DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) – A four-match Twenty20 series against India comes at an opportune time for South Africa’s cricketers as it provides an additional stage to highlight their skills before the Indian Premier League auction later this month, said captain Aiden Markram. South African cricketers have been dotted around IPL franchises over the years …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – India continued to fret over the composition of their opening pair for the series opener against Australia later this month after KL Rahul and Abhimanyu Easwaran failed to impress in the second unofficial test on Thursday. Yashasvi Jaiswal will need a new opening partner for the series opener as India captain Rohit …
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By Rishika Sadam HYDERABAD (Reuters) – Popular weight-loss drug Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk expects high demand and acceptance for its anti-obesity drug, when launched in India, a top executive said. The company is still “evaluating” the price of the drug, but is confident that the price-sensitive Indian population will be able to afford it, Novo’s …
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CANBERRA (Reuters) – India’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that the U.S. election is unlikely to change the country’s trend towards caution about foreign commitments and Republican Donald Trump will likely be more articulate in that regard. Speaking at an event in Canberra as Americans were still casting votes, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar underlined what he called …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – David Warner has called on Cricket Australia to provide more information about why umpires changed the ball used by India A in a match in Mackay on Sunday which led to a heated exchange between wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan and an on-field umpire. The ball was changed before the final day’s play in …
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By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India plans to overhaul its criminal sentencing norms to counter accusations of arbitrary punishment, sources said, following public outrage over the 2022 rape conviction of a man within 30 minutes of trial, by a judge who handed him the death penalty. A higher court in the eastern …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – India must start planning for Rohit Sharma’s successor if the team do not play well in their five-test series in Australia as the captain could well retire from the longest format, former skipper Krishnamachari Srikkanth has said. Rohit retired from Twenty20 internationals after delivering India’s second World Cup trophy in June but …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia quick Josh Hazlewood is concerned that New Zealand’s stunning series sweep of India might “awaken a sleeping giant” when Rohit Sharma’s touring party arrive Down Under for their blockbuster five-test series. New Zealand became the first team to sweep India 3-0 at home when they won the third test in Mumbai …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – India foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday the vandalism of a Hindu temple in Canada on Monday was deeply concerning. (This story has been corrected to clarify that Jaishankar specifically referred to Canada when asked about attacks on temples in Australia and Canada, in the headline and paragraph 1) (Reporting by …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia and India’s foreign ministers said on Tuesday they were confident the Quad group of the U.S., India, Australia and Japan would continue to cooperate in the Indo-Pacific region regardless of the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong told reporters in Canberra she had …
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