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Cricket-IPL ‘next big step’ to grow women’s game, says NZ captain Devine

21 Dec 2021

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Franchise cricket has raised the profile of women’s cricket and a full-fledged Indian Premier League (IPL) is the “next step” for its growth, New Zealand captain Sophie Devine said. The Indian cricket board currently hosts a short three-team women’s competition along with the lucrative men’s IPL which will …

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Bharat Biotech seeks trial for intranasal COVID-19 vaccine booster

20 Dec 2021

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian vaccine maker Bharat Biotech said on Monday it has submitted an application to the country’s drug regulator to conduct a late-stage trial for a booster dose of its intranasal COVID-19 vaccine. Indian COVID-19 vaccine makers are lobbying the government to authorise boosters as supplies have far outstripped demand, but the health …

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Foxconn India factory workers hospitalised after food poisoning

18 Dec 2021

CHENNAI (Reuters) – More than 150 employees at a Foxconn India factory that makes iPhones for Apple Inc were hospitalised for food poisoning this week but almost all have now been discharged, the district government said on Saturday. “There was an outbreak of acute diarrhoeal disease reported among the Foxconn employees,” the statement from the …

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WHO listing to Novavax-Serum Institute’s COVID-19 vaccine clears its way for COVAX

17 Dec 2021

(Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Friday issued an emergency use listing to Serum Institute of India’s version of Novavax Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for the two companies to ship their doses for the COVAX program. The EUL to the shot, Covovax, marks a significant milestone for Novavax as well, after the vaccine …

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India’s Omicron cases jump to 101

17 Dec 2021

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has detected a total of 101 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a health ministry official said on Friday, adding some districts were showing a rise in overall infections relative to tests. (Reporting by Krishna N. Das and Rama Venkat; editing by John Stonestreet)

Three dead, 10 injured in fire at India’s Gujarat Fluorochemicals plant

16 Dec 2021

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Three people were killed and 10 injured in a fire at a plant owned by Indian chemicals maker Gujarat Fluorochemicals Ltd in the western state of Gujarat, the company said late on Thursday. The fire at a small standalone plant at its Ranjitnagar site did not lead to gas emissions and has …

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Cricket-Kohli available for S Africa ODIs, says no rift with Rohit

15 Dec 2021

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India test captain Virat Kohli confirmed his availability for the one-day leg of the team’s South Africa tour on Wednesday and said he was “tired” of explaining there was no rift between him and the team’s new white-ball captain Rohit Sharma. A month after his own decision to …

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Lone survivor of Indian helicopter crash that killed defence chief dies

15 Dec 2021

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The only survivor of last week’s helicopter crash that killed Indian defence chief General Bipin Rawat and 12 aboard succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday, the air force said. Group Captain Varun Singh was among the 14 people travelling in the Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter that burst into flames after …

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India’s billionaire Poonawalla family pledges $66 million to Oxford University

15 Dec 2021

(Reuters) – Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) has pledged 50 million pounds ($66.2 million) to the University of Oxford for setting up a research campus that would also house the institute behind the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 shot. The investment was made through the Indian company’s Serum Life Sciences unit, Oxford University said on Wednesday. …

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Gunbattle erupts in Indian Kashmir, one militant dead

14 Dec 2021

By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian troops killed a suspected militant during a gunbattle in the federally-controlled Jammu and Kashmir region on Tuesday, two officials said, as violence escalated in the territory at the heart of the decades of tensions with Pakistan. Fighting between Indian security forces and militants broke out in the …

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