Tag: India

Pakistan target ending World Cup jinx against India

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Buoyed by a record run chase, Babar Azam's Pakistan are on the hunt for their first ever World Cup win over India in today's blockbuster match between cricket's biggest rivals in a 132,000-capacity arena patrolled by 11,000 police officers. India and Pakistan are bitter adversaries and only play against each other

Four key India-Pakistan battles at World Cup

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Arch-rivals India and Pakistan meet in a blockbuster clash at the World Cup on Saturday. AFP Sport takes a look at four key battles that could decide the eagerly-awaited contest at the world's biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad. - Rohit v Shaheen - India skipper Rohit Sharma has struggled against Shaheen Shah Afridi's

Deaths rise to 47 as flood swept thru’ northeast India

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Rescuers found more bodies overnight as they dug through slushy debris and ice-cold water in a hunt for survivors after a glacial lake burst through a dam in India's Himalayan northeast, washing away houses and bridges and forcing thousands to flee. Officials said the hundreds of rescuers recovered six more bodies

India clinch 8th Asia Cup title in dominant fashion

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If the fear was about the rain, that caused an early delay, or spin dictating the proceedings, Mohammed Siraj emerged as a nightmare for the defending Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka in the final on Sunday at the R Premadasa Stadium as he single-handedly wreaked havoc to fold the hosts

Can Pakistan-India Nuclear Deterrence Hold?

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Twenty five years ago, on May 28, Pakistan conducted five nuclear tests (a sixth was done on May 30). The tests were a response to India’s five nuclear tests, conducted on May 11 and 13. Both governments, after the tests, declared a moratorium on further testing. A quarter century since

Bangladesh out to end Asia Cup on a high

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Bangladesh aim to end the Asia Cup mission on a high note when they take on India in their last match of the Super Four phase today (Friday) at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Tigers had already been eliminated from the race of the final following their seven-wicket and 21-run

Modi opens G20 summit as PM of ‘Bharat’

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made  his opening address to the G20 summit Saturday with his country nameplate  labelled "Bharat" -- an ancient Sanskrit word -- in the biggest signal yet of  a potential official change. The gesture came days after invitations to the summit dinner were sent out in  the

India sees hottest, driest August since records began

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India has reported its hottest and driest August since national records began more than a century ago, the latest in a string of records broken worldwide as climate change intensifies. August falls in the middle of India's annual monsoon, a season that usually brings up to 80 percent of the country's