MUMBAI (Reuters) – The expanded Indian Premier League (IPL) got underway with Kolkata Knight Riders beating defending champions Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in the tournament opener on Saturday. Put in to bat in a rematch of the 2021 final, Chennai suffered early blows and rode Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s unbeaten 50 to a below-par …
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By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A senior White House official said on Friday India’s position at the United Nations over the crisis in Ukraine has been “unsatisfactory” but was also unsurprising given its historical relationship with Russia. Mira Rapp-Hooper, director for the Indo-Pacific on the White House National Security Council, told an …
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(Reuters) – The test series victory in Pakistan on Friday left Australia captain Pat Cummins excited about the team’s prospects when they tour Sri Lanka in a few months and India next year. Cummins joined Richie Benaud and Mark Taylor as the only Australian captains to lead their team to a series victory in Pakistan …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said he was “saddened and frustrated” by the hijacking of a van and its driver in Belfast on Friday in an apparent attempt to attack an event he was speaking at on the Northern Ireland peace process. “Saddened & frustrated that someone has been attacked & victimised …
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March 25 (Reuters) – The Indian government had no outstanding loans with the central bank under ways and means advances in the week ended March 18, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s weekly statistical supplement released on Friday. The central government had no outstanding loans in the week earlier as well. State governments had …
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By Abhijith Ganapavaram and Chandini Monnappa HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) – Boeing on Friday joined rival planemaker Airbus in forecasting that Indian airlines will need more than 2,200 jetliners over the next two decades as the country’s growing, rapidly urbanising population seeks to travel more. Airbus on Thursday said it expects Indian airlines to order 2,210 …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Friday, the highest-level visit by a Chinese official to New Delhi since border clashes two years ago strained diplomatic ties between the nuclear-armed Asian giants. Below is a look at the current state of India-China relations: TROUBLED …
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By Abhijith Ganapavaram and Chandini Monnappa HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) – India’s civil aviation minister urged Indian airlines on Friday to add more long-haul aircraft to their fleets and to increase flights abroad, as air travel rebounds from a two-year slump due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Domestic passenger numbers are expected to exceed pre-pandemic levels within …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Friday, the highest-level visit by a Chinese official to New Delhi since border clashes two years ago strained diplomatic ties between the nuclear-armed Asian giants. Below is a look at the current state of India-China relations: TROUBLED BORDER, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China does not seek a “unipolar Asia” and respects India’s traditional role in the region, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday, according to a statement released after he met his Indian counterpart in New Delhi. Both countries should abide by an earlier assessment by leaders that neither country should pose …
