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(Reuters) – Russian race walker Aleksandr Ivanov and Indian discus thrower Navjeet Kaur Dhillon have been banned for using prohibited substances, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. Data from a Moscow laboratory provided by a whistleblower showed one of Ivanov’s samples contained substances that are considered hormone and metabolic modulators. The 29-year-old was …

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(Reuters) -FIFA has lifted the suspension imposed on the All India Football Federation (AIFF) earlier this month due to undue third-party influence, world soccer’s governing body said on Friday. The lifting of the ban also means that the Under-17 women’s World Cup, which was scheduled to take place in India from Oct. 11-30, will be …

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By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj MUMBAI (Reuters) – India, the world’s biggest rice exporter, is considering whether to restrict exports of 100% broken rice, government and industry officials told Reuters on Friday, after the paddy area has been reduced by a lack of rainfall. The potential export curbs could lift rice prices globally because …

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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares gave up some gains on Friday and registered their first weekly loss in six, as investors maintained caution ahead of U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech that is likely to provide cues on future interest rate hikes. The NSE Nifty 50 index ended 0.21% higher at 17,558.9, while the S&P …

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By Devjyot Ghoshal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A veteran leader of India’s main opposition Congress party quit on Friday, issuing a scathing resignation letter in which he blamed the scion of the influential Gandhi family for the decline of the party that dominated Indian politics for decades. After ruling for much of India’s post-independence period, …

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By Vivek Mishra BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s economy is forecast to have expanded by an annual 15.2% in the April-June quarter, thanks to a weak base last year and a rebound in consumption as pandemic restrictions eased, a Reuters poll found. That expected strong double-digit growth rate in Asia’s third-largest economy, based on the median …

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By Navamya Ganesh Acharya, Sethuraman N R and Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s top IT services firms are freezing or cutting staff bonuses, worried that tightening budgets at U.S. and European clients who are bracing for a recession will sharply hit their own profits after a pandemic-led boom. Infosys Ltd, India’s second-biggest IT company, …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson believes India’s Virat Kohli is too good a player to languish in a funk for long and expects him to return to action at the Asia Cup rejuvenated after a month’s rest. One of the premier batsmen of his era, Kohli has endured a prolonged run …

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