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FILE - In this Nov. 11 2020, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves after a function at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters following a state election in New Delhi, India. Despite clear signs that India was being swamped by another surge of coronavirus infections, Modi refused to cancel campaign rallies, a major Hindu festival and cricket matches with spectators. The crisis has badly dented Modi’s carefully cultivated image as an able technocrat. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

India’s virus surge damages Modi’s image of competence

By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ and RAVI NESSMAN - Associated Press

Donors race to aid India during COVID-19 surge

By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 24, 2021, file photo, exhausted workers who carried the dead for cremation sit on the rear step of an ambulance in New Delhi, India. As deaths mount and a vaccine rollout falters badly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pushed much of the responsibility for fighting the outbreak onto unprepared and poorly equipped state governments. The crisis has badly dented Modi’s carefully cultivated image as an able technocrat. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

Australian cricketers in limbo after India’s IPL postponed

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In this image made from UNTV video, India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaks during a U.N. Security Council high-level meeting on COVID-19 recovery focusing on vaccinations, chaired by British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, at UN headquarters, in New York. (UNTV via AP) ** FILE **

Indian minister pivots to virtual G-7 meeting after COVID-19 exposure

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Relatives of a person who died of COVID-19 mourn outside a field hospital in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sight to the crisis. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

The Latest: Australia PM stands firm on India flight halt

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A security guard closes the gate of Arun Jaitley Stadium, one of the six venues of Indian Premier League 2021, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. The Indian Premier League was suspended indefinitely on Tuesday after players or staff at three clubs tested positive for COVID-19 as nationwide infections surged. (AP Photo/Ishant Chauhan)

Indian Premier League suspended after more COVID-19 cases

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson wears a Welsh flag face mask during a visit to Barry Island, Wales, as part of the Welsh Conservative Party's Senedd election campaign, Monday, May 3, 2021. (Matthew Horwood/PA via AP)

UK announces plan for ‘quantum leap’ in relations with India

By DANICA KIRKA and SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

A man walks carrying a refilled cylinder as family members of COVID-19 patients wait in queue to refill their oxygen cylinders at Mayapuri area in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 3, 2021. Indian hospitals are struggling to secure a steady supply of oxygen, and more COVID-19 patients are dying amid the shortages. (AP Photo/ Ishant Chauhan)

‘Horrible’ weeks ahead as India’s virus catastrophe worsens

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL - Associated Press

A counting agent stands in protective suit during the counting of votes of Assam state assembly election in Gauhati, India, Sunday, May 2, 2021. With Indian hospitals struggling to secure a steady supply of oxygen, and more COVID-19 patients dying amid the shortages, a court in New Delhi said it would start punishing government officials for failing to deliver the life-saving items. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Impact of devastating Indian virus surge spreads to politics

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People sit in on a cafe terrace, in the Monastiraki district of Athens, with the ancient Acropolis hill in the background, Monday, May 3, 2021. Cafes and restaurants have reopened in Greece for sit-down service for the first time in nearly six months, as the country began easing coronavirus-related restrictions with a view to opening to the vital tourism industry in the summer. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Restrictions easing in US and Europe amid disaster in India

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH - Associated Press

Indian policemen guard at a vote counting center for the state legislature elections amid a weekend lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus Kochi, Kerala state, India, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

Indian leader’s party takes electoral hit amid virus surge

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Body of a COVID-19 victim lies covered in white cloth next to a burning pyre of another victim at a cremation ground in Prayagraj, India, Saturday, May 1, 2021. India on Saturday set yet another daily global record with 401,993 new cases, taking its tally to more than 19.1 million. Another 3,523 people died in the past 24 hours, raising the overall fatalities to 211,853, according to the Health Ministry. Experts believe both figures are an undercount. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

EXPLAINER: Why India’s pandemic data is vastly undercounted

By CARLA K. JOHNSON - Associated Press

Body of a COVID-19 victim is wheeled in a ground that has been converted into a crematorium in New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 1, 2021. India on Saturday set yet another daily global record with 401,993 new cases, taking its tally to more than 19.1 million. Another 3,523 people died in the past 24 hours, raising the overall fatalities to 211,853, according to the Health Ministry. Experts believe both figures are an undercount. (AP Photo/Amit Sharma)

Indian court urges government action as hospitals cry help

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

In an aerial view, workers bury a coffin containing the body of a COVID-19 victim at a cemetery reserved for those who died of complications related to coronavirus in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

The Latest: Colo. governor extends statewide mask mandate

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A relative of a person who died of COVID-19 mourns at a crematorium in Jammu, in Jammu, India, Friday, April 30, 2021. Indian scientists appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly release virus data that would allow them to save lives as coronavirus cases climbed again Friday, prompting the army to open its hospitals in a desperate bid to control a massive humanitarian crisis. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

UK rushes to increase aid to India’s health care system

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

People take part in &quot;Cycle to Save Lives&quot; a 48 hour, non-stop static relay cycle challenge at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, also know as the Neasden Temple, the largest Hindu temple in the UK, in north London, to raise money to help coronavirus relief efforts in India, Saturday, May 1, 2021. The challenge sees people participating at three different venues in the UK, cycling in a static relay the equivalent distance of 7,600 Km, which is the distance from London to Delhi. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

‘London to Delhi’ cycle raises cash for India’s COVID crisis

By DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

A man reads a morning newspaper at a market closed due to new restrictions announced by government to control the spread of the coronavirus, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, May 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

The Latest: 10% of Washington town positive for COVID-19

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A family member performs the last rites of a COVID-19 victim at a crematorium in Jammu, in Jammu, India, Friday, April 30, 2021. Indian scientists appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly release virus data that would allow them to save lives as coronavirus cases climbed again Friday, prompting the army to open its hospitals in a desperate bid to control a massive humanitarian crisis. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

India launches effort to inoculate all adults against COVID

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

A U.S. Navy's P-8 Poseidon is parked on the tarmac at Ngurah Rai International Airport as seen from the window of Indonesian Navy's maritime patrol aircraft of 800 Air Squadron of the 2nd Air Wing of Naval Aviation Center (PUSPENERBAL), in Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, April 24, 2021. The American reconnaissance plane was expected to join the search for Indonesian navy submarine KRI Nanggala that went missing after its last reported dive Wednesday off the resort island. (AP Photo/Eric Ireng)

U.S. approves $2.4 billion sale of maritime patrol jets to India

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, pallets of oxygen tanks sit in the 60th Aerial Port Squadron warehouse on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The United States is donating medical supplies to assist the country of India in its fight against COVID-19. The donation of 440 oxygen cylinders and regulators, one million N95 masks and one million COVID-19 rapid diagnostic kits, will be transported to India aboard a U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy. (Alexander Merchak/U.S. Air Force via AP)

U.S. military planes with COVID-19 aid reach India: White House

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times