BENGALURU (Reuters) – India are favourites heading into their World Cup semi-final against New Zealand but the hosts will be nervous about facing a side who are at their most dangerous when they have nothing to lose, former Black Caps skipper Ross Taylor said. Taylor was part of the New Zealand team that dashed India’s …
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By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) -At least 40 Indian workers trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan highway tunnel will spend a second night there on Monday, pending arrival of rescue material, after being confined for over 38 hours in a cavernous space, officials said. Excavators have been removing debris to carve out a path to …
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(Reuters) – India’s retail inflation eased in October on lower food prices, edging closer to the central bank’s medium-term target of 4%, which it has said would need to be firmly in sight before it can start lowering rates. Annual retail inflation fell 4.87% in October, down from 5.02% the previous month. A Reuters poll …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s home (interior) ministry on Monday declared nine groups in the troubled northeastern state of Manipur as unlawful for a period of five years, saying they were engaging in activities prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, according to a government notification posted on X by news agency ANI. (Reporting …
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By Tanvi Mehta NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Two Indian cities joined New Delhi to become among the world’s top 10 most polluted cities on Monday, with smoke heavy in the air a day after revellers let loose with firecrackers for Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of light. The capital New Delhi took, as it often …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian spinner Kuldeep Yadav expects the bowlers to have a tough time at Mumbai’s batsman-friendly Wankhede Stadium when the hosts take on New Zealand in their World Cup semi-final on Wednesday. South Africa posted 399-7 against England and 382-5 against Bangladesh while India made 357-8 against Sri Lanka at the venue before …
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By Jayshree P Upadhyay and Ira Dugal MUMBAI (Reuters) – A sudden explosive growth in stock options trading in India this year has got the country’s retail traders excited and regulators worried about the risks such speculative fervour could spawn. The boom in derivatives trading in the country’s historically conservative markets, where some products such …
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By Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A toxic haze began to circulate in New Delhi on Sunday as people in the city of 20 million, which has struggled with heavy pollution recently, defied a ban on firecrackers on the night of Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of light. Smoke plumes were visible across the …
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By Shrivathsa Sridhar BENGALURU (Reuters) – India coach Rahul Dravid described Shreyas Iyer as the backbone of their middle order after the batsman made an unbeaten 128 in Sunday’s World Cup victory over the Netherlands to ensure the hosts won all nine of their group stage games. Iyer followed up his scores of 82 against …
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By YP Rajesh and Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India and the United States announced progress on key defence deals and said they would expand their growing partnership in the face of geopolitical challenges as their top diplomats and senior ministers met on Friday. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin …
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