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KOLKATA (Reuters) -Protesters blocked train tracks, stopped buses and shouted slogans in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal on Wednesday, the latest in a series of protests that have rocked the state since the rape and murder of a trainee doctor. Police fired tear-gas and water cannon to disperse protesters marching towards the state …

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian police have warned an aide to a Sikh leader who was assassinated in British Columbia last year, of an increased threat to his life, a prominent Sikh separatist said on Tuesday. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun said police in the province of Ontario, working with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, had issued a …

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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Jay Shah will succeed New Zealander Greg Barclay as chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) later this year, the governing body said on Tuesday. The 35-year-old Shah, son of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home minister Amit Shah, will be the youngest ever ICC chairman when be …

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By Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Tanvi Mehta BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s space agency expects a 20%-30% increase in its budget in the coming years, its head said in a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker interview on Tuesday, describing the agency’s rocket launch prices as on a par with SpaceX’s, though without giving details. In a wide-ranging interview, Indian …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s goods and services tax (GST) council will discuss rationalisation of the GST rates and brackets in its next meeting, expected to be held on Sept. 9, the finance minister said on Tuesday. The government has said that it wants change GST rates and reduce the number of brackets, referring to …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin had a phone call on Tuesday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Kremlin said without providing immediate details. Modi visited Ukraine last week and discussed the situation there, among other topics, with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday. (Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Lucy Papachristou)

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Twenty20 captain Suryakumar Yadav hopes a stint in first class cricket will improve his chances of reclaiming a spot in the test squad. The 33-year-old plays a key role in India’s white-ball squads and took over the T20 captaincy when Rohit Sharma quit the format after leading India to the …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said negotiations were ongoing with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and Switzerland regarding the second summit on peace in a conversation with Indian journalists shared on his social media on Sunday. Zelenskiy also said he had told India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he would support India hosting the second …

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