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Chennai airport runway flooded as Cyclone Michaung nears India
Commuters make their way through a flooded road after heavy rains in Chennai on December 4, 2023. Cyclone Michuang is expected to make landfall on December 5 along the southern coast. (Photo by R__SATISH_BABU / AFP) (Photo by R__SATISH_BABU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Indian premier Narendra Modi’s party set for victory in 3 states ahead of 2024 national vote
Supporters of India's main opposition party, Indian National Congress, display a cutout photo of their leader Sonia Gandhi, as they celebrate early leads for their party in Telangana state elections in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, Dec.3, 2023. Vote counting began in four Indian states in a test of strength for India's opposition pitted against the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of next year's crucial national vote. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A)
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U.S. prosecutors say plots to assassinate Sikh leaders were part of a campaign of planned killings
FILE - Sikh separatist leader and head of Waris Punjab De, or Punjab's Heirs, Amritpal Singh, talks to his supporters in the village Jallupur Khera, near Amritsar, India, on Jan.7, 2023. Earlier this year, Indian police arrested the separatist leader who had revived calls for Khalistan and stirred fears of violence in Punjab. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill, File)
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How banned 'rat-hole' mining saved India's trapped workers
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Ambulance with first rescued worker leaves India tunnel
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Soft China and India may undermine gold’s rally hopes
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Indian rescuers pull out all 41 workers who were trapped in tunnel for 17 days, minister says
Ambulances drive past carrying workers rescued from the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in Silkyara in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. India’s transportation minister says all 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in the country’s north have been pulled out. (AP Photo)
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Washington presses India on alleged plot to kill Sikh activist in U.S.
A member of United Hindu Front organisation shouts slogans while holding a banner depicting Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a lawyer believed to be based in Canada designated as a Khalistani terrorist by the Indian authorities during a rally along a street in New Delhi on September 24, 2023. In an interview with an Indian news channel, Pannun said Nijjar had been his "close associate" for over 20 years and was like a "younger brother" to him. He also blamed India for Nijjar's killing. A diplomatic firestorm erupted this week with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying there were "credible reasons to believe that agents of the government of India were involved" in Nijjar's death. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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India restarts suspended tourism and business e-visas for Canadians
Billboards advertise study abroad programs that provide visas, in Jalandhar, India, in the northern state of Punjab, Sept. 23, 2023. IndiaÕs feud with Canada highlights how Prime Minister Narendra Modi has amplified a Sikh separatist threat that in reality is largely a diaspora illusion. (Atul Loke/The New York Times)
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First images of trapped Indian tunnel workers appear
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India’s anti-terror agency files case against Sikh separatist for Air India threat
Air India aircrafts stand at the airport in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Geopolitical tensions, seasonal buying push gold demand higher – but is now the right time to invest?
FILE PHOTO: A saleswoman arranges earrings at a jewellery showroom during Dhanteras, a Hindu festival associated with Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, in Mumbai, India, November 10, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
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Expert hopeful on rescue of Indian tunnel workers
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Heartbreak for Kohli and India as Australia wins the Cricket World Cup for 6th time. Head hits 137
Indian cricket players attend a training session ahead of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup final match between India and Australia in Ahmedabad, India, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Forty-one workers remain trapped in tunnel in India for seventh day as drilling operations face challenges
Rescuers walk near the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state, India, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India on Friday to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom. (AP Photo)
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Rescuers work on alternative plan for collapsed tunnel in India where workers have been trapped for nearly a week
Rescuers use a digger to make a path at the top of the mountain as part of an alternate plan to reach the workers trapped in a tunnel after a portion of it collapsed, in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 18, 2023.
