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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Nearly 60% of Indian districts, home to three-quarters of the population, face a “high to very high” risk from extreme heat, with rising night-time temperatures and humidity compounding the health impact, a study has found. The report, published on Tuesday by the New Delhi-based Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) think …

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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Lucknow Super Giants skipper Rishabh Pant said injuries had derailed his side’s Indian Premier League campaign after they were eliminated from the playoffs race with a six-wicket defeat by Sunrisers Hyderabad on Monday. Lucknow made 205 but allowed their opponents to chase down the total in 18.2 overs, leaving them with only pride …

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By Vivek Kumar M and Bharath Rajeswaran (Reuters) -India’s equity benchmark indexes inched lower on Monday, in tandem with global stocks, after Moody’s lowered its rating on the United States, although the broader mid-cap and small-cap stocks continued to rally on rising bets of a domestic rate cut. The Nifty 50 fell 0.3% to end …

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(Reuters) -Gujarat Titans skipper Shubman Gill was pleased that his side had booked their place in the Indian Premier League playoffs with a 10-wicket win over Delhi on Sunday but said it was important not to ease up in the final two regular-season games. Chasing 200 in Delhi, openers Sai Sudharsan (108 not out) and …

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(Reuters) – The man who stabbed and partially blinded novelist Salman Rushdie onstage at a Western New York arts institute in 2022 was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday for an attack that also wounded a second man, the district attorney said. Rushdie, 77, has faced death threats since the 1988 publication of …

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By Sarita Chaganti Singh, Ariba Shahid NEW DELHI/KARACHI (Reuters) -India suspended its participation in the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan last month after the killing of 26 civilians in Kashmir, which New Delhi blames on Islamabad. Pakistan denies the charges, which led to the worst fighting between the countries in decades before a ceasefire was …

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By Shivangi Acharya and Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s merchandise trade deficit was at its widest in five months in April, according to government data released on Thursday, as imports of petroleum products jumped, limiting the impact of an increase in exports to the United States. India’s April trade deficit at $26.42 billion was …

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By Arpan Chaturvedi and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -New Delhi city government has rejected for a third time Pernod Ricard’s request for a licence to sell its brands in India’s capital, citing ongoing investigations, an order showed, dealing a blow to the French liquor giant in a key market. The order comes despite an …

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