BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters) – India are no strangers to heartbreak in major global tournaments and captain Rohit Sharma said winning the T20 World Cup trophy on Saturday was something they badly wanted. India became the first team to win the title going unbeaten throughout the 20-team tournament in the United States and West Indies. They …
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters) – India beat South Africa by seven runs in the final at Kensington Oval on Saturday to win the Twenty20 World Cup title. Electing to bat, India posted a competitive total of 176-7 and restricted their opponents to 169-8. (Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; editing by Ed Osmond)
(Reuters) – India women set a new record on Friday in the first day of their one-off test against South Africa, scoring 525 runs for four wickets, the highest total any team has amassed in a single day of Test cricket. The total includes fastest double hundred by opener Shafali Verma while her partner Smriti …
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By Kashish Tandon and Hritam Mukherjee BENGALURU (Reuters) -Reliance’s Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, India’s three largest telecom operators, raised their tariffs for the first time in three years, aiming to begin recouping the billions poured into 5G technology over two years. Bharti Airtel and market leader Jio said they would raise tariffs by …
By Aftab Ahmed, Aditi Shah and Nandan Mandayam NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Heavy rainfall and winds brought down a roof at the main airport in New Delhi on Friday, killing one person and shutting down a busy domestic terminal, while flooded streets and traffic snarls caused widespread disruption in the Indian capital. About 148.5 millimetres (5.85 …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – New Delhi on Friday rejected the U.S. State Department’s 2023 religious freedom report on India, calling it “deeply biased” and one that does not understand the South Asian nation’s social fabric. The report, released on Wednesday, noted violent attacks on minority groups, especially Muslims and Christians, including killings, assaults and vandalism …
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By Shivam Patel and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI (Reuters) -New Delhi, which endured one of its worst heatwaves in history earlier this month, has now faced the biggest downpour in decades, with rainfall over a 24-hour period surpassing the city’s average for the entire month of June. The downpour caused a fatal airport roof collapse, …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A global anti-money laundering watchdog said on Friday that India had largely complied with its rules, although it needs to strengthen supervision of its non-financial sectors to prevent financial crime. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said India had reached a high level of technical compliance, as the country was effective …
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(Reuters) -A dominant India ended England’s title defence by handing them a 68-run thumping in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup on Thursday and secure their place in the final against South Africa. Put into bat in the rain-hit match, India posted a strong 171-7 with skipper Rohit Sharma (57) and Suryakumar Yadav …
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By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s annual monsoon has covered more than three-fourths of the country and it is set to cover the entire country on time for the planting season despite stalling earlier this month, two senior weather officials said on Thursday. Summer rains, critical for economic growth in Asia’s third-largest economy, usually …
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