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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves as he leaves after addressing a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

India’s Modi praises U.S. democracy in address to Congress

By Guy Taylor, Tom Howell Jr. and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White House for a private dinner, Wednesday, June 21, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

India’s Modi is getting a state visit with Biden, but the glitz is shadowed by human rights concerns

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

In this image made from video provided by Narendra Modi Youtube Channel, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, meets Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, left, during a meeting in New York, Tuesday, June 20, 2023. (Narendra Modi Youtube Channel via AP)

Musk: Tesla will come to India ‘as soon as possible’

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets supporters as he arrives in New York on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Jill Biden is taking Indian Prime Minister Modi on side trip before Thursday’s White House visit

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks during the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2022. Biden is honoring Modi with a state visit this week. Modi arrives in the U.S. on Wednesday, starting his visit at the United Nations. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, Pool, File)

The Biden-Modi relationship is built around mutual admiration of scrappy pasts and pragmatic needs

By Aamer Madhani and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets supporters as he arrives in New York on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Modi flexes India’s cultural reach on Yoga Day with backbends and corpse poses on the U.N. lawn

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

FILE - President Joe Biden, right, meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Quad leaders summit at Kantei Palace, May 24, 2022, in Tokyo. Biden is honoring Modi with a state visit this week. Modi arrives in the U.S. on Wednesday, starting his visit at the United Nations. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden is ready to fete India’s leader, looking past Modi’s human rights record and ties to Russia

By Aamer Madhani and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi carries a royal golden sceptre to be installed it near the chair of the speaker during the start of the inaugural ceremony of the new parliament building, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 28, 2023. The new triangular parliament building, built at an estimated cost of $120 million, is part of a $2.8 billion revamp of British-era offices and residences in central New Delhi called "Central Vista", even as India's major opposition parties boycotted the inauguration, in a rare show of unity against the Hindu nationalist ruling party that has completed nine years in power and is seeking a third term in crucial general elections next year. (AP Photo)

Modi opponents boycott opening of new Indian Parliament; PM says it breaks with colonial past

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks during the G20 leaders summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Nov. 15, 2022. Biden has made it a mission for the U.S. to build friendships overseas, and the next few weeks will offer a vivid demonstration of the importance he’s placing on a relationship with Modi. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, Pool, File)

Biden, India’s Modi out to deepen their bonds, but geopolitical friendships have their limits

By Josh Boak and Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration of the Global Buddhist Summit, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Biden to host India’s Modi for state dinner next month

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration of the Global Buddhist Summit, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s Modi to visit White House in June as Biden seeks stronger ties amid competition with China

By Darlene Superville and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese during laters's ceremonial reception at the Indian presidential palace, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 10, 2023. Australia is striving to strengthen security cooperation with India and also deepen economic and cultural ties, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Australia aims to bolster security, economic ties with India

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

This photo shows a BBC sign outside the entrance to the headquarters of the publicly funded media organization in London, on July 19, 2017. Officials from India's Income Tax department began conducting searches Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, at the BBC's offices in the capital, New Delhi, weeks after the British broadcaster released a controversial documentary that examined Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Indian officials search BBC offices after Modi documentary

By Krutika Pathi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waits for the arrival of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at Hyderabad house, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Days after India blocked a BBC documentary that examines Modi’s role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots and banned people from sharing it online, authorities are scrambling to halt screenings of the film in colleges and universities and restricting its clips on social media, a move that has been decried by critics as an assault on press freedom. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

BBC film on India’s PM Modi, 2002 riots draws government ire

By Sheikh Saaliq and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, greets artists performing at the 17th-century Mughal-era Red Fort on Independence Day in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug.15, 2022. The country is marking the 75th anniversary of its independence from British rule. (AP Photo/Pankaj Nangia)

Prime Minister Modi pledges to make India developed country in 25 years

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

Muslims shout slogans against Nupur Sharma, a spokesperson of India's governing Hindu nationalist party as they react to the derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad made by her, during a protest outside a mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, June 10, 2022. Thousands of people marched in Bangladesh's capital on Friday to urge Muslim-majority nations to cut off diplomatic ties with India and boycott its products unless it punishes two governing party officials for comments deemed derogatory to Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Anger erupts in Bangladesh, India over comments about Islam

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

President Joe Biden meets virtually with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2022. India's Defense minister Rajnath Singh, is center, and India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, is right (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden, Indian prime minister meet to discuss differences on Russia

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden meets virtually with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2022. India's Defense minister Rajnath Singh, is center, and India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, is right (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden presses a wary India on Russia as Ukraine crisis deepens

By Tom Howell Jr. and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other before their meeting in New Delhi, India on Dec. 6, 2021. India is bracing for a disruption in Russian arms supplies following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tightrope walk between Moscow and Washington could become more difficult due to a border standoff with China. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Indian neutrality in Ukraine fight complicates U.S. strategic designs in Asia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. (Eduardo Munoz /Pool Photo via AP)

India’s Modi targets neighbors at UN, but not by name

By Mallika Sen - Associated Press