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Construction work is underway at the Luhri Hydroelectric Project - Phase 1 near Rampur in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, Saturday, March 11, 2023. A favorite initiative of Indian governments, the push for dams has skyrocketed as the nation looks for round-the-clock energy that doesn't spew planet-warming emissions. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

India’s push for 24/7 clean energy from dams upends lives

By Aniruddha Ghosal and Ashwini Bhatia - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin review the honor guards as he arrives for a meeting with Austrian President Alexander Van Der Bellen in Vienna, Austria, on June 5, 2018. Neutral Austria has come under heavy criticism for granting visas to sanctioned Russian lawmakers for a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Vienna from Feb. 23 until Feb. 24, 2023. The issue highlights the delicate balancing act the European country has engaged in while trying to maintain its longstanding position of military neutrality during the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

Putin’s power play to bully Europe collapses as U.S. overtakes Russia as top crude oil supplier

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

People stand around a structure built over an old temple well that collapsed Thursday as a large crowd of devotees gathered for the Ram Navami Hindu festival in Indore, India, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Up to 35 people fell into the well in the temple complex when the structure collapsed and were covered by falling debris, police Commissioner Makrand Deoskar said. At least eight were killed. (AP Photo)

36 bodies found inside well after collapse at Indian temple

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

Smoke rises from a coal-powered steel plant at Hehal village near Ranchi, in eastern state of Jharkhand, Sept. 26, 2021. India will require $900 billion over the next 30 years to move away from coal mines and thermal plants, a New Delhi-based think tank said in a report Thursday, March 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) **FILE**

Cost of India quitting coal is $900 billion, think tank says

By Sibi Arasu - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese during laters's ceremonial reception at the Indian presidential palace, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 10, 2023. Australia is striving to strengthen security cooperation with India and also deepen economic and cultural ties, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Australia aims to bolster security, economic ties with India

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

A worker carries Indian national flag to place it with those of other participating countries at the opening session of the G20 foreign ministers meeting, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 2, 2023. Top diplomats from the world’s major industrialized and developing nations on Thursday opened what are expected to be contentious talks dominated by Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s moves to boost its global influence.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

At G-20, high expectations for India as rising global power

By Sheikh Saaliq and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends the G-20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi Thursday, March 2, 2023. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)

G-20 talks end in India without consensus on Ukraine war

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

A hippo swims in the Magdalena river in Puerto Triunfo, Colombia, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Colombia's Environment Ministry announced in early Feb. that hippos are an invasive species, in response to a lawsuit against the government over whether to kill or sterilize the hippos that were imported illegally by the late drug lord Pablo Escobar, and whose numbers are growing at a fast pace and pose a threat to biodiversity. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Animal sanctuaries in Mexico, India set to take 70 Colombian hippos

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this handout photo released by Indian Finance Ministry, Australia's Treasurer Jim Chalmers, left, meets with Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the sidelines of G-20 financial conclave on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (Indian Finance Ministry via AP)

G-20 meeting in India ends without consensus on Ukraine war

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India's Secretary of Department of Economic Affairs Ajay Seth, second right, speaks during a press conference on the eve of G-20 financial conclave in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Top financial leaders from the Group of 20 leading economies are gathering in the south Indian technology hub of Bengaluru to tackle challenges to global growth and stability. India is hosting the G-20 financial conclave for the first time in 20 years. (AP Photo/Sibi Arasu)

G-20 finance chiefs to tackle global economic threats

By Siri Arasu and Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

Thenmozhi Soundararajan, founder and executive director of Equality Labs, speaks to supporters and opponents a of a proposed ordinance to add caste to Seattle’s anti-discrimination laws rally at Seattle City Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in Seattle. Council Member Kshama Sawant proposed the ordinance. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Seattle becomes first U.S. city to ban caste discrimination

By Deepa Bharath - Associated Press

An armed security person stands stand guard at the gate of a building housing BBC office in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. India’s tax officials searched BBC offices in India for a second straight day on Wednesday questioning the staff about the organization's business operations in the country, staff members said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian authorities accuse BBC of tax evasion after searches

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

In this image from video, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Jan. 21, 2023, in Dakar, Senegal. Yellen will travel to India next week to attend Group of 20 finance minister meetings in Bengaluru, India, and will address the global economic impacts of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as her visit coincides with the one-year anniversary of the invasion.(AP Photo/Yesica Fisch, File)

Janet Yellen to visit India for G-20 finance meetings

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

Radha Rani Mondal, 50, right, with her daughter in law Mampi Biswash sit in their shanty home in Morigaon district of Indian northeastern state of Assam, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Mondal's 20-year-old son was arrested on Feb. 4 and her 17-year-old daughter-in-law is pregnant. She spent her last 500 rupees ($6 ) to hire a lawyer, whom she owes 20,000 rupees ($ 250 ) more. More than 3,000 men, including Hindu and Muslim priests, who were arrested nearly two weeks ago in the northeastern state of Assam under a wide crackdown on illegal child marriages involving girls under the age of 18. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Indian child marriage crackdown leaves families in anguish

By Piyush Nagpal - Associated Press

An armed security person stands stand guard at the gate of a building housing BBC office in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. India’s tax officials searched BBC offices in India for a second straight day on Wednesday questioning the staff about the organization's business operations in the country, staff members said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian officials probe BBC for 3rd day, alleging tax dodge

By Piyush Nagpal and Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

An armed security person stands stand guard at the gate of a building housing BBC office in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. India’s tax officials searched BBC offices in India for a second straight day on Wednesday questioning the staff about the organization's business operations in the country, staff members said. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian officials search BBC offices for second straight day

By Piyush Nagpal and Chonchui Ngashangva

This photo shows a BBC sign outside the entrance to the headquarters of the publicly funded media organization in London, on July 19, 2017. Officials from India's Income Tax department began conducting searches Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, at the BBC's offices in the capital, New Delhi, weeks after the British broadcaster released a controversial documentary that examined Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Indian officials search BBC offices after Modi documentary

By Krutika Pathi

In this June 17, 2019, file photo, an Airbus A 350 - 1000 performs a demonstration flight at Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, east of Paris, France. The owner of Air India announced a deal Tuesday, Feb.14, 2023, to buy 250 Airbus jets, including A350 wide-body planes and A320neo single-aisle planes in a deal worth billions of dollars. Air India, owned by Tata Group, is reportedly considering a similar order for Boeing as part of expansion efforts. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Boeing to sell a whopping 220 jets to Air India, third-biggest sale in company history

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A woman carries a calf during the inauguration of Jeeyar Swami Dhyan Foundation Gaushala, a cow shelter, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. India’s government on Friday withdrew its appeal to citizens to mark Valentine’s Day next week not as a celebration of romance but as “Cow Hug Day” to better promote Hindu values. The decision attracted widespread criticism from political rivals and on social media. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File)

Indian government withdraws appeal to hug cows on Valentine’s Day

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A woman worships a cow as Indian Hindus offer prayers to the River Ganges, holy to them during the Ganga Dussehra festival in Allahabad, India, June 8, 2014. India’s government-run animal welfare department has appealed to citizens to mark Valentine’s Day this year not as a celebration of romance but as "Cow Hug Day” to better promote Hindu values. The Animal Welfare Board of India said Wednesday that “hugging cows will bring emotional richness and increase individual and collective happiness.” (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

Indian government asks people to hug cows on Valentine’s Day

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press