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India’s Modi visits Ukraine this week, after a recent trip to Moscow. Here’s what it could mean
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a historic visit Friday to Ukraine.
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Students who ousted Hasina are helping lead Bangladesh, from the streets to the ministries
Within a week of unseating Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister, the students who drove out former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were directing Dhaka’s traffic.
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The violence in Bangladesh after Hasina’s ouster stirs fear within the country’s Hindu minority
Ever since Bangladesh’s prime minister was forced to step down and fled the country, her supporters and associates have faced retaliatory attacks.
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Resignations of Bangladeshi officials close to Hasina are legal, interim leader Yunus says
The head of Bangladesh’s interim government says the high-profile resignations of authorities close to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are legal after student leaders who organized protests against Hasina’s government issued ultimatums for them to quit.
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Ouster of Bangladesh’s prime minister will test India’s regional power, with Beijing’s on the rise
The dramatic resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina poses a dilemma for India’s government, and the South Asian powerhouse could even see its influence in the region wane, according to experts.
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How a student-run uprising led to the ouster of Bangladesh’s longest-serving prime minister
Analysts say the anger that pushed Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from power is rooted in deep economic distress felt by the majority of people in the country, as well as the perception that while they suffered, the elites aligned with Hasina prospered.
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Sheikh Hasina came back from tragedy to lead Bangladesh — until protests forced her to flee
Sheikh Hasina, the longest-serving prime minister in Bangladesh’s history, has resigned and fled the country, bringing a tumultuous end to her 15-year rule as an extraordinary wave of protest succeeded in toppling her government.
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Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina resigns as widening unrest sees protesters storm her official residence
Bangladesh’s prime minister has resigned and fled the country, after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule.
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As Harris eyes US presidency, reaction in her mother’s native India is muted but tinged with pride
As Vice President Kamala Harris works to become the Democratic nominee for U.S. president, reaction across her mother’s native India has been muted.
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Bangladesh imposes nationwide curfew as deadly protests over government jobs escalate
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government has announced a nationwide curfew across Bangladesh and ordered the deployment of military forces to maintain order following days of deadly clashes over the allocation of government jobs.
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What’s next after protests forced Bangladesh’s prime minister to quit and flee the country?
What began as peaceful protests by students in Bangladesh against a quota system for government jobs eventually turned into an uprising that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee the country by helicopter.
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Putin hosts India’s prime minister to deepen ties, but Ukraine looms over their relationship
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, seeking to deepen the two nuclear powers’ relationship as NATO leaders gathered in Washington and Russia and launched deadly missile strikes in Ukraine that destroyed a children’s hospital.
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Putin meets Indian prime minister in Russia on his first visit since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Moscow on a two-day visit, his first since Russia sent troops into Ukraine, which has complicated the relationship between the longtime partners and pushed Russia closer to India’s rival, China.
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How did a religious gathering in India turn into a deadly stampede?
More than 120 people died in a stampede after a religious gathering in northern India on Tuesday. It was one of the deadliest such accidents in recent years.
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Stampede at religious event in India kills at least 116 people, mostly women and children
Authorities say at least 116 people died in a stampede when a crowd at a religious gathering in northern India rushed to leave a makeshift tent.
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Extreme heat in India has killed more than 100 people in the past three and a half months
Data from India’s Health Ministry shows a monthslong heat wave across swathes of India has killed more than 100 people and led to over 40,000 suspected cases of heat stroke in the last three and a half months.
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US lawmakers meet with Dalai Lama in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China
A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation met with the Dalai Lama at his residence in India’s Dharamshala, sparking anger from China which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist.
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Narendra Modi’s third term as India’s prime minister may prove the most challenging
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken office for a third consecutive term. It may hold more challenges for the popular-but-polarizing leader than his past decade in power.
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India’s Modi elected as leader of coalition and set to form new government
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been formally elected leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, which won the most seats in the national election.
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India’s opposition, written off as too weak, makes a stunning comeback to slow Modi’s juggernaut
India’s bruised and battered opposition was largely written off in the lead-up to its national election as too weak to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist governing party.
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India’s Modi is known for charging hard. After a lackluster election, he may have to adapt his style
Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold and often snap decisions.
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India’s popular but polarizing leader Narendra Modi is extending his decade in power. Who is he?
Popular but polarizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has advanced Hindu nationalism in India is returning for a third consecutive term in office after claiming victory in a general election that was seen as a referendum on his decade in power.
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Modi claims victory in India’s election but drop in support forces him to rely on coalition partners
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance coalition has won a majority in parliament, according to official results from India’s Election Commission.
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Voting ends in the last round of India’s election, a referendum on Modi’s decade in power
India’s 6-week-long national election came to an end Saturday with most exit polls projecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to extend his decade in power with a third consecutive term.
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Modi touts India’s roaring economy as he seeks reelection, but many feel left behind
Narendra Modi swept to power a decade ago on promises to transform India’s economy, and as he seeks a third term as prime minister, it would be hard to argue he hasn’t made strides.
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India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows
The political power of Muslims is declining in the world’s largest democracy. Tensions between Hindus and Muslims in India are not new, but they have gotten worse under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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India votes in third phase of national elections as Modi escalates his rhetoric against Muslims
Millions of Indians across 93 constituencies are voting as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has mounted an increasingly shrill election campaign, ramping up polarizing rhetoric against Muslims.
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Why voters in southern India are more resistant to Modi’s Hindu-centric politics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exercised near-total control over Indian politics since coming to power 10 years ago, with one exception: He has failed to win over the country’s wealthier southern region.
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Misinformation surges on social media as India votes in the world’s largest election
Misinformation about India’s election is surging online as the world’s most populous country votes. Researchers who track disinformation in India say the country is particularly vulnerable to misinformation and hate speech because of its linguistic and cultural diversity as well as weak enforcement
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TikTok may be banned in the US. Here’s what happened when India did it
The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S., where a measure to outlaw the video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature.
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