By Hemanshi Kamani MUMBAI (Reuters) – Three years ago an inquisitive American tourist wandered into a waterfront slum in Mumbai and met a tiny, smiley girl. Maleesha Kharwa is now 15, still tiny, and with the same winning smile, and her family still has hutment on a shoreline strewn with garbage, but they now also …
(Reuters) – Australia’s Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell will return to the one-day international squad for the three-match series in India after recovering from injury, the country’s cricket board said on Sunday. The three ODIs, which will be played between Sept. 22-27 in Mohali, Indore and Rajkot, will serve as a …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is still very much in the running to be part of India’s World Cup campaign despite being left out of the provisional squad, skipper Rohit Sharma said. Kuldeep Yadav was picked as the lone specialist spinner in India’s initial 15-member squad for the World Cup on home …
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COLOMBO (Reuters) -India lifted the Asia Cup after routing defending champions Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the final with Mohammed Siraj claiming a career-best 6-21, including four wickets in one over, at the R Premadasa Stadium on Sunday. Electing to bat, Sri Lanka were bundled out for a paltry 50 in 15.2 overs with …
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By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng is postponing a trade mission to India planned for October, an official said on Friday, reflecting increasingly tense diplomatic relations just days after India’s prime minister scolded his Canadian counterpart at a G20 summit in New Delhi. “At this time, we are postponing the …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Defence Acquisition Council on Friday approved nine proposals to buy defence equipment worth a combined 450 billion rupees ($5.41 billion) from domestic vendors, a government statement said. The Defence Acquisition Council, the top government body for capital acquisition approvals for the Indian military, approved procurement of survey vessels for the …
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By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Toyota Motor Corp is on track for record annual sales in India, a senior executive told Reuters, as its partnership with Suzuki Motor, which has a portfolio of affordable cars, attracts a new set of buyers. Toyota sold over 160,000 cars in India last year and had sold close …
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By Arpan Chaturvedi and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s competition watchdog is investigating Pernod Ricard for allegedly colluding with some retailers in a southern state to hurt competitors, regulatory documents showed, the latest challenge for the French drinks giant in a key market. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has been pursuing the …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s merchandise trade deficit in August was wider than expected and stood at $24.16 billion, according to a Reuters calculation based on export and import data released by the government on Friday. Economists expected August trade deficit to be at $21 billion, according to a Reuters poll. India’s merchandise exports stood at …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s southern state of Kerala shut some schools and offices this week as officials raced to halt the spread of the deadly Nipah virus, after it killed two people in the fourth outbreak since 2018. Here is what we know about the virus: WHERE DID THE VIRUS COME FROM? The Nipah virus …
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