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In India’s auto hub of Manesar, home to Maruti Suzuki and its many suppliers, protests erupted this week as workers demanded wage hikes after being hit by rising food costs due to Iran war linked disruptions. During a Reuters visit to the area, Akash Kumar, 25, said street vendors were charging him double the price for a meal of bread, curry and yogurt. Today, Haryana ordered hike in minimum wages by 35 pct. That’s good for workers but a sudden blow for companies already battling high input costs. reuters.com/business/world… @aditishahsays @arpanc_

🍻Iran war and crisis of beer/liquor glass bottles and aluminium cans. Lobby group of alcohol giants Pernod Ricard, AB InBev, HEINEKEN & Carlsberg has asked India for a waiver of 10% import duty on glass bottles & aluminium cans. Federation of European Business in India says sourcing from outside could add 30% to costs. Industry fears can, bottles shortages from May One global liquor ​industry source told Reuters companies in India were considering imports from Southeast Asian countries tinyurl.com/7dud8m8t

#GautamAdani , one of ​India's richest people, ‌will ask a judge to dismiss the U.S. ​Securities and Exchange ​Commission's civil fraud case ⁠against him, his ​lawyers said on Tuesday. reuters.com/world/gautam-a…

Your weekend read: While Hollywood takes a slow approach, Indian cinema is racing ahead with AI use, pitting efficiency against questions of creative authenticity and audience acceptance. @MunsifV reuters.com/technology/ai-… @Reuters

India's 'Mounjaro brides': weight-loss injections become part of pre-wedding preparation. Great reporting by Reuters @RishikaSadam reuters.com/business/healt…

BIG India tax rule change after landmark Tiger Global ruling. India says it would not apply its strict tax evasion rules on foreign investments made before April 2017, easing concerns among global investors. tinyurl.com/bd8wc98c With @Nikunj_Ohri

Cloud computing company Oracle is laying off thousands of employees, the CNBC reported reut.rs/4dg8FL4

Indian billionaire challenges Adani's winning bid for $4 bln in assets, F1 track reuters.com/world/india/in… - Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal is challenging fellow tycoon Gautam Adani's winning bid for a bankrupt real estate giant in the Supreme Court, intensifying the fight over a $4 billion pool of prized assets that includes the country's only Formula One track - By @arpanc_

Battle of the billionaires in India. What's at stake? F1 track, hotels, cement and power plants and scores of residential apartment projects Anil Agarwal challenges Adani's winning bid for a bankrupt real estate ​giant in the Supreme Court @arpanc_ reuters.com/world/india/in…

A massive 12-ton shipment of Nestle's crunch KitKat bars was stolen in a chocolaty heist that risks causing a shortage in stores right before Easter. cbsn.ws/40Z0ADi

For me personally, this Ramnath Goenka Journalism Award by the @IndianExpress was special - it was a hat-trick. This award was for a story into how Apple supplier Foxconn rejected married women from jobs. We previously won these awards in 2017 for our investigation into Philip Morris, the maker of Marlboro, and again in 2021 for an investigation into Amazon’s clandestine business practices in India. @MunsifV @PraveenR_P @ReutersPR @Reuters

Reuters has won the Ramnath Goenka Award, India’s most prestigious journalism honor, for our investigation revealing Foxconn's rejection of married women from iPhone assembly jobs. What made this recognition even more special was a shout-out from Raj Kamal Jha.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Jha called it “good journalism” at a time when, as he put it, “we have all got spooked” and are “very unsure of what good journalism is.”

Take a bow @PraveenR_P @MunsifV and @adityakalra @Reuters ... that was one explosive exposé! A hands down winner 🏆

Delighted to share that @Reuters has won India’s most prestigious journalism honour — the Ramnath Goenka Award — for business reporting for the investigation that revealed how Apple supplier Foxconn rejected married women from India iPhone assembly jobs because they had more family responsibilities than unmarried women. The story had immediate and lasting impact. Modi's government called for an investigation within hours of the story being published, and the women's wing of Modi's party, India's human rights agency and opposition parties all reacted to it. The story became a major talking point on TV news and talk shows, as well as in newspaper editorials. Indian labour officials visited the Foxconn factory as part of the probe. Foxconn changed its policy: the company quietly tweaked its hiring protocols. It ordered its hiring agents who helped recruit iPhone assembly workers to remove age, gender and marital criteria from job ads. For some Indian women, a job building iPhones is a ticket out of poverty. Between January 2023 and May 2024, Reuters made more than 20 trips to Sriperumbudur. We also reviewed a candidate information pamphlet, dozens of job ads and records of WhatsApp discussions in which four of Foxconn’s third-party recruiters stated to prospective candidates that only unmarried women were eligible for assembly jobs. 🙏 It was an important story. Apple is positioning India as an alternative manufacturing base to China. India PM Modi sees Foxconn’s iPhone factory and Apple’s broader supply chain as helping the world’s most populous country move up the economic value chain. With @PraveenR_P, @MunsifV. Special thanks to our editor for the project, David Crawshaw. @ReutersPR

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#CholeBhature goes off menu at a popular eatery for working professionals in Delhi's Connaught Place. "Only Rajma Rice and Kadhi rice is available as no gas cylinder" says a picture put up by the eatery #LPG #Delhi #Restaurant

This is how three Indian cement firms bid for an oil well cement tender of ONGC in 2018. All bids at 7,350 rupees Asked, India Cements explained: it's a factory of numerology. 7 is an exec's lucky number. Details of an antitrust cement probe. READ tinyurl.com/y68axfhj

An exclusive written account by Aditi Dharmadhikari follows the process of @gorillaz ‘The Mountain’. mixmag.asia/feature/how-in…

The U.S. military initiated a series of strikes against targets in #Iran , two U.S. officials told ⁦@Reuters⁩ , speaking on condition of anonymity. The campaign is expected to last for multiple days, said a U.S. official. reuters.com/business/aeros…

Tata delays chairman Chandra’s reappointment decision after opposition from charity arm’s Noel Tata. Fresh tension revives worries of a repeat of the 2016 public clash between powerful Tata Trusts and Tata Sons that bruised the reputation of India's most storied conglomerate. reuters.com/world/india/in…