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A delegation of diplomats and officials visit the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Diplomats from nearly two dozen countries arrived on a two-day visit in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday as residents in the disputed region's main city closed their shops and businesses in a sign of protest. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

India takes foreign diplomats on tour of disputed Kashmir

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People wait outside a health center to get tested for COVID-19 in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in India, there were fears it would sink the fragile health system of the world’s second-most populous country. Infections climbed dramatically for months and at one point India looked like it might overtake the United States as the country with the highest case toll. But infections began to plummet in September, and experts aren’t sure why. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s dramatic fall in virus cases leaves experts stumped

By KRUTIKA PATHI and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL - Associated Press

Bus drives off bridge into canal in central India; 40 dead

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Members of Aam Aadmi Party shout slogans demanding the release of Indian climate activist Disha Ravi, during a protest in Mumbai, India, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021. The 22 years old activist was arrested Saturday for circulating a document on social media that allegedly incited protesting farmers to turn violent last month. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Scores protest in India against arrest of climate activist

By KRUTIKA PATHI - Associated Press

In this Jan. 24, 2021, file photo, people stand near a sign as they wait in line to receive the first of two doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 at a one-day vaccination clinic set up in an Amazon.com facility in Seattle and operated by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Scientists say it's still too early to predict the future of the coronavirus, but many doubt it will ever go away entirely. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Virus may never go away but could change into mild annoyance

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and CHRISTINA LARSON - Associated Press

14 killed in highway crash in India; 4 critically injured

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Explosions in Indian fireworks factory kill 15, injure 26

Associated Press

In this photo released by Pakistan Navy shows, military officials from differences countries salute during a flag hosting ceremony for multinational military exercise &quot;Aman or Peace&quot;, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Pakistan's Navy kicked off a five-day multinational military exercise in the Arabian Sea on Friday as part of Islamabad's years-long effort to bring security to the area, it said, although as usual regional archrival India was not invited. (Pakistan Navy via AP)

Pakistan Navy hosts multinational exercise in Arabian Sea

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FILE- In this Sept. 14, 2017, file photo, Indian army trucks drive near Pangong Tso lake near the India China border in India's Ladakh area. The Indian army said Saturday, Jan. 9, 2020, that it has apprehended a Chinese soldier in the remote Ladakh region, where the two countries are locked in a monthslong military standoff along their disputed mountain border. An army statement said the Chinese soldier was taken into custody on Friday for transgressing into the Indian side in area South of Pangong Tso lake. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India, China begin troop withdrawal from contested border

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping had warned at the World Economic Forum last month that the U.S. risked starting a “new Cold War” if they tried to rally the rest of the world against Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Joe Biden opts for Asia strategy used by Trump

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A person reads tweets by Indian celebrities, one of the many backing the Indian government, on his mobile in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. It took just one tweet from pop star Rihanna to anger the Indian government and supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, after she tweeted about the farmer protests that have gripped India. Critics say the government has used the massive demonstrations to escalate a crackdown on free speech, detaining journalists and freezing Twitter accounts. Hundreds of Indian Twitter accounts, including those of news websites, activists and a farmers’ union, were suspended on Monday. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Twitter suspends more India accounts amid free speech debate

By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

President Joe Biden arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden, Modi pledge cooperation as both deal with China

By AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press

FILE-In this Jan. 5, 2021 file photo, Mushtaq Ahmad Wani, father of 16-year-old Athar Mushtaq, who was fatally shot by Government forces grieves while talking to Associated Press in Bellow, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Police have booked the Kashmiri man seeking the body of his slain teenage son under India’s harsh anti-terror law, accusing him of organizing illegal processions under criminal conspiracy. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin, File)

Kashmir man seeking son’s body charged under anti-terror law

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

This photograph provided by Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) shows a man reacting after he was pulled out from beneath the ground by ITBP personnel during rescue operations after a portion of Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Tapovan area of the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, Sunday, Feb.7, 2021. (Indo Tibetan Border Police via AP)

Rescuers in India digging for 37 trapped in glacier flood

By Biswajeet Banerjee and Rishabh R. Jain - Associated Press

This frame grab from video provided by KK Productions shows a massive flood of water, mud and debris flowing at Chamoli District after a portion of Nanda Devi glacier broke off in Tapovan area of the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, Sunday, Feb.7, 2021. (KK Productions via AP)

140 are missing after glacier breaks in India’s Himalayas

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE and RISHABH R. JAIN - Associated Press

Protestors hold banners in support of journalists and free speech in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. As the farmers camp out at the edges of the capital, protesting new agricultural laws they say will devastate their earnings, the mainstream and social media have come under unprecedented attacks from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. Critics say it has used the massive demonstrations to escalate a crackdown on free speech, detaining journalists and freezing Twitter accounts. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India clamps down on free speech to fight farmer protests

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI - Associated Press

Supporters of the Pakistani religious group Jamaat-e-Islami chant anti India slogans during a rally to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Pakistan's political and military leadership on Friday marked the annual Day of Solidarity with Kashmir, vowing to continue political support for those living in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir and for a solution to the disputed region's status in accordance with U.N. resolutions. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistani PM urges Kashmir referendum, talks with India

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

Pakistani traders burn a representation of Indian flag during demonstration to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Pakistan's political and military leadership on Friday marked the annual Day of Solidarity with Kashmir, vowing to continue political support for those living in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir and for a solution to the disputed region's status in accordance with U.N. resolutions. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

India restores 4G mobile internet in Kashmir after 550 days

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Seniors wait to be vaccinated with China's Sinovac Biotech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center set up at the Carmela Carvajal school in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Chile is starting its vaccination plan for the general population on Wednesday, starting with seniors over 90 and health workers. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

The Latest: Mexico’s president has negative antigen test

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Singer and fashion designer Rihanna attends the &quot;Rihanna&quot; book launch event in New York on Oct. 11, 2019. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

1 tweet from Rihanna on farmer protests gets India incensed

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press