NEW DELHI (Reuters) -At least 26 people died on Friday in a fire that broke out in a four-storey building near a railway station in city state Delhi’s western suburb, police said in a statement. Television footage showed smoke billowing out of the windows of the building, with firefighters helping those trapped in the upper …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Virat Kohli’s run drought in the Indian Premier League (IPL) is not due to any technical issue and a big knock is imminent from the star batsman, Royal Challengers Bangalore coach Mike Hesson said. Kohli has managed only one fifty in 13 innings this season and scored three ducks despite playing with …
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(Reuters) -Australia test captain Pat Cummins has been ruled out of the remainder of the Kolkata Knight Riders’ Indian Premier League campaign due to a minor hip injury, the team announced on Friday. Kolkata said that Cummins had returned to Australia for two weeks of rest and rehabilitation after undergoing an MRI scan on his …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Crop-nourishing monsoon rains are likely to reach Kerala state on India’s southern tip on May 27, five days ahead of the usual time, the country’s weather office said on Friday. “This year, the onset of southwest monsoon over Kerala is likely to be earlier than normal date of onset,” the state-run India …
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By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Tesla Inc has put on hold plans to sell electric cars in India, abandoned a search for showroom space and reassigned some of its domestic team after failing to secure lower import taxes, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The decision caps more than a year …
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(Reuters) – Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming tried to dwell on the positives after the defending champions were eliminated from the Indian Premier League on Thursday following a five-wicket defeat to the Mumbai Indians. Daniel Sams (3-16) did the early damage as Chennai were dismissed for 97 before Mumbai chased down the target with …
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By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka appointed a new prime minister on Thursday, as its embattled president seeks a way out of the country’s worst economic crisis since independence that has sparked widespread protests. Ranil Wickremesinghe, a political veteran who has been prime minister of the island nation five times …
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By Aditi Shah and Chandini Monnappa NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Inflation and a semiconductor shortage are the biggest challenges facing Tata Motors, its chief financial officer said on Thursday, as the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) owner reported improved demand. Chinese lockdowns to tackle a surge in coronavirus cases also represent an emerging risk to the carmaker, …
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COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s opposition lawmaker Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as the next prime minister of the country, two sources in his United National Party said. (This story refiles to change dateline and reporting credit.) (Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe in Colombo; Editing by Toby Chopra)
By Aditya Kalra and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian tax officials froze $478 million worth of deposits lying in local bank accounts of China’s Xiaomi Corp in February as part of an investigation into alleged tax evasion, according to two sources and a court filing reviewed by Reuters. The fund freeze by tax …
