furor over oxygen supplies
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI Sixty children have died at a hospital in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh this week, prompting local media to blame the fatalities on a lack of oxygen supplies.
Elephant blamed for 15 deaths in eastern India shot dead
SAHIBGANJ, India An elephant blamed for killing more than a dozen people in the eastern Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar was shot dead on Friday, after an elaborate hunt that involved dozens of forest officials and a sharpshooter.
30 children die in hospital in northern India: medical official
NEW DELHI Thirty children have died at a hospital in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh since Wednesday due to encephalitis and delivery-related issues, a senior medical official said on Friday. | Video
Divided Muslim family yearns to reunite, 70 years after India, Pakistan split
KARACHI/NEW DELHI As India and Pakistan prepare to celebrate 70 years of independence from Britain next week, thousands of families in the nuclear-armed neighbors remain divided by a border that strained diplomatic ties make harder to cross.
India's military steps up operational readiness on China border
NEW DELHI India's military has increased operational readiness along the eastern Indian border with China, sources said, as neither side shows any sign of backing off from a face-off in a remote Himalayan region near their disputed frontier.
India finance minister flags growth risks, pushes for monetary easing
NEW DELHI The Indian government called on Friday for more monetary easing as it flagged risks to economic growth and budget targets, citing a series of disinflationary impulses weighing on Asia's third-largest economy.
India's refiners bet big on petrochemicals as industry reshapes
NEW DELHI India's state oil refiners - long focused on churning out transport and cooking fuels - are planning a $35 billion push into petrochemicals to meet an expected surge in demand for goods ranging from plastics to paints and adhesives.
India's IOC buys more U.S. crude; first to purchase Eagle Ford shale oil
NEW DEHLI Indian state-refiner IOC bought 1.9 million barrels of U.S. crude in its second import tender seeking oil from the Americas, making it the first Indian refiner to purchase Eagle Ford shale oil, a senior official said on Friday.
India's war on cash had valuable benefits
MUMBAI (Reuters Breakingviews) - Counting anything in a country of India's size is a mammoth exercise. Nine months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi scrapped high-value banknotes in a clampdown on the “black economy”, there is no clarity on how much of the banned $240 billion individuals returned. Still, this has given real momentum to India’s anti-corruption campaign.
Rescued sex slave writes to Indian PM with plea to free others
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A 29-year-old Indian woman who was sold into sexual slavery as a teenager has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to rescue hundreds of thousands of other girls who are trapped in brothels and raped daily.
In call with Trump, China's Xi urges restraint over North Korea
BEDMINSTER, N.J./BEIJING China's President Xi Jinping said there needs to be a peaceful resolution to the North Korean nuclear issue, and in a telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump he urged all sides to avoid words or action that raise tensions. | Video
