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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2015, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, right, hugs Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at Facebook in Menlo Park, Calif. Members of India's governing party on Monday rejected allegations that Facebook had chosen to turn a blind eye to partisan hate speech on its platform to protect its growing business interests in India. As usage has spread across India, Facebook and its subsidiary WhatsApp have become fierce battlegrounds for India’s political parties, but spokesmen for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party denied a newspaper report that asserted Facebook officials chose not to take action against party members whose posts violated rules against hate speech. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

India ruling party denies preferential treatment by Facebook

By EMILY SCHMALL and SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

FILE- In this July 10, 2020, file photo, policemen cordon off the site where Vikas Dubey, a top crime suspect linked to the death of eight policemen was killed near Kanpur, India. Police said Dubey died in an exchange of gunfire when he snatched a revolver from officers while trying to flee after their vehicle overturned on a highway, but rights activists were quick to cast doubt, seeing it as yet another suspicious “encounter.” (AP Photo, File)

Lockdown deaths in India ignite debate on police brutality

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort monument on Independence Day in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India to invest $1.46 trillion to lift virus-hit economy

By ASHOK SHARMA and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL - Associated Press

Indian, Nepalese prime ministers talk amid border dispute

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2005 file photo, Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni practice bowls in Ahmadabad, India. India great Dhoni announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Dhoni, who played in 90 tests, 350 one-day internationals and 98 Twenty20s for his country, was dropped from India’s list of 27 centrally-contracted players in January. (AP Photo/Aman Sharma, File)

India great Dhoni retires from international cricket

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An Indian policeman cleans blood splattered on a street with a tree twig after suspected rebels attack on policemen on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. Anti-India rebels in Indian-controlled Kashmir Friday attacked a police party in the disputed region's main city, killing two police officials and injuring another, police said. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Police: 2 officers killed by rebels in Indian-held Kashmir

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This image released by National Geographic shows circular Phumdis floating atop Laktak Lake, the largest freshwater lake in northeast India, from the two-part special &quot;India From Above,&quot; narrated by actor Dev Patel. (Abhik Wadhwa/National Geographic via AP)

Dev Patel celebrates India from his Los Angeles front yard

By HILARY FOX - Associated Press

India urges China to hurry disengagement of troops in Ladakh

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

A Bangladeshi elderly person cuts an uprooted tree as the area around him is seen submerged with flooded waters in Manikganj, some 100 kilometers (62 miles) from Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Across South Asia, more than 17 million people have been affected by this year's monsoon flood. Nearly 700 people have died in Bangladesh, India and Nepal as almost one-third of Bangladesh went under water while Indian states of Assam and Bihar in the northeast were largely affected and vast regions in Nepal were flooded and monsoon-triggered landslides became a nightmare. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)

South Asia counts losses from devastating monsoon floods

By JULHAS ALAM and BINAJ GURUBACHARYA and WASBIR HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Pakistani Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan lamented during a wide-ranging interview that millions of people inside Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir have been on lockdown without access to medicine or electricity.

Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan: There’s reason to be ‘optimistic’ about Afghan peace prospects

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Women hold crossed out portrait of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as they participate in a train march to mark the first anniversary of India's decision to revoke the disputed region's semi-autonomy, in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Last year on Aug. 5, India's Hindu-nationalist-led government of Prime Minister Modi scrapped its separate constitution and removed inherited protections on land and jobs. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistan ambassador not ruling out another war with India over disputed Kashmir region

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A Hindu pilgrim takes a holy dip on Makar Sankranti festival on Sagar Island, an island in the Ganges delta, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. For more than 1,700 miles, stretching from the Gangotri Glacier in the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges flows across the plains like a timeline of India's past, nourishing an extraordinary wealth of life. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Ganges River flows with history and prophecy for India

By ALTAF QADRI - Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 7, 2020 file photo, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh holds a model of a light machine gun during DefExpo20 in Lucknow, India. India will ban the imports of 101 items of military equipment in an effort to boost indigenous production and improve self-reliance in weapons manufacturing, Singh said Sunday. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

India to ban imports of 101 items of military equipment

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Rescuers in protective suits carry the body of a victim from Hotel Swarna Palace where a fire broke out early morning in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. The fire in the hotel being used as a COVID-19 facility killed seven coronavirus patients. (AP Photo)

Fire kills 11 patients in southern India’s COVID-19 facility

By OMER FAROOQ - Associated Press

England’s cricket tour of India postponed due to pandemic

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Health workers take blood samples for a random serological test to check for antibodies against the coronavirus in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. A serological survey is currently underway to undertake a comprehensive analysis of COVID-19 in Delhi and prepare strategies to combat the pandemic. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India surpasses 2 million cases as health volunteers strike

By EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

Firefighters clear a road after a landslide caused by rainfall in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2020. India's monsoon season runs from June to September. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Monsoon flood, mudslide kill 15 in India, disaster team sent

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The Air India Express flight that skidded off a runway while landing at the airport in Kozhikode, Kerala state, India, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo)

Plane skids off runway in India; 16 killed, dozens hurt

By Ashok Sharma and Emily Schmall - Associated Press

A Kashmiri cycles past a barricade set up as road blockade as a paramilitary soldier stands guard on the first anniversary of India’s decision to revoke the disputed region’s semi-autonomy, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Last year on Aug. 5, India’s Hindu-nationalist-led government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi stripped Jammu-Kashmir of its statehood and divided it into two federally governed territories. Late Tuesday, authorities lifted a curfew in Srinagar but said restrictions on public movement, transport and commercial activities would continue because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

UN discusses Kashmir for 3rd time since India ends statehood

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press