By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Opener Rohit Sharma was named India’s test captain on Saturday, succeeding Virat Kohli as the team’s leader in all three formats ahead of the home series against Sri Lanka. Kohli, India’s most successful test captain, resigned from the role in a shock move last month after seven years in …
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – South Africa arrived in New Zealand on a high note after a hard-fought home series win over India, but a punishing defeat in their first test against New Zealand in Christchurch on Saturday served as a sobering reality check. Captain Dean Elgar refused to make excuses, blaming neither losing the toss, the …
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By Karolos Grohmann BEIJING (Reuters) – International Cycling Union (UCI) President David Lappartient and fellow Frenchman Martin Fourcade became International Olympic Committee (IOC) members on Saturday, boosting French membership to four ahead of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Lappartient joined as president of his federation while Fourcade, France’s most decorated biathlete with five Olympic gold …
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(Reuters) – Rovman Powell’s late heroics were not enough to rescue the West Indies as India held their nerve to seal an eight-run victory in the second Twenty20 in Kolkata on Friday, giving them an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. With 23 needed off the last four balls, Powell (68 not out) smashed …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -IndiGo co-founder Rakesh Gangwal has resigned from the board and is planning to cut his stake in the airline over the next five years, its parent InterGlobe Aviation said in an exchange filing on Friday. Gangwal and his family owns 36.61% stake in the parent company, while another co-founder and managing director Rahul …
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By Krishna N. Das and Sunil Kataria UDUPI, India (Reuters) – A series of religious laws promoted by India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party in the southern state of Karnataka, including a ban on the wearing of hijabs, is raising concerns the divisive measures will stoke sectarian tensions more prevalent in the country’s north. Prime Minister …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates and India will sign a trade and investment agreement on Friday during a virtual summit attended by the countries’ two leaders, the UAE and Indian local media said. UAE de facto ruler Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will witness the signing of the …
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By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has complained to Singapore about a remark its prime minister made on the number of Indian parliamentarians facing criminal charges, an Indian official said on Friday, in a rare instance of friction between the Asian allies. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made the remark in Singapore’s parliament …
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By Sumit Khanna AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – An Indian court on Friday sentenced 38 Muslim men to death and ordered life in prison for 11 others for a series of bomb blasts in 2008 in the city of Ahmedabad that killed more than 50 people, lawyers said. The explosions had badly shaken the western state …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India on Thursday urged the world’s biggest 20 economies (G20) to make joint efforts to ensure increased multi-lateral funding by global institutions including the International Monetary Fund to prepare for future pandemics. Low middle-income and middle income countries do not have enough resources and need global support to face these challenges, …
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