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In India, 40 workers are trapped in a tunnel for a seventh day as rescuers wait for a new drill
Members of rescue teams stand at the entrance of a tunnel where road workers are trapped after a portion of the tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 17, 2023. REUTERS/Shankar Prasad Nautiyal
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Ottawa’s exclusion from Indo-Pacific talks worries business group
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledges Chinese President Xi Jinping as they take their places for a family photo at the APEC Summit, in San Francisco, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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More Myanmar troops fleeing rebel attacks enter India
FILE PHOTO: A flag of one of the Myanmar rebel forces is installed next to an under-construction structure in Myanmar's Khawmawi village on the India-Myanmar border as seen from Zokhawthar village in Champhai district of India's northeastern state of Mizoram, India, November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Chanchinmawia/File photo
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Hindus in India and Pakistan celebrate Diwali
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Three Indian cities among 10 most polluted after Diwali
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Myanmar junta attacked on new fronts, thousands flee to India
This photo taken on November 10, 2023 shows fighters of the ethnic rebel group Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) standing guard at a check point in the town of Namhkam in northern Shan state. A surprise offensive by Myanmar ethnic armed groups has blocked two strategically vital roads to the country's biggest trading partner China, choking cross-border commerce and denying the cash-strapped junta taxes and foreign exchange. (Photo by Mai Nyi / AFP) (Photo by MAI NYI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Politics Briefing: Blinken urges India to work with Canada over B.C. murder probe
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media after participating in the so-called "2+2 Dialogue" in New Delhi, India, November 10, 2023.
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Blinken urges Indian counterparts to co-operate with Canada in murder probe of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
The U.S. secretary of state is once again urging India to help Canada advance its investigation into the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Antony Blinken speaks to the media after participating in the so-called "2+2 Dialogue" in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jonathan Ernst, POOL
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Canadians face long lineups for Indian visas as political rift creates backlog
Deekshitha Jetta (sitting) and Rick Jallepalli (in green) pose for a photo while waiting in line November 3, 2023 at a visa processing office in Brampton.
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Non-basmati white rice availability in Canada has dwindled, causing a surge in prices
TORONTO.APRIL.25.2008 Bags of rice stacked along a wall at Hua-Sheng Supermarket, a Chinese supermarket located in the Dundas St. Spadina Ave. area in Chinatown. With world rice stocks at a twenty year low, growing demands for rice from developing countries and limited growing areas, supplies have tightened up with some stores limiting the number of bags of rice one can buy per visit. PHOTO BY FRED LUM/THE GLOBE AND MAIL DIGITAL FILM IMAGE
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Smog shrouds Taj Mahal as India's pollution worsens
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India envoy tells Ottawa to produce evidence that New Delhi was behind killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
High Commissioner of India to Canada Shri Sanjay Kumar Verma gestures during an interview November 3, 2023 in Ottawa. Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
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New Delhi shuts schools, limits construction work to reduce severe air pollution
People walk along the Kartavya Path near India Gate amid heavy smog conditions in New Delhi on November 3, 2023. Schools were shut across India's capital on November 3 as a noxious grey smog engulfed the megacity and made life a misery for its 30 million inhabitants. (Photo by ARUN THAKUR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN THAKUR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Five years after Canada banned asbestos, industry clings on in India despite health concerns
Broken asbestos roofing tiles can be seen at a dump in central New Delhi, India on September 24, 2023. If not properly disposed of, asbestos fibres can become airborne and potentially cause health problems.
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Sikh independence vote takes place in B.C. amid Canada-India tensions
A photograph of late temple president Hardeep Singh Nijjar is seen on a banner outside the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib, in Surrey, B.C., on Monday, September 18, 2023. Thousands of Sikh voters are expected to turn out today in the Metro Vancouver municipality of Surrey, to vote in an unofficial referendum at the centre of Canada's ongoing tensions with India. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Global hedge funds are boosting their presence in the long-shunned Indian market
A stock trader watches share prices on his screen at a brokerage house in Mumbai on July 26, 2018.
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Sikh activists in B.C. emboldened by Trudeau’s comments on India ahead of referendum
A member of United Hindu Front organisation shouts slogans while holding a banner depicting Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, a lawyer believed to be based in Canada designated as a Khalistani terrorist by the Indian authorities during a rally along a street in New Delhi on September 24, 2023. In an interview with an Indian news channel, Pannun said Nijjar had been his "close associate" for over 20 years and was like a "younger brother" to him. He also blamed India for Nijjar's killing. A diplomatic firestorm erupted this week with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying there were "credible reasons to believe that agents of the government of India were involved" in Nijjar's death. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Indians still want to move to Canada despite growing anxiety over political tensions
FILE - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. The Biden administration is nervously watching a dispute between Canada and India, with some officials concerned it could upend the U.S. strategy toward the Indo-Pacific that is directed at blunting China’s influence there and elsewhere. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP, File)