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By Krishn Kaushik and Devjyot Ghoshal PANIPAT, India (Reuters) – An old Bollywood film song playing on loop exhorted travellers to keep walking as opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and an entourage marched through northern India’s Panipat city on a frigid morning last week, trailed by hundreds of people. Gandhi began walking the length of the …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Heavy fog in Delhi on Monday delayed flights, and a cold wave forced authorities to defer school reopenings a week, as visibility fell and cars drove with their hazard lights on. The Indira Gandhi International Airport in the Indian capital asked flyers to contact their airlines for updates on flights. “Due …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The impact of Suryakumar Yadav’s incendiary shotmaking makes batting easier for his India teammates, captain Hardik Pandya said after the team’s T20 series victory against Sri Lanka in Rajkot. Yadav, the top-ranked T20 batsman, smashed a 45-ball hundred in Saturday’s decider against Sri Lanka and his unbeaten 112 powered India to …

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(Reuters) – Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten century guided India to a 91-run victory over Sri Lanka in the third and final Twenty20 international in Rajkot on Saturday as the hosts clinched the series 2-1. Yadav, the top-ranked batsman in T20s, made 112 not out, hitting seven fours and nine sixes in his 51-ball display as India …

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By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW (Reuters) – Indian authorities have moved nearly 200 people from their homes in the Himalayan town of Joshimath, an official said on Saturday, after hundreds of buildings in the area popular with pilgrims and tourists developed cracks due to shifting soil. For years, experts have warned that large-scale construction work, including …

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(Reuters) -Sania Mirza, India’s former doubles world number one, said she will call time on her career aged 36 after next month’s Dubai Tennis Championships, after her 2022 retirement plans were delayed due to injury. Mirza, regarded as her country’s greatest women’s tennis player, has won six Grand Slam doubles titles and will compete in …

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MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India will auction 160 billion rupees ($1.93 billion) worth of sovereign green bonds in two tranches, the central bank said on Friday, in the government’s first-ever such debt sale to raise funds to finance clean projects. The RBI will auction 5-year and 10-year green bonds worth 40 billion …

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By Nupur Anand and Munsif Vengattil MUMBAI (Reuters) – Loss-making Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea has sought at least 70 billion rupees ($846 million) in emergency funds from local banks, which are however reluctant to extend fresh loans, four sources familiar with the matter said. The company needs the funds to remain in business. But …

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