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Reliance launches JioMart online grocery service, challenging Amazon, Flipkart
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Three Hyundai India workers get coronavirus, showing restart risks
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Hyundai India, Maruti workers get coronavirus, showing restart risks
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Xi says China could have set GDP growth goal around 6% had there been no coronavirus
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping said China’s annual economic growth target could have been set around 6% had the new coronavirus epidemic not happened, according to state media reports on Saturday. FILE
Three Hyundai India workers get coronavirus, showing restart risks
[ad_1] CHENNAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Three employees at Hyundai Motor Co’s Indian plant have tested positive for the coronavirus, the company said on Sunday, days after the South Korean automaker resumed operations after a near