NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Air quality in India’s capital New Delhi deteriorated to hazardous levels on Tuesday with readings the highest in the world, according to Swiss group IQAir, partly due to the use of firecrackers during Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. The Supreme Court of India last week relaxed a ban on firecrackers in …
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(Reuters) -India’s former captains Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma should not be written off after their team’s seven-wicket loss to Australiain the first of three one-day internationals, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting said on Tuesday. After Sunday’s defeat in Perth, the three-match series moves to Adelaide on Thursday before concluding in Sydney on Saturday. Kohli …
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By Joel Dubber PERTH, Australia (Reuters) -Australia’s stand-in captain Mitchell Marsh continued his fine run of form on Sunday, scoring 46 not out and leading his side to a seven-wicket triumph over India in the weather-affected first one-day international at Perth Stadium. India limped to 136-9 from 26 overs, interrupted four times by rain, setting …
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(Reuters) -Opener Kiran Navgire broke the record for the fastest century in women’s Twenty20 cricket when she completed her hundred in just 34 balls while helping Maharashtra to a nine-wicket win over Punjab in India’s Women’s T20 Trophy on Friday. Navgire, who has played six T20 matches for India, broke Sophie Devine’s previous record of …
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By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Egypt’s foreign minister said on Friday that resolving the Palestinian question was key to making progress in a U.S.-backed transport project to connect India to Europe via the Middle East by sea and rail. The project known as the India-Middle East Economic Corridor (IMEC) was announced on the sidelines …
By Suramya Kaushik BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian featherweight boxer Jaismine Lamboria clinched her maiden world title in Liverpool last month, a victory that has left the 24-year-old believing she can come out swinging in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics after a disappointing performance in Paris. Competing in the 57 kg category after a switch from her …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australian cricket fans may have their last chance to see India batting stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in action when the pair tour in the one-day international series starting in Perth on Sunday. Boasting almost 600 ODIs between them, both 36-year-old Kohli and 38-year-old Rohit are active internationally only in the 50-overs …
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By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Western powers have ramped up pressure on Russia’s oil sales amid its war with Ukraine as U.S. President Donald Trump said India would stop buying and Britain imposed sanctions on top Russian oil firms. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is schedule to meet Trump in Washington on Friday to push …
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By Abhijith Ganapavaram and Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The 91-year-old father of the Air India pilot in a June crash that killed 260 has asked India’s Supreme Court to order an independent investigation that takes into account causes other than pilot action, sources familiar with the matter said. The lawsuit represents a major escalation …
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PATNA, India (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s national alliance faces a tough regional election in the state of Bihar next month, due to youth unemployment and distrust over voter rolls, which could pose risks to his coalition that relies on regional partners. Bihar, in eastern India, is one of the country’s poorest states and …
