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India implements citizenship law opposed by Muslims before election

12 Mar 2024

By YP Rajesh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India moved on Monday to implement a 2019 citizenship law that has been criticised as discriminating against Muslims, weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term for his Hindu nationalist government. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) grants Indian nationality to Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains …

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India conducts first flight test of domestic missile

11 Mar 2024

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India successfully conducted the first flight test of a domestically developed missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on messaging platform X on Monday. Indian scientists have integrated the technology – which delivers multiple warheads to different targets fired from the same missile on …

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Cricket-India’s spin maestro Ashwin re-invents himself to stay relevant

10 Mar 2024

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s chess great Viswanathan Anand took to social media last week congratulating Ravichandran Ashwin on the cricketer’s 100th test and asking if the spinner fancied a game of chess with him. The former five-time world chess champion seeking a battle of wits could hardly have picked a more …

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Senior Indian election official quits days ahead of vote date announcement

9 Mar 2024

By Aditi Shah and Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The second-highest official in India’s election commission resigned abruptly on Saturday, days ahead of the expected announcement of the date of the country’s general election. Arun Goel’s resignation as election commissioner leaves the Election Commission of India with only one of its three mandated top officials …

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Cricket-India reign at home again, England grapple with ‘Bazball’ doubts

9 Mar 2024

DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) -India maintained their aura of invincibility at home after completing a 4-1 series triumph against England on Saturday, and the ease of their final win may well subject the visitors’ much-hyped “Bazball” approach to fresh scrutiny. Rohit Sharma and his men had clinched the series in the four Ranchi but did not …

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Cricket-India’s bench strength pleases Rohit, Stokes defends ‘risky’ batting

9 Mar 2024

DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) – India kept up their enviable home record by completing a 4-1 series victory against England on Saturday, and captain Rohit Sharma praised his side’s newcomers for their contributions in the absence of several frontline players. Of the five debutants India fielded in the series, wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel, batters Sarfaraz Khan and …

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India, Europe trade group to sign pact on Sunday, sources say

9 Mar 2024

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is expected to sign an economic agreement on Sunday with a group of four European countries aimed at increasing trade and investment, two officials with knowledge of the talks said, capping nearly 16 years of negotiations. New Delhi expects the countries of the European Free Trade Association – Switzerland, Norway, …

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India’s opposition Congress party loses appeal to pause $16 million tax recovery

8 Mar 2024

By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s main opposition Congress party suffered a setback on Friday as a tax tribunal dismissed its appeal to pause recovery of 1.35 billion rupees ($16.32 million) in income tax from its bank accounts, weeks before national elections. A part of the Congress’ bank accounts had been frozen last …

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