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(Reuters) – The head of India’s armed forces, General Bipin Rawat, was killed in a helicopter crash on Wednesday. Below are comments and tributes following his death from senior figures in India and abroad. PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI: “Gen Bipin Rawat was an outstanding soldier. A true patriot, he greatly contributed to modernising our armed …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s protesting farmers have received a revised proposal from the government addressing some of their pending demands such as a new law to secure government prices for crops beyond rice and wheat, farm union leaders said on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of farmers have staged their long-running protests to persuade Prime …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s Defence Chief Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other people were killed after a military helicopter they were travelling in crashed in southern India on Wednesday, the Indian Air Force said. Rawat, 63, was appointed as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – At least 13 out of the 14 people on board a helicopter carrying Indian defence chief General Bipin Rawat that crashed in southern India on Wednesday have been killed, a government source said. The status of the four star general, serving as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, remains unclear, the …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine maker, will halve the output of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot from next week as it had no fresh orders from the government, its CEO Adar Poonawalla told CNBC-TV18 on Tuesday. “I am going to be reducing production by at least 50% to …

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said on Tuesday it was deeply concerned by Myanmar’s conviction of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and called for the rule of law and democratic processes to be upheld. “We are disturbed at the recent verdicts. As a neighbouring democracy, India has been consistently supportive of the democratic transition …

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