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India’s top court creates task force on workplace safety after doctor was raped and killed
India’s top court has set up of a task force of doctors who will make recommendations on safety of health care workers at their workplaces.
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India’s Modi will visit Ukraine after Zelenskyy’s criticism for meeting Putin in Moscow
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine this week and meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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What to know as India’s medics and women protest the rape and killing of a doctor
Anger at the Indian government’s failure to deter rising violence against women has fueled protests by medics and women’s groups across Indian cities after a trainee doctor was raped and killed last week.
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Who is Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who’ll head Bangladesh’s interim government?
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has been chosen to head Bangladesh’s interim government after student protests sparked an uprising that toppled the former leader.
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Nobel laureate Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after unrest ousted Hasina
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh’s interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule.
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Landslides caused by heavy rains kill 93 and bury many others in southern India
Multiple landslides triggered by torrential rains in southern India have killed 93 people and left many others feared trapped under the debris.
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India’s Modi focuses on jobs creation in first budget after winning polls
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to raise spending to create more jobs and spur economic growth.
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Bangladesh’s top court scales back government jobs quota after deadly unrest that has killed scores
Bangladesh’s top court has scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants after it led to nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and protesters that have killed scores of people.
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Bangladesh imposes strict curfew with a ‘shoot-on-sight-order’ following deadly protests
Police imposed a strict curfew with a “shoot-on-sight” order across Bangladesh as military forces patrolled parts of the capital after scores were killed and hundreds injured in clashes over the allocation of civil service jobs.
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An Indian billionaire’s son is married after lavish celebrations that spotlight his global clout
The youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, has married his longtime girlfriend in what many have dubbed the wedding of the year.
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Suspected rebels kill 5 Indian soldiers after ambushing their vehicle in Indian-controlled Kashmir
Indian police officials say suspected rebels fighting against Indian rule in disputed Kashmir ambushed an army vehicle in the region’s south, killing five Indian soldiers and wounding five.
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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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Relying on coalition partners, Modi is sworn in for a rare third term as India’s prime minister
Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a rare third consecutive term as India’s prime minister, relying on his coalition partners after his failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome.
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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 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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India’s election concludes with the votes being counted Tuesday. Here’s what to know
The world’s largest election could also be one of its most consequential. India’s general election pits avowed Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi against a broad opposition alliance that is struggling to play catch up.
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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’s mammoth election is more than halfway done as millions begin voting in fourth round
Millions of Indians across 96 constituencies are casting their ballots as the country’s gigantic, six-week-long election edges past its halfway mark.
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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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Once a fringe Indian ideology, Hindu nationalism is now mainstream, thanks to Modi’s decade in power
Hindu nationalism was once a fringe ideology in India, and now it is mainstream. Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Opponents and journalists in Narendra Modi’s India feel the squeeze ahead of an election
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party ahead of the national elections that start this week.
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Here’s what you need to know about the world’s largest democratic election kicking off in India
With a population of over 1.4 billion people and close to 970 million voters, India’s general election pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an avowed Hindu nationalist, against a broad alliance of opposition parties that are struggling to play catch up.
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A Modi rival is arrested. Now, supporters of the opposition leader are protesting in India’s capital
Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India’s most consequential politicians of the past decade are protesting against his arrest.
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As India’s election nears, some Bollywood films promote Modi politics by embracing Hindu nationalism
A cluster of Bollywood films based on polarizing issues that promote Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government’s Hindu nationalist agenda are coming out.
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India’s new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Here’s what to know
India has implemented a citizenship law that excludes migrants who are Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government.
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India announces steps to implement a citizenship law that excludes Muslims
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has announced rules to implement a 2019 citizenship law that excludes Muslims, weeks before the Hindu nationalist leader seeks a third term in office.
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India says some of its citizens have been duped into working for the Russian army
Indian authorities say they are in talks with Russia’s government about the return of Indian citizens who were duped into working for the Russian army.
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