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FILE- Homeless people gather beside a portrait of Saint Teresa, the founder of the Missionaries of Charity, to collect free food outside the order's headquarters in Kolkata, India, Aug. 26, 2021. India’s government has blocked Mother Teresa’s charity from receiving foreign funds, saying the Catholic organization did not meet conditions under local laws, dealing a blow to one of the most prominent groups running shelters for the poor. The Home Ministry said a statement Monday that the Missionaries of Charity’s application for renewing a license that allows it to get funds from abroad was rejected on Christmas. The ministry said it came across “adverse inputs” while considering the charity’s renewal application, but did not elaborate. Its troubles come in the wake of a string of attacks on Christians in some parts of India by Hindu right-wing groups, who accuse pastors and churches of forced conversions. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

India blocks foreign funds for Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa’s charity

By Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

Indian Army Chief Bipin Rawat speaks during a press conference in New Delhi, India, on Jan.12, 2018. India’s air force says an army helicopter carrying the country’s military chief has crashed in southern Tamil Nadu state. The air force did not say whether Chief of Defense Staff Bipin Rawat was injured in the accident Tuesday. (AP Photo, File)

India’s military chief, 12 others killed in helicopter crash

By Sheikh Saaliq and Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

Members of Communist Party of India shout slogans during a protest against farm laws in Mumbai, India Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Modi vows to repeal India farm laws after prolonged protests

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

An anti-smog gun is used to control dust at a construction side in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Air pollution remained extremely high in the Indian capital on Thursday, a day after authorities closed schools indefinitely and shut some power stations to reduce smog that has blanketed the city for much of the month. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

New Delhi’s air still ‘very poor’ despite emergency measures

Associated Press

FILE -Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena watches his home run against the Houston Astros during the ninth inning of a baseball game Sept. 28, 2021, in Houston. Arozarena won AL Rookie of the Year honor on Monday night, Nov. 15. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Rays OF Arozarena, Reds 2B India earn Rookie of Year honors

By David Brandt - Associated Press

Smoke rises from a coal-powered steel plant at Hehal village near Ranchi, in eastern state of Jharkhand, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. No country will see energy needs grow faster in coming decades than India, and even under the most optimistic projections part of that demand will have to be met with dirty coal power — a key source of heat-trapping carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Can world’s climate target and India’s development coexist?

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

Relatives of Luis Enrique Rodriguez, who died of COVID-19, visit where he was buried on a hill at the El Pajonal de Cogua Natural Reserve, in Cogua, north of Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021. Rodriguez died May 14, 2021. Relatives bury the ashes of their loved ones who died of coronavirus and plant a tree in their memory. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

COVID-19’s global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years

By Carla K. Johnson - Associated Press

This photograph provided by India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows NDRF personnel rescuing civilians stranded following heavy rains at Chhara village near Nainital, Uttarakhand, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. Nainital remained cut off from the rest of the state as roads leading to it were either blocked by landslides or washed away. ( National Disaster Response Force via AP)

46 dead after heavy rains, landslides in northern India

By Biswajeet Banerjee - Associated Press

President Joe Biden meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Indian prime minister urges Biden to strike a trade deal

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a joint news conference with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at Jawaharlal Nehru Bhawan (JNB) in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

China woos Taliban as U.S. military departs Afghanistan

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Indian Christians, who are registered members of St. John in the Wilderness church, attend the Christmas mass in Dharmsala, India, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. The church which was built in 1852, is currently closed to general visitors due to COVID-19 restrictions. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

India’s Christians suffer under anti-conversion laws, study finds

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 31, 2018, file photo, a Taiwanese military officer salutes to Taiwan's flag onboard Navy's 124th fleet Lafayette frigate during military exercises off Kaohsiung, southern of Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File) **FILE**

U.S. Pacific intel chief: Coming Chinese attack on Taiwan could target other nations

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing Wednesday, May 26, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool via AP)

Fauci lays groundwork for never-ending coronavirus

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, and Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne, left, participate in the inaugural Quad leaders meeting with the President of the United States Joe Biden, the Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga and the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in a virtual meeting in Sydney, Saturday, March 13, 2021. (Dean Lewins/Pool via AP) **FILE**

EXCLUSIVE: Biden not seeking to add countries to Quad to counter China

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, Katherine Tai, then the nominee for U.S. trade representative, speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Biden team wields tariffs in international fight over taxing Big Tech

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Policemen ask people to move to cyclone shelters as they patrol a beach in Balasore district in Odisha, India, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated Tuesday in low-lying areas of two Indian states and moved to cyclone shelters to escape a powerful storm barreling toward the eastern coast. (AP Photo)

1.1 million evacuated before cyclone hits India’s east coast

Associated Press

An Indian health worker in protective suit takes the swab of a child to test for COVID-19 in Burha Mayong village, Morigaon district of Assam, India, Saturday, May 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India virus death toll passes 300,000, 3rd highest in world

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

An Indian woman is administered a dose of Covishield, Serum Institute of India's version of the AstraZeneca vaccine as others wait their turn in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. India has the second-highest coronavirus caseload after the U.S. with more than 25 million confirmed infections. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

India hits grim record with 4,529 COVID-19 deaths in single day

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

South Korean President Moon Jae-in answers reporter's question after he delivered a special address to mark the fourth anniversary of his inauguration at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 10, 2021. South Korea's leader said Monday he'll use his upcoming summit with President Joe Biden to push to restart diplomacy with North Korea, saying that Biden favors a diplomatic, phased approach to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis. (Choi Jae-gu/Yonhap via AP) **FILE**

China threat looms large as South Korea’s Moon prepares for Biden summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Bodies of suspected Covid-19 victims are seen in shallow graves buried in the sand near a cremation ground on the banks of Ganges River in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Indian police find bodies on riverbank amid raging COVID-19

By RAJESH KUMAR SINGH and BISWAJEET BANERJEE - Associated Press