By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD (Reuters) – Twenty-four people have died by lightning strikes and about 23 have been left injured in rain-related incidents in the western Indian state of Gujarat over the past two days, government officials said, with rains continuing on Monday morning. The state was hit by heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and …
By Saurabh Sharma SILKYARA, India (Reuters) -Indian rescuers began drilling vertically on Sunday from the top of a mountain under which 41 workers became trapped two weeks ago while working on a highway tunnel in the Himalayas, government officials said. The men, construction workers from some of India’s poorest states, have been stuck in the …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s top order fired on all cylinders to fashion a 44-run win over Australia to put the home side 2-0 ahead in the five-match T20 series in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. Put in to bat, India’s top three batters smashed rapid fifties to power the hosts to a commanding 235-4 at the …
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By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – England white-ball captain Jos Buttler was retained by Rajasthan Royals for next year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) but compatriot Jofra Archer was released by Mumbai Indians on Sunday. England batter Joe Root has already joined test captain Ben Stokes in skipping the 10-team T20 league following a heavy …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -One person has died and 12 people were missing on Sunday after a cargo ship carrying salt with 14 crew on board sank off the island of Lesbos, the Greek coast guard said. The Comoros-flagged “Raptor” had departed from El Dekheila port in Egypt and was bound for Istanbul when it reported a …
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By Saurabh Sharma SILKYARA, India (Reuters) -Rescuing 41 workers trapped in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for two weeks will take much longer than previously hoped as rescuers are switching to manual drilling following damage to machinery, officials said on Saturday. The heavy drill brought in to break through nearly 60 meters of …
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By Saurabh Sharma SILKYARA, India (Reuters) – Hopes for the imminent rescue of 41 men trapped in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for nearly two weeks were dashed by recurring problems with the drilling equipment, officials said on Friday. The men, construction workers from some of India’s poorest states, have been stuck in …
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By Munsif Vengattil and Aditya Kalra BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s government on Friday warned social media firms including Facebook and YouTube to repeatedly remind users that local laws prohibit them from posting deepfakes and content that spreads obscenity or misinformation, two sources told Reuters. The warning was conveyed by deputy IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in a …
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By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A tunnel which collapsed, trapping 41 workers in the Indian Himalayas this month, did not have an emergency exit and was built through a geological fault, a member of a panel of experts investigating the disaster said on Friday. Rescuers are still struggling to reach the construction workers …
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Tesla is ready to invest up to $2 billion to set up a factory in India if the government cuts import duty on its vehicles to 15% for the first two years of operations, the Economic Times reported on Friday. Reuters reported in August that India is working on a new EV policy to …
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