By Sanjeev Miglani and Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -An Indian student was killed by shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday, prompting New Delhi to step up demands for safe passage to evacuate thousands of its nationals trapped in the war zone. Invading Russian forces are trying to lay siege …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government is open to reviewing plans for the initial public offering of state-run Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) this month, the finance minister said, in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine which has impacted global markets. The government and LIC’s management had launched virtual roadshows for India’s …
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Teams at the women’s World Cup in New Zealand will be allowed to field a side with only nine players if their squad is hit by COVID-19, the governing International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Thursday. New Zealand reported more than 6,000 new cases of COVID-19, with 250 hospitalisations, and the government …
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By Abhirup Roy and Alasdair Pal MUMBAI (Reuters) – India is focusing on evacuating its 16,000 nationals still stuck in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Harsh Vardhan Shringla said late on Thursday, after Russian forces mounted a mass assault by land, air and sea on the former Soviet republic. Teams of Indian foreign ministry officials have been …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Indian embassy in Ukraine on Thursday told Indian nationals that the schedule for special flights to Kyiv were cancelled as the country’s airspace was closed. “Alternative arrangements are being made for evacuation of Indian nationals,” the embassy said on Twitter. Russian forces fired missiles at several cities in Ukraine and landed …
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(Reuters) – India’s newly appointed test captain Rohit Sharma said he had no issues with managing his workload ahead of India’s three-match Twenty20 International series and two-match test series against Sri Lanka at home. Rohit was named test captain last week, succeeding Virat Kohli as the team’s leader in all three formats. Kohli, India’s most …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Batter Suryakumar Yadav and fast bowler Deepak Chahar have been ruled out of India’s three-match Twenty20 International series against Sri Lanka at home, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Wednesday. Yadav was adjudged player of the T20 series in India’s 3-0 win against West Indies at home and scored a match-winning …
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By Rama Venkat BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian shares extended their fall to a fifth straight session on Tuesday over concerns that a fresh escalation in Russia-Ukraine tensions could push oil prices higher and stoke inflation. The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index ended down 0.67% at 17,092.20, while the S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.66% to 57,300.68. The …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – An explosion at a firecracker factory in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday morning killed six women and injured 13 other people, a police officer said. It was not immediately clear what caused the incident in the Una district of the northern state and investigations were ongoing to see …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian vaccine maker Biological E. Ltd said on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine received an emergency use approval in the country for use in children aged 12 to 18. The company’s shot, called Corbevax, is the third vaccine approved for use in children aged 12 and above in India, joining Zydus Cadila’s DNA …
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