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President Joe Biden meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Indian prime minister urges Biden to strike a trade deal

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, arrives to board a plane, Monday, July 26, 2021 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., traveling to New Delhi, India and Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Blinken’s India visit puts human rights, China on table

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 11 2020, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves after a function at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters following a state election in New Delhi, India. Twelve Indian government ministers resigned Wednesday, hours ahead of an expected reshuffle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet aimed at refurbishing its image after widespread criticism of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

India’s Modi drops 12 Cabinet ministers in massive reshuffle

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

Body of a COVID-19 victim is wheeled in for cremation in a ground that has been converted into a crematorium in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Infections in India hit another grim daily record on Thursday as demand for medical oxygen jumped seven-fold and the government denied reports that it was slow in distributing life-saving supplies from abroad. (AP Photo/Ishant Chauhan)

Pressure rises for India lockdown; surge breaks record again

By NEHA MEHROTRA and ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 11 2020, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves after a function at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters following a state election in New Delhi, India. Despite clear signs that India was being swamped by another surge of coronavirus infections, Modi refused to cancel campaign rallies, a major Hindu festival and cricket matches with spectators. The crisis has badly dented Modi’s carefully cultivated image as an able technocrat. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

India’s virus surge damages Modi’s image of competence

By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ and RAVI NESSMAN - Associated Press

Indian policemen guard at a vote counting center for the state legislature elections amid a weekend lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus Kochi, Kerala state, India, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

Indian leader’s party takes electoral hit amid virus surge

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's twitter handle, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stands for a photograph in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 26, 2021. Modi on Saturday concluded his two-day official visit to Bangladesh amid both violent protests and enthusiasm that the bilateral relations between the two neighbors would continue to grow. (Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's twitter handle via AP Photo)

India’s Modi ends Bangladesh visit that sparked violence

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Election officers carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) deboard a ferry after crossing the Sowansiri river to reach a polling center on the eve of Assam state election in Majuli, India, Friday, March 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Modi’s party seeks big win as 2 key Indian states vote

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's twitter handle, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a bouquet of flowers from Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 26, 2021. Modi arrived in Bangladesh’s capital on Friday to join celebrations marking 50 years of the country's independence, but his trip was not welcomed by all. The two-day visit, his first foreign trip since the coronavirus pandemic began last year, will also include joining commemorations for 100 years since the birth of independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's twitter handle via AP Photo)

4 die in clashes set off by India’s Modi visiting Bangladesh

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 7, 2021, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally ahead of West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India. Modi and his Hindu nationalist party are making a serious bid for electoral victories in three states that have sizeable minority Muslim population. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

India’s PM Modi faces big electoral test in Muslim areas

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Bangladeshis raise their footwear and shout slogans during a protest after Friday prayers, against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 19, 2021. Hundreds of people including Muslim devotees and left-leaning student activists on Friday rallied in Bangladesh's capital to denounce the upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join the celebration of the country's 50th anniversary of independence. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Muslims, students protest Indian PM’s visit to Bangladesh

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Members of National Students Union of India (NSUI), the student body of the Congress party, shout slogans against the government while condemning the arrest of Indian climate activist Disha Ravi, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Ravi, 22, was arrested in Bengaluru on Saturday for circulating a document on social media supporting months of massive protests by farmers. Police said at a news conference on Monday that the document spread misinformation about the farmer protests on the outskirts of New Delhi and “tarnished the image of India.” (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian police detain students demanding release of activist

By RISHI LEKHI - 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

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

Indian farmers sit on their tractor after arriving at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border for Tuesday's tractor rally in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Angry farmers storm India’s Red Fort in huge tractor rally

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

A Sikh man hangs on to a pole holding a Sikh religious flag along with a farm union flag at the historic Red Fort monument in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Tens of thousands of protesting farmers drove long lines of tractors into India's capital on Tuesday, breaking through police barricades, defying tear gas and storming the historic Red Fort as the nation celebrated Republic Day. (AP Photo/Supreet Sapkal)

Protesting farmers return to camp after storming Indian fort

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

Indian villagers gather outside a local eatery next to a banner featuring U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris with a message wishing her best, in Thulasendrapuram, the hometown of Harris' maternal grandfather, south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. A tiny village in a remote part of South India is gearing up for celebrations ahead of Kamala Harris’ inauguration as the first female vice president of the United States. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Indian village cheers for Harris during swearing-in as US VP

By RISHI LEKHI and AIJAZ RAHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, March 16, 2020 file photo, Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview in Islamabad, Pakistan. On Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, Khan reacted angrily to media reports of a text exchange between an Indian TV anchor and a former media industry executive that suggests a 2019 Indian airstrike inside Pakistan was designed to boost Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chances for re-election. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Pakistan PM angry over reports TV anchor knew about strike

By MUNIR AHMED and SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

Women farmers pray during a gathering in protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Haryana state border, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. From students, teachers and nurses to housewives and grandmothers, women are now holding the front lines at the massive protests that have blockaded key highways leading to India's capital for more than a month, demanding the repeal of new farm laws. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Month on, women hold the fort at India farmer protests

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

Indian farmers shout slogans as they block a major highway during a protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border, India, on Dec. 5, 2020. India’s prime minister Narendra Modi Friday held virtual talks with farmers from six states and asked them to explain how the government’s agricultural policies have benefited them, a month after facing massive farmer protests that have rattled his administration. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Modi makes outreach effort to placate angry Indian farmers

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press