By Mark Gleeson JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Indian seamer Shardul Thakur pursued a simple formula for success as he took seven wickets on the second day of the second test against South Africa at the Wanderers on Tuesday. India’s fourth choice bowler destroyed the home team’s top order as he took five wickets before tea and …
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By Mark Gleeson JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Seamer Shardul Thakur bagged a seven-wicket haul for India on Tuesday but the second test against South Africa remained delicately poised after the second day’s play at the Wanderers. South Africa had a slender 27-run first innings advantage after being bowled out for 229 with India 85-2 in their second …
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By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Authorities in India’s capital Delhi on Tuesday ordered people to stay home over coming weekends, with COVID-19 cases quadrupling in a week. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the most senior elected official in the capital’s administration, was one of the 37,379 new COVID-19 cases reported in India in the …
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By Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian police on Tuesday said they had made their first arrest in an investigation into an online app that shared pictures of scores of Muslim women for an “auction” in a case of apparent hatred toward the minority community. In recent days, several Indian Muslim women said on social …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian drugmaker Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd will launch its generic version of Merck’s antiviral COVID-19 pill, molnupiravir, and price it at 35 rupees ($0.4693) per capsule, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday. The overall cost for a patient treated with a 5-day course of 40 capsules of the generic drug, to be sold …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s capital Delhi will impose a weekend curfew to try and curb the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus as cases have risen in the past few days, its Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told a news conference on Tuesday. He also said most offices would have to make …
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By Mark Gleeson JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – India’s spin ace Ravichandran Ashwin said his country’s first innings total of 202 against South Africa on the opening day of the first test on Monday had fallen short of what they were hoping for. India won the toss and chose to bat, seeking to set an imposing score …
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By Mark Gleeson JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Fast bowler Duanne Olivier returned to the test arena with an impressive three-wicket haul on Monday as he helped South Africa to bowl out India for 202 but admitted he initially struggled to find his rhythm. Olivier took 3-64 to help restrict India after they had won the toss …
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By Mark Gleeson JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Rookie bowler Marco Jansen took four wickets as South Africa bowled India out for 202 in their first innings on the opening day of the second test at the Wanderers on Monday. The 21-year-old Jansen, playing in only his second test, returned impressive figures of 4-31 in 17 overs after …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India vaccinated more than 3.8 million teens aged between 15 and 18 years on Monday, as the country expanded an inoculation effort to protect its large adolescent population ahead of a looming wave of coronavirus infections. The teenagers, many wearing their uniforms, queued at schools and health centres across the country as …
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