NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma acknowledges bowling in the death overs remains a concern for them but backed Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Harshal Patel to regain their mojo ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia next month. Even a 2-1 series victory against 20-overs world champions Australia could not gloss over India’s …
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By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Roadworks have halted thousands of trucks carrying millions of dollars worth of apples on Indian Kashmir’s main highway, a major union leader said on Monday, triggering protests by growers as their produce begins to rot. Highway repairs were causing massive delays along the highway that connects the disputed Kashmir …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian rupee sank to a new record low on Monday, following the pound’s tumble and fears over more aggressive monetary tightening, with traders saying the Reserve Bank of India likely sold dollars to contain the decline. The rupee hit a record low of 81.5525 per dollar, down from 80.99 in the …
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(Reuters) -Suryakumar Yadav and Virat Kohli struck half centuries as India beat Australia by six wickets in their third and final Twenty20 International in Hyderabad on Sunday to claim a 2-1 series win. India lost openers Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul cheaply in the powerplay, but Yadav and Kohli put on a century stand as …
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By Saurabh Sharma LUCKNOW,India (Reuters) – Protesters in India’s northern Uttarakhand state turned out on Sunday to demand an impartial probe into the alleged murder of a young woman who worked at a resort owned by the son of a former state minister, officials said on Sunday. Police found the body of 19-year-old Ankita Bhandari …
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By Hugh Lawson LONDON (Reuters) -India’s Jhulan Goswami, the leading wicket-taker in women’s ODIs, bowed out of international cricket on Saturday at Lord’s after bowling her 10,000th ball in one-day matches, as her side completed a 3-0 series win over England with a controversial final wicket. Goswami claimed her record-extending 254th and 255th ODI wickets …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Britannia Industries, the maker of the popular Good Day and Tiger biscuits, said on Friday it has appointed Rajneet Kohli as its chief executive officer, effective Sept. 26. Kohli is currently president and chief business officer at Domino’s India, run by food service company Jubilant FoodWorks. He had also held senior leadership roles …
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By Peter Hobson (Reuters) – Rising interest rates have dragged gold prices from near record highs six months ago to their lowest since April 2020, but analysts expect a rebound in coming months as rate rises slow. Traditionally seen as a ‘safe-haven’ asset, gold prices shot above $2,060 an ounce in March after Russia sent …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s foreign exchange reserves fell for a seventh straight week, dropping to $545.652 billion in the week to Sept 16, its lowest level since Oct. 2, 2020, Reserve Bank of India’s weekly statistical supplement showed on Friday. Reserves stood at $550.871 billion at the end of the previous week. Though the fall …
Sept 23 (Reuters) – Indian banks’ loans rose 16.2% in the two weeks to Sept. 9 from a year earlier, while deposits rose 9.5%, the Reserve Bank of India’s weekly statistical supplement showed on Friday. Outstanding loans rose 924.27 billion rupees ($11.40 billion) to 125.51 trillion rupees in the two weeks to Sept. 9. Non-food …
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