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Soccer players in blue jerseys doing training drills on a grassy field.
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Indian football 'hurt, scared' as domestic game hits fresh low

India's men are 133rd in the FIFA rankings -- their lowest placing in nearly a decade -- and have won just one of their last 16 matches

UK, India to sign landmark free trade pact during Modi visit
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UK, India to sign landmark free trade pact during Modi visit

Agreement aims to increase bilateral trade by a further $34B by 2040

India brothers marry same woman in ancient custom
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India brothers marry same woman in ancient custom

Polyandry is banned in India but is legal in some of the tribal pockets, including Himalayan territories, allowing preservation of some ancient traditions

India to resume issuing tourist visas to Chinese citizens
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India reopens tourist visas for Chinese

Tensions between the two countries escalated following a 2020 military clash along their disputed Himalayan border

India face Bumrah dilemma as England search for top order stability
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India face Bumrah dilemma as England search for top order stability

If India opt to use the world's top ranked Test bowler in Manchester, it would likely rule him out of a potential series decider in the fifth Test

Air India cockpit recording suggests captain cut fuel to engines before crash, source says
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Air India cockpit recording suggests captain cut fuel to engines before crash, source says

The first officer asked the captain why he moved the fuel switches, which starved the engines of fuel, and requested that he restore the fuel flow

India court acquits 12 in deadly 2006 train blasts case
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India court acquits 12 in deadly 2006 train blasts case

The men were convicted in 2015 but were acquitted by the Bombay High Court due to lack of evidence

Trump claims 5 jets shot down in India-Pakistan conflict
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Trump claims 5 jets shot down in India-Pakistan conflict

Pakistan claims it downed 5 Indian planes in air combat

Lightning strikes kill 33 people in eastern India
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Lightning strikes kill 33 people in eastern India

The deaths in Bihar occurred during fierce storms between Wednesday and Thursday, a state disaster management department statement said, with the victims mostly farmers and laborers

US designates group behind Pahalgam attack as 'terrorist'
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US designates group behind Pahalgam attack as 'terrorist'

Washington designates The Resistance Front a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba; move seen as backing India

India’s Fauja Singh, world’s oldest marathon runner, dies at 114 in road accident
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India’s Fauja Singh, world’s oldest marathon runner, dies at 114 in road accident

Singh did not have a birth certificate but his family said he was born on April 1, 1911

Avoiding trade curbs vital for normalization of ties, India tells China
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Avoiding trade curbs vital for normalization of ties, India tells China

India's Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met Wang Yi in Beijing during his first trip to the country since 2020

Fatal Air India crash probe 'far from over' says CEO days after prelim report
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Fatal Air India crash probe 'far from over' says CEO days after prelim report

CEO Campbell Wilson, in a memo, says the preliminary report found no mechanical or maintenance faults and that all required maintenance had been carried out

India rebel group says army killed leaders in Myanmar strikes
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India rebel group says army killed leaders in Myanmar strikes

Some rebel groups in northeast India have ethnic and cultural ties with minorities in Myanmar and operate there

China says Dalai Lama succession issue a 'thorn' in relations with India
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China says Dalai Lama succession issue a 'thorn' in relations with India

India-China relations strained by Tibet issue, embassy says

Stokes's injury cloud a worry for England in Lord's clash with India
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Stokes's injury cloud a worry for England in Lord's clash with India

England were 251-4 at stumps, with Joe Root 99 not out and Stokes, who won the toss, unbeaten on 39

India electoral roll revision sparks fear and fury
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India electoral roll revision sparks fear and fury

Opposition claims India’s voter roll update targets minorities

Musk's Starlink receives India's final regulatory nod for launch
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Musk's Starlink receives India's final regulatory nod for launch

Elon Musk's firm has awaited commercial licenses in India since 2022; it got telecom clearance last month but still awaits space regulator approval

Air India crash probe zeroes in on fuel switches as final death toll confirmed at 260
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Air India crash probe zeroes in on fuel switches as final death toll confirmed at 260

Though still in early stages, the report finds no evidence of mechanical or design flaws in the aircraft or its engines

X blasts India 'censorship' order on thousands of accounts
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X blasts India 'censorship' order on thousands of accounts

India regularly ranks among the top five countries for the number of requests made by a government to remove social media content