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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

People watch the INS Vikrant leave for trials in the Arabian Sea in Kochi, India, July 2, 2022. India is preparing to relaunch INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier after a major refit, a critical step toward fulfilling its plan to deploy two carrier battle groups as it seeks to strengthen its regional maritime power to counter China's increasing assertiveness. (AP Photo/Melton Antony)

India’s aircraft carriers key to Indo-Pacific strategy

By Ashok Sharma and David Rising - Associated Press

Sonali Begum, 17, displays a photo of her husband Siddique Ali, 23, who was picked up by the police, at her rented house in Guwahati, India, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. Indian police have arrested more than 2,000 men in a crackdown on illegal child marriages in involving girls under the age of 18 a northeastern state. Begum is seven months pregnant. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Indian police nab over 2,000 men for illegal child marriages

By Wasbir Hussain - Associated Press

Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in red, leaves her office before presenting the federal budget for the financial year 2023-24 in the parliament in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s finance minister announces new clean energy funds

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waits for the arrival of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at Hyderabad house, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Days after India blocked a BBC documentary that examines Modi’s role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots and banned people from sharing it online, authorities are scrambling to halt screenings of the film in colleges and universities and restricting its clips on social media, a move that has been decried by critics as an assault on press freedom. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

BBC film on India’s PM Modi, 2002 riots draws government ire

By Sheikh Saaliq and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

Japanese Ground-Self Defense Force (JGDDF) Type 90 tank fires its gun at a target during an annual drill exercise at the Minami Eniwa Camp in Eniwa, Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Dec. 7, 2021. Japan warned of escalating national security threats stemming from Russia’s war on Ukraine and China’s tensions with Taiwan in an annual defense paper issued Friday, July 22, 2022, as Japan tries to bolster its military capability and spending. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) **FILE**

Regional defense partnerships rise with China’s power

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Illustration on cold weather in India by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

‘Greens’ ignore India’s lethal cold spells

By Vijay Jayaraj

India to host virtual summit of over 120 developing nations

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

Indian army vehicles move in a convoy in the cold desert region of Ladakh, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Nestled between India, Pakistan and China, Ladakh has not just faced territorial disputes but also stark climate change. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

India sending more troops to border after dispute with Chinese forces

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

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Police seize on COVID-19 tech to expand global surveillance

By Garance Burke, Josef Federman, Huizhong Wu, Krutika Pathi and Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

People take part in a liturgy at the Catholic Church, Our Lady of the Rosary, at the Religious complex, in Doha, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

At ‘Church City,’ a taste of Catholic life in Qatar

By Mariam Fam - Associated Press

Illustration on the negative impact of U. S. import laws on the countertop industry by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

America’s quartz countertop manufacturers are latest industry hit by predatory imports

By Michael Stumo

The sun sets behind a windmill farm in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India, Sept 14, 2022. India officially takes up its role as chair of the Group of 20 leading economies for the coming year Thursday, Dec. 1 and it's putting climate at the top of the group's priorities. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

In new role as G-20 chair, India set to focus on climate

By Sibi Arasu - Associated Press

Indian policemen detain a Kashmiri Shiite Muslim for participating in a religious procession during restrictions in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Authorities had imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar, the region's main city, to prevent gatherings marking Muharram from developing into anti-India protests. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

India’s crackdown on non-Hindu faiths a religious liberty concern, U.S. panel says

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

People move through a market in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, Nov. 15, according to a United Nations projection. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

World population hits 8 billion, creating many challenges

By Dan Ikpoyi and Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

Rescuers on boats search in the Machchu river next to a cable bridge that collapsed on Sunday in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. A century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into the river Sunday evening, sending hundreds plunging in the water in one of the country's worst accidents in years. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Officials probe India bridge collapse as divers comb river

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

Rescuers on boats search in the Machchu river next to a cable suspension bridge that collapsed in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into the river Sunday evening, sending hundreds plunging in the water, officials said. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Nine arrested after bridge collapses in India, killing 134

By Ajit Solanki, Aijaz Hussain and Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

Rescuers on boats search in the Machchu river next to a cable suspension bridge that collapsed in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Monday, Oct. 31, 2022. The century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into the river Sunday evening, sending hundreds plunging in the water, officials said. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

At least 132 dead after suspension bridge in India collapses

By Ajit Solanki and Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press