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Indian students and activists shout slogans during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Gauhati, India, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. More than 1,000 students have marched on the streets in India’s northeast opposing a bill approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to grant Indian citizenship to non-Muslim migrants from India's three Muslim-majority neighbors, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Thousands protest Indian citizenship bill excluding Muslims

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Indian policemen stand guard the area where rape accused were shot on the outskirts of Chattanpally in Shadnagar some 50 kilometers or 31 miles from Hyderabad, India, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. An Indian police official says four men accused of raping and killing a woman in southern India have been fatally shot by police. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Indian police fatally shoot 4 suspects in gang-rape case

By Mahesh Kumar and Emily Schmall - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019, file photo, Muslims read about the verdict in a decades-old land title dispute between Muslims and Hindus in a newspaper in Ayodhya, India. India’s largest Muslim political groups are divided over how to respond to a recent Supreme Court ruling that favors Hindus’ right to a disputed site 27 years after Hindu nationalist mobs tore down a 16th-century mosque there, unleashing torrents of religious-motivated violence. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

India’s Muslims split in response to Hindu temple verdict

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

Indian lawmaker and former Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram, center, holds a placard that reads &quot;Why is the Modi government silent on the rise of onion prices, participates in a protest against the rise in onion prices, outside the Indian parliament in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. Chidambaram was released by an order from India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday on bail in a case involving alleged bribery and money laundering benefitting his son’s company. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Former Indian finance minister protests economic policies

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

4 Indian soldiers died in avalanches in Kashmir

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FILE - In this Monday, April 1, 2013, file photo, Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo. India’s top court has ordered that India’s former finance minister and a key opposition Congress party leader be freed on bail in suspected 3 billion rupees ($43 million) bribery and money laundering cases that allegedly benefited his son’s company. Palaniappan Chidambaram’s attorney says the Supreme Court ordered his release Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. on a bail bond of 200,000 rupees ($2,850). He is expected to leave New Delhi’s Tihar prison later Wednesday after spending 105 days there.(AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Former Indian finance minister Chidambaram granted bail

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NASA locates debris from India moon lander that crashed

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Global carbon pollution continues to rise, but more slowly

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

University students hold placards demanding justice in the case of a veterinarian who was gang-raped and killed last week during a protest rally in Kolkata, India, Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. The burned body of the 27-year-old woman was found Thursday morning by a passer-by in an underpass in the southern city of Hyderabad after she went missing the previous night. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Indians demand justice after woman gang raped and killed

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, second right, Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono, second left, Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar, right, and Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi pose for the media before the start of India Japan 2+2 talks, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019, to boost bilateral security and Defence cooperation between the two countries. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India and Japan hold inaugural security talks

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, shakes hand with Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as Indian President Ram Nath Kovind stands beside them, during a ceremonial reception for Rajapaksa at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. Rajapaksa is on a three-day official visit to the country. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India offers credits to boost Sri Lankan economy, security

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

In this frame grab taken from video provided by KK Productions, Indian police officers inspect the site where they found the burned body of a 27-year-old veterinary doctor who they say was raped and killed on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. Police commissioner V.C. Sajannar says the woman went missing Wednesday night and her body was found by a passer-by in an underpass on the outskirts of Hyderabad, the capital of Telangana state. (KK Productions via AP)

Indian police find burned body of woman in suspected rape

By OMER FAROOQ - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 30, 2019 file photo, a boy gives his thumb impressions at a National Register of Citizens (NRC) office on the eve of the release of the final NRC draft in Gauhati, India.India’s home minister announced in Parliament on Wednesday that the government will carry out a citizen survey across the country to weed out those living illegally in the country. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

India to create registry to identify undocumented immigrants

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India's Presidential Palace, in the backdrop, is covered with smog as a family rides a motorbike on Rajpath, the ceremonial boulevard, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. India's Parliament has discussed the toxic air threatening the lives of the capital region's 48 million people, with opposition leaders demanding the creation of a parliamentary panel to remedy the situation on a long-term basis. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

22 farmers arrested in India for causing air pollution

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, file photo, Kashmiri men shout freedom slogans during a protest against New Delhi's tightened grip on the disputed region, after Friday prayers on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. India’s Home Minister Amit Shah says normalcy has returned in most areas in Indian-controlled Kashmir but the detention of politicians and the blockade of the internet and social media are continuing because of security concerns. Asked by lawmakers in Parliament on Wednesday, Nov. 20, how soon the restrictions are likely to be lifted, Shah says authorities have to fix priorities when it comes to security and the fight against terrorism. India stripped the region of its semi-autonomous powers and implemented a strict clampdown on Aug. 5. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin, File)

India says Kashmir improving but restrictions stay

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

India's Presidential Palace, in the backdrop, is covered with smog as a family rides a motorbike on Rajpath, the ceremonial boulevard, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. India's Parliament has discussed the toxic air threatening the lives of the capital region's 48 million people, with opposition leaders demanding the creation of a parliamentary panel to remedy the situation on a long-term basis. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

India’s Parliament debates toxic air danger

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FILE- In this Nov. 5, 2018, file photo, the head priest opens the sanctum sanctorum of the Sabarimala temple, one of the world's largest Hindu pilgrimage sites, in Kerala state, India. India's Supreme Court will set law on women’s entry into temples and mosques after being asked to review its decision lifting a ban on some women entering the Sabarimala temple in Kerala state. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Indian court to set law on women’s entry in temples, mosques

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FILE- In this Tuesday, June 18, 2019, file photo, a Dassault Rafale fighter jet performs its demonstration flight at Paris Air Show, in Le Bourget, north east of Paris, France. India's top court has rejected petitions seeking a probe into the government's purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France's Dassault Aviation over pricing issues.(AP Photo/ Francois Mori, file)

India court rejects probe of purchase of French fighter jets

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Indian walk wearing masks to protect against pollution in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. Schools in India's capital have been shut for Thursday and Friday after air quality plunged to a severe category for the third consecutive day, enveloping New Delhi in a thick gray haze of noxious air. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Schools closed in New Delhi as air quality dips for 3rd day

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

A sweet candy vendor walks amidst thick layer of smog as he looks for customers in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. A thick haze of polluted air is hanging over India's capital, with authorities trying to tackle the problem by sprinkling water to settle dust and banning some construction. The air quality index exceeded 400, about eight times the recommended maximum. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Air quality sinks to ‘severe’ in haze-shrouded New Delhi

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