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By Shivam Patel MORBI, India (Reuters) – A security guard stood at either end of a 145-year-old footbridge in the Indian town of Morbi on Sunday evening, blowing whistles and repeatedly asking surging crowds to get off the structure spanning the murky Machchhu river, witnesses said. One of the six people who saw the bridge …

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By Sunil Kataria MODHERA, India (Reuters) – Kesa Bhai Prajapati beams with a smile as he moulds blocks of clay into jugs and vases on a potter’s wheel. These days, Prajapati, 68, from the village of Modhera in western India’s Gujarat state, has doubled the amount of earthenware he makes compared to a few months …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is likely to get 23% more rainfall than normal in November, the state-run weather office said on Tuesday, after rains were 47% above normal in October. Indian farmers plant winter crops such as wheat and rapeseed in October and November. (Reporting by Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj; Editing by Kirsten …

India rainfall likely be 23% above normal levels in November – weather office Read More »

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The death toll from an Indian foot bridge collapse rose to 135 on Tuesday, while the army, navy and national disaster response teams kept up search operations for a third day. HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR: * 135 people have died and one person is missing at present. 152 people …

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By Yousef Saba ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Metals to oil conglomerate Vedanta Ltd expects annual revenue of $50 billion in the next two to three years, roughly double projected revenues for fiscal year 2023, as it looks to ramp up production, including metals used in electric car batteries, its chairman said. Vedanta reported 1.327 trillion …

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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – India resume their bid for a Twenty20 World Cup semi-final spot when they face Bangladesh on Wednesday and coach Rahul Dravid said there is no room for complacency despite the 2007 champions losing just one of their last 11 matches to their neighbours. India registered wins over Pakistan and the Netherlands before …

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(Reuters) – India head coach Rahul Dravid said Virat Kohli had dealt well with an invasion of his privacy at a Perth hotel and the batter was in good spirits ahead of their Twenty20 World Cup clash with Bangladesh on Wednesday. People entered Kohli’s hotel room and posted a video of his clothes and belongings …

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