NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India has supplied COVID-19 vaccines to Cambodia and Thailand under an initiative of the Quad group of countries, New Delhi said on Thursday, though not the Johnson & Johnson shot as originally planned. The leaders of the Quad countries – India, the United States, Japan and Australia – could discuss the vaccine …
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By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian federal police have charged 30 people with rioting and other offences after an environmental protest at Vedanta Ltd’s copper mine in 2018 turned deadly, with police shooting dead 12 protesters. The incident, the deadliest environmental protest in India in a decade, was condemned by a working group …
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By Aftab Ahmed and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Decisions by the Indian tax body that sets goods and services tax (GST) rates are not binding on the states or the federal government, a top court said on Thursday, a ruling that could potentially dilute the country’s biggest tax reform. Legal experts said the …
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COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka appointed nine new cabinet members on Friday, among them ministers for the critical portfolios of health, trade and tourism, as the island nation battles its worst economic crisis in history. “Nine cabinet ministers of the new all-party government took their oaths before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa,” a presidential news statement said. …
(Reuters) – Virat Kohli rediscovered his scoring touch to smash 73 off 54 balls and lead Royal Challengers Bangalore to an eight-wicket win over table toppers Gujarat Titans on Thursday, keeping his side’s playoff hopes alive. Set a target of 169 to win their final league game, Kohli opened the innings again and smashed eight …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s top court on Thursday ordered a one-year jail term for cricketer-turned-lawmaker Navjot Singh Sidhu for a road-rage assault case that killed a man over 30 years ago. Sidhu, who until recently served as the head of the main opposition Congress party in the state of Punjab, was accused by an …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India is likely to harvest 106.41 million tonnes of wheat in 2022, nearly 4.4% lower than the previous estimate, the farm ministry said on Thursday, as a sudden rise in temperatures during the grain maturity stage slashed yields. The world’s second biggest wheat producer was earlier projected to harvest a record 111.32 …
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(Reuters) – A chance practice round with Tiger Woods is the kind of luck India’s Anirban Lahiri will be hoping to get some more of when he begins his campaign at the PGA Championship on Thursday. Lahiri, who is able to play in the major at Southern Hills after his wife delivered their second child …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe and Swati Bhat COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s central bank held its key interest rates steady on Thursday following a massive 700 basis points increase at its previous meeting and reiterated the need for more fiscal measures and political stability in the crisis-hit economy. The Standing Lending Facility rate remained unchanged at 14.50% …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Batsman Kane Williamson had a poor season in the Indian Premier League (IPL) but New Zealand coach Gary Stead said a change in format from Twenty20s to tests will help the 31-year-old rediscover form in next month’s three-match series in England. Sunrisers Hyderabad captain Williamson has returned home from the IPL to …
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