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India to launch second moon mission in July

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A plainclothes police man center, requests people to move away from the shores of the Arabian Sea as monsoon clouds fill the sky in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Indian authorities were bracing Wednesday for a severe cyclone gathering strength in the Arabian Sea that was expected to make landfall in the western state of Gujarat as India's second major storm of the season. In India's financial capital of Mumbai, police tweeted that because of the high winds, heavy rainfall and lightning expected from Vayu, people &quot;should not venture into sea and should keep safe distance from shoreline.&quot; (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Cyclone Vayu poised to hit India as year’s 2nd major storm

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FILE- A Jan. 20, 2012 file photo of Indian actor and playwright Girish Karnad, attending the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, India. Karnad, a top Indian playwright, actor, director and a rights activist, died on Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 81. (AP Photo/ Manish Swarup, File)

Indian theater and film personality Girish Karnad dies at 81

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center is received by the Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, center left, upon his arrival at the presidential secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, June 9, 2019. Modi arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday for a brief visit as part of his first overseas tour since reelection that emphasizes India's &quot;neighborhood-first&quot; policy. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

India, Sri Lanka agree to step up anti-terrorism efforts

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

Modi visits Maldives, signaling India’s return as key ally

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Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das addresses a press conference in Mumbai, India, Thursday, June 6, 2019. India's central bank has cut its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 5.75% from 6% with immediate effect to fortify the economy as consumer spending and corporate investment falter. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

India’s central bank cuts lending rate to 5.75%

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In this Tuesday, June 4, 2019, photo, Legendary Indian mountaineer Manmohan Singh Kohli, 88, looks out from the glass door of his farmhouse in New Delhi, India. To Manmohan Singh Kohli, who led the first Indian team to the peak of Mount Everest, modern mountaineering bears little resemblance to the expeditions he led decades ago. Operators’ tight schedules and climbers’ lack of experience has added risks, diminished the adventure and resulted in more casualties, including an expedition that went missing in the Indian Himalayas in late May. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Famed Indian climber nearly died on peak where team was lost

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In this photo provided by the Indo Tibetan Border Police force or ITBP, a senior officer ITBP wishes best luck to the team of their soldiers before they set to leave to rescue and retrieve the bodies of international climbers, in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand state, India, Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Indian officials are working on a plan to retrieve five bodies believed to be mountaineers from a team of international climbers that went missing on a notoriously dangerous Himalayan mountain. Local officials say all eight of the climbers that disappeared May 26 on Nanda Devi East are presumed dead, and the five bodies photographed by air Monday are thought to be from the missing expedition. The missing team includes four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and an Indian liaison officer. (Indo Tibetan Border Police force via AP)

Rescue chopper unable to reach bodies on Himalayan mountain

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In this Oct. 7, 2016, photo provided by Juniper Outdoor Pursuits Centre Pvt. Ltd., shows Nanda Devi twin peaks, seen from Chaukori in Uttarakhand, India. Indian air force pilots have resumed a search over a Himalayan mountain for a team of mostly foreign climbers missing since late May. The fourth day of the search on Tuesday was taking place in the northern state of Uttarakhand after five bodies were spotted in the snow in high-resolution photos taken Monday. (Maninder Kohli/Juniper Outdoor Pursuits Centre Pvt. Ltd via AP)

India looks to recover bodies on Himalayan mountain

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Indian pilots spot 5 bodies in search for missing climbers

By AMRIT DHILLON - Associated Press

India’s new government signals Hindu and India-first goals

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Kashmir civilian killed, many injured in anti-India clashes

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Tainted liquor kills at least 10 in northern India

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Maoist rebels attack Indian government forces, wounding 11

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FILE- In this Aug. 15, 2014 file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation on the country's Independence Day in New Delhi, India. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a second term in office by presenting a muscular image to voters by ordering an air strike inside Pakistan in response to a suicide attack on Indian paramilitary forces in troubled Kashmir ahead of national elections. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)

Analysis: India’s Modi faces foreign pressures in 2nd term

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Newly elected lawmakers from India's ruling alliance led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party raise their hands in support of Narendra Modi being elected their leader in New Delhi, India, Saturday, May 25, 2019. BJP president Amit Shah announced Modi's name as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance in a meeting of the lawmakers in the Central Hall of Parliament in New Delhi, paving the way for Modi's second five-year term as prime minister after a thunderous victory in national elections. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s president appoints Modi as premier for 2nd term

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah, second left, and Home Minister Rajnath Singh, second right, present a giant floral garland to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party claimed it had won reelection with a commanding lead in Thursday's vote count, while the stock market soared in anticipation of another five-year term for the pro-business Hindu nationalist leader. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Analysis: Economy, Hindu-first impact are Modi’s challenges

By AMRIT DHILLON - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah greet supporters on arrival at the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Modi's Hindu nationalist party claimed it won reelection with a commanding lead in Thursday's vote count, while the head of the main opposition party conceded a personal defeat that signaled the end of an era for modern India's main political dynasty. (AP Photo)

India’s ruling party takes 303 of 542 seats in election win

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FILE - In this Monday, April 20, 2015 file photo, an Indian man sleeps on the roof of his house at a shanty area in New Delhi, India. India’s slowing economy appears not to have deterred millions of voters from supporting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party’s return to power. Final curtain fell down on Friday, May 24, 2019, on the marathon Indian parliament election that gave a second term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, despite his government’s flawed economic performance and his Hindu nationalist party’s divisive rhetoric. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

India’s Modi facing urgent economic challenges after win

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI - Associated Press

Kashmiri villagers participate in the funeral procession of Zakir Musa, a top militant commander linked to al-Qaida, as it rains in Tral, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, May 24, 2019. Musa was killed Thursday evening in a gunfight after police and soldiers launched a counterinsurgency operation in the southern Tral area, said Col. Rajesh Kalia, an Indian army spokesman. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

India troops kill top Kashmir militant linked to al-Qaida

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press