By Tanvi Mehta and Neha Arora NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Air India sent an aircraft on Wednesday to pick up passengers whose Delhi to San Francisco flight was diverted to Russia’s Far East after their Boeing 777 plane developed engine trouble, India’s aviation minister said. The 216 passengers and 16 crew on board Tuesday’s flight had …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Travis Head’s counter-attacking hundred and his unbroken 251-run stand with Steve Smith put Australia in charge on 327-3 after an absorbing opening day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India on Wednesday. Having reduced Australia to 76-3 soon after lunch, India’s seam-heavy attack appeared to have put the 2021 runners-up in …
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By Francis Mascarenhas BHUBANESWAR, Odisha, India (Reuters) -Trawling the hospitals where victims of India’s worst train accident in two decades were taken, Mohammed Imam Ul Haq found the body of one nephew on Tuesday, but the remains of what he thinks was a second nephew were also claimed by another family. Four days after the …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, is headed to India next week for final preparations ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Washington later this month, the White House confirmed on Wednesday. Washington is working to deepen ties with the world’s largest democracy, forging military …
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By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) – India received 57% lower rainfall than average in the first week of June, weather office data showed on Wednesday, after the monsoon’s onset over its southern coast was delayed by the formation of a cyclone. In the week to June 7, India received 9.9 mm rainfall against the normal …
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By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s top official for the Indo-Pacific region said on Tuesday he hoped a visit this month by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “consecrates” the relationship with India as the most important for the U.S. in the world. The official, Kurt Campbell, told the Hudson Institute …
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(Reuters) – India will decide their lineup for the World Test Championship (WTC) final only once they have assessed the pitch at The Oval, captain Rohit Sharma said, as uncertainty remains over whether Ravichandran Ashwin will feature against Australia. Ahead of the June 7-11 match, India are yet to make up their mind on whether …
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By Aditi Shah, Joanna Plucinska and Gleb Stolyarov ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An Air India plane flying from Delhi to San Francisco was forced to divert and land at an airport in Russia’s Far East after it developed a technical issue with one of its engines, the airline said on Tuesday. The diversion of the Boeing 777 …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Air India will send a plane on Wednesday to pick up passengers and crew who were on board a flight diverted to Russia and fly them to their original destination, San Francisco, it said in a statement on Tuesday. An Air India plane headed for San Francisco from Delhi was forced to …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Australia captain Pat Cummins confirmed fellow fast bowler Scott Boland will play the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India beginning at The Oval on Wednesday. Australia had added Michael Neser to their 15-man squad after Josh Hazlewood was ruled out of the one-off contest with a side strain and an Achilles …
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