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AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — India won the toss and will bowl first in its widely anticipated Cricket World Cup match against regional rival Pakistan before an expected 100,000-plus crowd at Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday.

India made one change from its playing 11 from the last game. Fit-again Shubman Gill, who missed both opening games because of an illness, will open the innings with skipper Rohit Sharma.

Pakistan has fielded an unchanged side from its previous win over Sri Lanka.

NEW DELHI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- India's overall exports in September were estimated at 63.84 billion U.S. dollars, data released by the federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Friday showed.

The figure was compared to 64.61 billion U.S. dollars a year earlier.

According to the ministry, overall imports in September stood at 68.75 billion U.S. dollars, compared to 79.64 billion U.S. dollars in September last year.

The ministry said India's overall exports in April-September saw a decrease of 2.97 percent year on year.

11 October 2023; MEMO: Two years after their self-inflicted humiliation on social media, Hindutva users in India have once again expressed disappointment that Israel has not included them in their latest online propaganda campaigns, which feature supporters and messages of solidarity with the occupying state from around the world.

NEW DELHI, Oct 6 (NNN-PTI) – At least 11 persons died and around 40 were injured, in two separate fire incidents in India today, local media reported.

A massive fire broke out inside a multi-storey building, in the Goregaon area of financial capital, Mumbai, in the south-western Maharashtra state, killing seven persons and injuring nearly 40.

Five among the injured were said to be in critical condition, while four persons were discharged from the hospital after first aid.

NEW DELHI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- At least four fishermen went missing, and three others were rescued after their boat capsized off the coast in India's southern state of Kerala, officials said Friday.

The boat capsized Thursday midnight about 11 nautical miles north off Munambam harbor in Kochi district.

Following the boat capsize, the Coast Guard and the Kerala Fisheries Department launched a search and rescue operation for the four missing fishermen.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of rescuers dug through slushy debris and fast-flowing, icy water Friday in a search for survivors after a glacial lake overflowed and burst through a dam in India’s Himalayan north, a disaster that many had warned was possible for years.

The flood began in the early hours of Wednesday, when water overflowed a mountain lake. It smashed through a major hydroelectric dam downstream and then poured into the valley below, where it killed at least 41 people, carrying bodies kilometers (miles) away, and forced thousands to flee their homes.

NEW DELHI, Oct 5 (NNN-PTI) – As many as eight people, including four members of a family, died, and a couple of others were injured, in a road accident in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, yesterday, confirmed the local police.

The mishap occurred in the Phulpur area of the state, on the Varanasi-Lucknow highway, when a passenger’s vehicle collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction.

One nine-year-old boy, who was severely injured in the accident was admitted to a local hospital. He was said to be in a critical condition.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescue workers were searching for more than 100 people on Thursday after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped several towns in northeastern India, killing at least 14 people, officials said.

More than 2,000 people were rescued after Wednesday’s floods, the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority said in a statement, adding that state authorities set up 26 relief camps for more than 22,000 people impacted by the floods.

New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) The Congress on Wednesday questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the situation in Manipur, and alleged that never before has a PM completely "abandoned" a state and its entire people like now.

Congress general secretary, communications, Jairam Ramesh said that Manipur coming to such a situation after the BJP was elected to power there 15 months ago is a "most damning indictment of its policies and the prime minister's priorities".

New Delhi, Oct 4 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said the ED raids on AAP leader Sanjay Singh's residence showed that the BJP was resorting to desperate measures as it stares at a defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Many such raids will take place but there is nothing to be scared of, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener said.