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Reaction to Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar’s death

6 Feb 2022

MUMBAI (Reuters) -Top Bollywood personalities and politicians paid tribute on Sunday to Lata Mangeshkar, the singer who embodied music and melody for generations of Indians and who died https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-singer-lata-mangeshkar-dies-92-media-reports-2022-02-06 on Sunday aged 92. Here are some reactions to her death: RAM NATH KOVIND, PRESIDENT OF INDIA “Lata-ji’s demise is heart-breaking for me, as it is …

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Cricket-India sink England to lift Under-19 World Cup for fifth time

5 Feb 2022

(Reuters) – India clinched a record-extending fifth Under-19 World Cup title on Saturday after a late partnership between Nishant Sindhu and Raj Bawa sealed a four-wicket win over England in a low-scoring game in Antigua. Set 190 to win, India’s run chase was dealt an early blow when opener Angkrish Raghuvanshi was tamely caught behind …

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Cricket-Kishan, Shahrukh added to India squad for West Indies ODI

5 Feb 2022

(Reuters) – Batsmen Ishan Kishan and Shahrukh Khan have been added to the Indian squad for the first one-day international against the West Indies, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said on Saturday. Four India players — opener Shikhar Dhawan, fellow batsmen Ruturaj Gaikwad and Shreyas Iyer, and standby bowler Navdeep Saini — tested positive for …

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Activist takes on Hindu heavyweights in India’s biggest state poll

4 Feb 2022

By Zeba Siddiqui and Saurabh Sharma AZAMGARH, India (Reuters) – Rajeev Yadav was a teenage documentary maker in the late 2000s when he filmed a prominent Hindu monk in northern India making fiery speeches to roaring applause by crowds of followers.     The saffron-clad monk, Yogi Adityanath, has gone on to become chief minister of India’s …

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Olympics-India won’t send diplomat after Games ‘politicized’ by China

3 Feb 2022

By Alasdair Pal and Iain Axon NEW DELHI/BEIJING (Reuters) – India said on Thursday it would not send its top diplomat in China to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, after a Chinese soldier wounded in border clash between the countries carried the symbolic torch. Among the bearers in the Olympic torch relay that …

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