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Plane passengers held pending human trafficking inquiry leave France for India

25 Dec 2023

PARIS (Reuters) – A plane carrying 276 Indian passengers took off on Monday for Mumbai, the French interior ministry’s local office said, after it was grounded for four days pending investigation into possible human trafficking. The flight, carried out by Romanian charter company Legend Airlines, had departed from Dubai and landed at the small Vatry …

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Factbox-Cricket-South Africa v India, first test

24 Dec 2023

(Reuters) – Factbox on the first test between South Africa and India, which begins on Tuesday: WHEN? Dec. 26-30 (10:00 a.m. local time/0800 GMT) WHERE? Centurion Park, Pretoria (22,000 capacity) MATCH OFFICIALS Umpires: Paul Reiffel (Australia), Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe) Third umpire: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan) Match referee: Chris Broad SOUTH AFRICA World ranking: 4 Coach: Shukri …

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Cricket-India clinch women’s test vs Australia to end 46 years of hurt

24 Dec 2023

MUMBAI (Reuters) – India registered their first victory against Australia in a women’s test match on Sunday following their comprehensive eight-wicket win in the one-off contest at Wankhede Stadium. A significant first-innings lead of 187 had put India in the box seat and they needed only 75 runs to clinch the contest after bowling out …

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Unaccompanied minors among Indian passengers on flight grounded in France

23 Dec 2023

PARIS (Reuters) -Eleven unaccompanied minors were among 303 Indian passengers on a plane grounded in France, a source close to the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Saturday, as an investigation into suspected human trafficking continues. Emergency services in Marne, north east France, installed makeshift beds for the stranded passengers, who were given access to toilets …

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Israel-affiliated merchant vessel hit by aerial vehicle off India

23 Dec 2023

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -An Israel-affiliated merchant vessel was struck by an uncrewed aerial vehicle off India’s west coast, British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Saturday, in the first such known attack so far away from the Red Sea since the Gaza war. A fire on the Liberian-flagged tanker was extinguished without crew casualties in …

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Wrestling-Safeguarding India women wrestlers may be key to federation’s return

23 Dec 2023

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), battling a sexual harassment scandal, may need to safeguard women wrestlers to get its suspension lifted, the game’s global governing body said on Saturday. The Wrestling Federation of India was suspended by the United World Wrestling (UWW) in August after failing to …

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India boosts AI in weather forecasts as floods, droughts increase

22 Dec 2023

By Kanjyik Ghosh MUMBAI (Reuters) – India is testing artificial intelligence (AI) to build climate models to improve weather forecasting as torrential rains, floods and droughts proliferate across the vast country, a top weather official said. Global warming has triggered more intense clashes of weather systems in India in recent years, increasing extreme weather events, …

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