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India’s steel ministry says it is closely watching trade situation between Canada, New Delhi
FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) extends his hand for a handshake with his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau during a photo opportunity ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
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Great Reads: India’s Narendra Modi; Zelensky’s impassioned speech; giant squid in Newfoundland
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate and India's Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi delivers his speech during a mass rally in Kolkata on February 5, 2014. Modi, tipped in opinion polls to be India's next premier, remains a polarising figure accused by critics of turning a blind eye to anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat in 2002 in which as many as 2,000 died. He has denied any wrongdoing. AFP PHOTO/Dibyangshu SARKAR (Photo credit should read DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trudeau calls for answers over slain Sikh leader
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Biden and Modi working in ‘warmth and confidence’ to build ties as Chinese leader skips G20
President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One for a trip to attend the G20 summit in New Delhi, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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At Delhi’s G20 summit, a ‘scramble for India’ and fears that Canada may miss an opportunity are top of mind
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India’s Modi calls alleged Manipur sexual assault ‘shameful’, promises tough action
Members of the Indian Youth Congress shout slogans during a protest over sexual violence against women and for peace in the ongoing ethnic violence in India's north-eastern state of Manipur, in New Delhi on July 20, 2023. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP) (Photo by ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Biden and Modi meet Apple, Google CEOs and other executives as Indian premier wraps up state visit
President Joe Biden speaks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting with American and Indian business leaders in the East Room of the White House, Friday, June 23, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited to address Congress
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks to receive Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (not pictured) before their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on June 1, 2023. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Indian court issues summons to BBC in defamation case over Narendra Modi documentary
Indo-Tibetan Border Police stand guard outside the office building where Indian tax authorities raided BBC's office in New Delhi on February 15, 2023, following a protest against the BBC by Hindu Sena activists, an Indian right-wing organization. - Indian tax department raids at BBC offices entered a second day on February 15, journalists at the broadcaster told AFP, in an action rights groups linked to critical coverage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Indian PM Modi urges G20 to focus on unsustainable debt
FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with the media inside the parliament premises upon his arrival on the first day of the budget session in New Delhi, India, January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Police in India detain students gathered to watch BBC documentary on PM Narendra Modi
Police detain a Students Federation of India activist outside the Jamia Millia Islamia university in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Tensions escalated in the university after a student group said it planned to screen a banned documentary that examines Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots, prompting dozens of police equipped with tear gas and riot gear to gather outside campus gates. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky seeks India PM Modi’s help with ‘peace formula’
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi via phone line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 26, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Diwali celebrated across India with festivities, dazzling lights for Hindu festival
TOPSHOT - People watch a light show on the banks of river Sarayu on the eve of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in Ayodhya on October 23, 2022. (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP) (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA/AFP via Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***
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Putin tells Modi he understands India’s concerns over Ukraine conflict
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 16, 2022. Sputnik/Alexandуr Demyanchuk/Pool via REUTERS.
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Modi pledges to raise millions out of poverty, turn India into a developed country in 25 years
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, greets after addressing the nation at the 17th-century Mughal-era Red Fort on Independence Day in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug.15, 2022. The country is marking the 75th anniversary of its independence from British rule. (AP Photo/Pankaj Nangia)
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Droupadi Murmu becomes first tribal woman elected president in India
Workers put up a giant hoarding of Droupadi Murmu for her felicitation, before she was announced as the country's new President, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, July 21, 2022. Murmu, who hails from a minority ethnic community, was chosen Thursday as India’s new president, a largely ceremonial position. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Draupadi Murmu likely to become first tribal woman elected president in India
Droupadi Murmu, 64, a female politician who was nominated as presidential candidate by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), attends a meeting ahead of India's presidential elections, in Ahmedabad, India, July 17, 2022. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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Thousands protest ‘bulldozer justice’ against Indian Muslims
A bulldozer is being used to demolish the illegal structures of the residence of Javed Ahmed, a local leader who was allegedly involved in the recent violent protests against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) former spokeswoman Nupur Sharma's incendiary remarks about Prophet Mohammed, in Allahabad on June 12, 2022. (Photo by Sanjay KANOJIA / AFP) (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Modi sends fire warning nationwide as Delhi landfill burns
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India’s Narendra Modi touts development projects in visit to Kashmir
A security officer patrols near the site of an attack in Jammu, India, Friday, April. 22, 2022. Six suspected rebels and an Indian paramilitary officer were killed in two separate armed clashes in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said on Friday, two days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the disputed region.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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Biden, Modi talk as U.S. works to shore up response to Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden, seated with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin; India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, holds a videoconference with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss Russia's war with Ukraine from the White House in Washington U.S., April 11, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Indian government faces criticism as it introduces bill to raise age of marriage for women from 18 to 21
FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends a meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi, India, December 6, 2021. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS
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Narendra Modi’s reversal on India’s farm laws reflects a cynical electoral strategy, not newfound empathy
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Punjabi-Canadians welcome India’s move to repeal controversial farm laws
A man arranges harvested paddy on a tractor trolley in a field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. In a surprise announcement, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday his government will withdraw the controversial agriculture laws that prompted yearlong protests from tens of thousands of farmers and posed a significant political challenge to his administration. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
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India’s Modi to repeal controversial farm laws that led to protests
File - Members of Communist Party of India shout slogans during a protest against farm laws in Mumbai, India Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, has said his government will withdraw the controversial farm laws that were met with year-long demonstrations from tens of thousands of farmers who said the laws will shatter their livelihoods. The drawn-out demonstrations have posed one of the biggest political challenges to Modi, who swept the polls for the second time in 2019. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
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India’s Modi to unveil $1.35-trillion infrastructure plan to mark independence day
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation during Independence Day celebrations at the historic Red Fort in Delhi, India, August 15, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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Indian PM Narendra Modi drops 12 senior Cabinet ministers in massive reshuffle
FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a gathering before flagging off the "Dandi March", or Salt March, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India's Independence, in Ahmedabad, India, March 12, 2021. REUTERS/Amit Dave/File Photo
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PM Narendra Modi won’t attend G7 summit in Britain in person due to COVID-19 crisis in India
FILE - In this March 7, 2021, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally ahead of West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India. As coronavirus deaths mount and a vaccine rollout falters badly, the crisis has badly dented Modi’s carefully cultivated image as an able technocrat. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)
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India turns to ex-army medics amid COVID-19 surge and continued calls for lockdown
A boy sits at his father's roadside shop during partial lockdown imposed by the state government amidst rising Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Siliguri on May 9, 2021. (Photo by Diptendu DUTTA / AFP) (Photo by DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP via Getty Images)
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India reports record number of new COVID-19 cases and deaths as virus spreads to rural villages
Health workers attend to a COVID-19 patient inside the ICU of the Teerthanker Mahaveer University hospital, in Moradabad, India, on May 5, 2021.
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Hopes rise for India’s opposition after Modi’s ruling party suffers election loss in key battleground state
Mamata Banerjee, West Bengal's chief minister and the leader of Trinamool Congress party, speaks in Jalpaiguri district, India, on April 14, 2021.