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Leave cancelled for India's doctors as heat wave kills 1,300

2015-05-28 07:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A heat wave in India has killed at least 1,371 people this week as temperatures soar above 47 Celsius (116.6 Fahrenheit), and doctors' leave has been cancelled to help cope with the sick. May and June are India's hottest months, with temperatures regularly pushing above 40 Celsius. But meteorologists say the number of days when temperatures approach 45 Celsius has increased in the past 15 years. The death toll in the worst affected states of Andhra Pradesh in the southeast and nearby Telangana...

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India's Tata Motors profits dive 56 percent

2015-05-26 18:59:22| Automakers - Topix.net

India's largest carmaker Tata Motors reported a 56 percent slump in quarterly net profit on Tuesday due to weak earnings from its luxury British unit and sluggish domestic sales. Consolidated net profit for the fourth quarter which ended March 31 slumped to 17.17 billion rupees from 39.18 billion rupees during the same period a year earlier, the Mumbai-based company said.

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VIDEO: Is Modi still India's cup of tea?

2015-05-25 01:04:05| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

BBC News visited some tea stalls around Mumbai and asked ordinary Indians to rate Narendra Modi's first year in office.

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Editorial: India's wheat crisis

2015-05-20 14:41:51| Agriculture - Topix.net

Imagine the irony. India has 34 million tonnes of wheat stocks with the Food Corporation of India already and another 3-4 million will get added to this by July 1, but the country is still importing wheat, albeit in very small quantities.

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