(Reuters) -West Indies have recalled batters Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Alick Athanaze for their two-test tour of India next month but there was no place in the 15-man squad for former skipper Kraigg Brathwaite. Left-arm spinner Khary Pierre received a maiden test call up as West Indies brace for a trial by spin in India. “The …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Pakistan head coach Mike Hesson expressed disappointment at India’s decision not to shake hands with his team after Sunday’s Asia Cup match, which prompted the Pakistan Cricket Board to seek match referee Andy Pycroft’s immediate removal. India won the Group A encounter by seven wickets in the first cricket match between the …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Defending champions India thumped Pakistan by seven wickets in a politically-charged Group A match of the Asia Cup in Dubai on Sunday. India’s three-pronged spin attack laid the foundation of their second successive victory in the tournament when they restricted Pakistan for a below-par 127-9. After opener Abhishek Sharma (31) gave India a …
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GUWAHATI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed for peace on Saturday in Manipur state – the scene of two years of deadly ethnic violence – as he unveiled a package of development projects there worth nearly $1 billion. Some 260 people have been killed and more than 60,000 displaced since clashes first broke out …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -An India-Pakistan cricket match is always a blockbuster but emotions will run even higher in Sunday’s Asia Cup clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours, who engaged in a four-day military conflict earlier this year. Even before the clashes in May, which nearly escalated into a full-blown war, bilateral cricket ties had been suspended. The …
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(Reuters) – India’s Gujarat Fluorochemicals said that a temporary gas leak on Wednesday at a plant in Gujarat state’s Ranjitnagar killed one and injured a few. Local media outlets reported the incident on Wednesday, adding the leak had injured at least twelve workers. Gujarat Fluorochemicals said that the leak was caused due to a minor …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India agreed on Thursday to provide about $680 million in economic assistance to Mauritius for healthcare, infrastructure and maritime security projects, as New Delhi pushes for greater influence in the Indian Ocean nation in competition with China. The assistance, in the form of grants and lines of credit, also includes support …
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By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) -Asian equities saw sharp outflows in August as worries over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs weighed on the outlook for the region’s exporters, while a weaker dollar added to margin pressures and competitiveness concerns. Foreigners sold a net $8.8 billion of equities across India, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Shivam Dube impressed in India’s crushing nine-wicket win over the United Arab Emirates at the Asia Cup on Wednesday and the all-rounder credited bowling coach Morne Morkel with the tactical tweaks and advice that led to his three-wicket haul. UAE were skittled for 57 runs in the Twenty20 match, with Dube recording career-best …
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(Corrects paragraph 3 with designation and name of prime minister) SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Opposition Leader Sussan Ley sacked a senator from her shadow ministry on Wednesday, for making “deeply hurtful” comments about Indian immigrants and then refusing to endorse her leadership. Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, a senator for the Northern Territory in the centre-right Liberal …
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