By Charlotte Greenfield, David Brunnstrom and YP Rajesh DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) -A group of U.S. lawmakers who met the Dalai Lama in India on Wednesday said they would not allow China to influence the choice of his successor, comments expected to anger Beijing, which calls the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader a separatist. The remarks come …
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By Shivam Patel and Tora Agarwala NEW DELHI/GUWAHATI (Reuters) -India recorded more than 40,000 suspected heatstroke cases this summer as a prolonged heatwave killed more than 100 people across the country, while parts of its northeast grappled with floods from heavy rain, authorities said. Billions across Asia are grappling with extreme heat this summer in …
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(Reuters) – Suryakumar Yadav has proved time and again the kind of havoc he can wreak with the bat but India’s lynchpin believes being able to control that aggression is equally important on the slow pitches in the ongoing T20 World Cup. The group stage of the 20-team tournament, especially its U.S. leg, proved a …
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By Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A delegation of U.S. lawmakers met the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday in India’s northern town of Dharamsala. The meeting annoyed Beijing, which urged the United States on Tuesday to “fully recognise the anti-China and separatist nature of the Dalai clique” and refrain from …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra won gold at the Paavo Nurmi Games in Finland on Tuesday and while the winning throw was well short of his personal best the Indian said he is happy with his fitness ahead of the Paris Olympics. The mop-haired 26-year-old became India’s first …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India likely faces below-normal rainfall in June due to the monsoon’s slow progress, the country’s weather department said on Tuesday, raising concerns for its agricultural sector. Summer rains, critical to economic growth in Asia’s third-largest economy, usually begin in the south around June 1 before spreading nationwide by July 8, allowing farmers …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi dynasty is due to make her electoral debut, potentially strengthening the opposition’s challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in parliament after he was humbled in a recent election, politicians and analysts said. The family has long been the glue holding factions of the main opposition Congress …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Peak demand for power in India’s hot, arid northern plains hit a record on Monday, the government said as it continues to implement measures to meet high energy consumption, although the weeks’ long heatwave is forecast to abate soon. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted above-normal temperatures for June in …
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By Subrata Nag Choudhary KOLKATA, India (Reuters) – India will launch an investigation on Tuesday into a train collision that killed nine people in the state of West Bengal and injured more than 50, a day after a top railway official blamed the incident on driver error. The death toll was revised down to nine …
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NEW YORK – Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national accused of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to assassinate a New York-based Sikh separatist, pleaded not guilty to U.S. criminal charges on Monday. (Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York)
