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Cricket-IPL’s new Ahmedabad franchise names team Gujarat Titans

9 Feb 2022

MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Indian Premier League’s new Ahmedabad franchise has been named Gujarat Titans, the team said on Wednesday. The 15th edition of the world’s richest Twenty20 league will be a 10-team affair with the inclusion of the Titans and Lucknow Super Giants franchises, who paid a combined $1.71 billion https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-premier-league-unveils-lucknow-ahmedabad-franchises-2021-10-25 to be part …

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India’s Karnataka state to shut schools after ‘hijab ban’ triggers protests

8 Feb 2022

By Sudarshan Varadhan and Chandini Monnappa NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s southern Karnataka state has ordered schools and colleges to shut for three days, its chief minister said on Tuesday, after protests erupted in response to some schools refusing entry to students wearing the hijab. Local media reported last week that several schools in the …

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Himalayan avalanche kills seven Indian soldiers near border with China

8 Feb 2022

MUMBAI (Reuters) – A Himalayan avalanche killed seven Indian soldiers in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh near the China border, a defence ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. The avalanche struck in the Kameng region on Sunday. “Search and rescue operations have now been concluded. Bodies of all seven individuals have been recovered from the …

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Cricket-Women’s IPL to start ‘soon’, says BCCI secretary

7 Feb 2022

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A full-fledged women’s Indian Premier League (IPL) could begin as early as next year, with the Indian cricket board (BCCI) saying it is working on delivering the tournament “soon”. A three-team Women’s T20 Challenge is staged alongside the men’s IPL, but many believe women deserve their own expanded …

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Russia says India approves one-shot Sputnik Light COVID vaccine

6 Feb 2022

MOSCOW (Reuters) -India has given regulatory approval to Russia’s one-shot Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine after it authorized Russia’s main vaccine – the two-dose Sputnik V – last year, the Russian Direct Investment Fund said on Sunday. Sputnik Light, the first component of the Sputnik V vaccine, can be used as a booster shot with other …

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Reaction to Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar’s death

6 Feb 2022

MUMBAI (Reuters) -Top Bollywood personalities and politicians paid tribute on Sunday to Lata Mangeshkar, the singer who embodied music and melody for generations of Indians and who died https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-singer-lata-mangeshkar-dies-92-media-reports-2022-02-06 on Sunday aged 92. Here are some reactions to her death: RAM NATH KOVIND, PRESIDENT OF INDIA “Lata-ji’s demise is heart-breaking for me, as it is …

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Cricket-India sink England to lift Under-19 World Cup for fifth time

5 Feb 2022

(Reuters) – India clinched a record-extending fifth Under-19 World Cup title on Saturday after a late partnership between Nishant Sindhu and Raj Bawa sealed a four-wicket win over England in a low-scoring game in Antigua. Set 190 to win, India’s run chase was dealt an early blow when opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi was tamely caught behind …

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Cricket-Kishan, Shahrukh added to India squad for West Indies ODI

5 Feb 2022

(Reuters) – Batsmen Ishan Kishan and Shahrukh Khan have been added to the Indian squad for the first one-day international against the West Indies, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Saturday. Four India players — opener Shikhar Dhawan, fellow batsmen Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shreyas Iyer, and standby bowler Navdeep Saini — tested positive for …

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Activist takes on Hindu heavyweights in India’s biggest state poll

4 Feb 2022

By Zeba Siddiqui and Saurabh Sharma AZAMGARH, India (Reuters) – Rajeev Yadav was a teenage documentary maker in the late 2000s when he filmed a prominent Hindu monk in northern India making fiery speeches to roaring applause by crowds of followers.     The saffron-clad monk, Yogi Adityanath, has gone on to become chief minister of India’s …

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