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A fire engine stands by the site of a fire in an alleyway, tangled in electrical wire and too narrow for vehicles to access, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019. Dozens of people died on Sunday in a devastating fire at a building in a crowded grains market area in central New Delhi, police said. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Devastating factory fire kills at least 43 in Indian capital

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and ASHOK SHARMA - 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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FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, file photo, an Indian Hindu devotee performs rituals in Yamuna river, covered by chemical foam caused due to industrial and domestic pollution, during Chhath Puja festival in New Delhi, India. Schools have reopened in the Indian capital with toxic air level coming down by more than half since authorities declared a health emergency last Friday. Authorities are tackling a large amount of toxic foam floating in the Yamuna River, caused partly by high ammonia levels emanating from industrial pollutants. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

Schools reopen in New Delhi with air pollution falling

By SHONAL GANGULY - Associated Press

Delhi's sky line is seen enveloped in smog and dust in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. An expert panel in India's capital has declared a health emergency due to air pollution choking the city, with authorities ordering schools closed until Nov. 5. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s capital restricts cars as people choke in dirty air

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

An Indigo plane lands amidst evening smog at the Delhi airport in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. Two days after Diwali festival, Delhi's air quality continued to hover between the 'very poor' and 'severe' category. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

New Delhi schools shut because of toxic smog

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India's Presidential Palace, in the backdrop, is covered with smog as a municipal worker removes flags from a light pole along Rajapth, the ceremonial boulevard in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. The Indian capital's air quality levels have plunged to &quot;poor,&quot; a day after the government initiated stricter measures to fight chronic air pollution. The state-run Central Pollution Control Board's air quality index for New Delhi stood at 299 on Wednesday, about six times the recommended level. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian capital’s air quality plunges despite new measures

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An Indian schoolgirl wears a face mask of Chinese President Xi Jinping to welcome him on the eve of his visit in Chennai, India, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Chinese President Xi Jinping is coming to India to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, just weeks after China supported Pakistan in raising the issue of India's recent actions in disputed Kashmir at the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York. (AP Photo/R. Parthibhan)

Q&A: How is China-India summit affecting Asia rivalry

By EMILY SCHMALL AND CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

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Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar defends plans to buy Russian missile system

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2016 file photo, Sameer Ahmed, a Kashmiri man allegedly beaten up by Indian soldiers at Khrew village, recovers at a local hospital in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. India has long seen the Kashmiri struggle for self-determination as Islamabad's proxy war against New Delhi. The region is one of the most heavily militarized in the world, patrolled by soldiers and paramilitary police. Most Kashmiris resent the Indian troop presence and support the rebels. For years, international rights groups have accused Indian troops of using systematic abuse and unjustified arrests to intimidate residents opposing India's rule. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

Kashmiris allege night terror by Indian troops in crackdown

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Saudi, UAE diplomats arrive in Pakistan to discuss Kashmir

By MUNIR AHMED - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 photo, a Kashmiri policeman guards outside a closed shop in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir. Thirty Kashmiri police officers who spoke on the condition of anonymity fearing retribution from their superiors told The Associated Press that they have been sidelined and in some cases disarmed by New Delhi-based authorities since the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi downgraded Jammu and Kashmir from a state into two federally administered territories, tightening its grip on the restive region. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Indian order leaves Kashmir police dispirited, even disarmed

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Indian court orders ex-finance minister held for questioning

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Kashmiri youth Gulam Rasool Bhat shows pellet wounds on his body inside his home in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019. The president of Pakistani-administered Kashmir welcomed efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to lower tensions between Pakistan and India over the disputed Himalayan region on Tuesday and warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis and food shortages in the Indian-held portion. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

At least 2,300 detained in locked-down Indian-ruled Kashmir

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Pakistan's Mohammad Aslam shows a picture of his son Taimoor Aslam, who he said lost his life at the Kashmir border area called the Line of Control between Indian and Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry)

Hundreds defy restrictions, join protests in Kashmir

By ASHOK SHARMA and EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE- In this May 16, 2014 file photo, Indians take photographs of a portrait of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, with an outline of the India map made with colored powder and surrounded by rose petals, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat state, India. Modi, who became a Hindu nationalist before he was 10 years old, has upended life in India’s only Muslim-majority state, flexing those nationalist muscles for his millions of followers. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)

Modi clamps down on Kashmir, and India loves him for it

By TIM SULLIVAN - Associated Press

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was told by Beijing that a move to strip Indian-administered Kashmir of special autonomy was unacceptable. (Associated Press/File)

National sovereignty interests clash among world powers

By Ethan Epstein - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, India's Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers patrol near the India Pakistan border fencing at Garkhal in Akhnoor, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of Jammu, India. Pakistan's prime minister assured Kashmiri people living in the Indian-administered part of the divided region that he supports them in their struggle for self-determination. In his statement Wednesday, Imran Khan condemned New Delhi's decision Aug. 5 to downgrade Kashmir's status, as he began celebrations marking Pakistan's independence day.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)

India’s Modi defends Kashmir policy amid clash with Pakistan

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and EMILY SCHMALL - Associated Press

FILE- In this Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 file photo, Kashmiri women walk at a deserted Lal Chowk square, a frequent site for anti-India protests, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Life is very different in the Kashmir Valley these days, under an unprecedented security crackdown to prevent an uprising after the central government unexpectedly stripped its special constitutional status, the last vestige of real autonomy for the predominantly Muslim region. (AP Photo/Sheikh Saaliq, File)

Inside locked down Kashmir, a reporter finds fear and chaos

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

FILE- In this Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 file photo, Kashmiri women walk at a deserted Lal Chowk square, a frequent site for anti-India protests, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Life is very different in the Kashmir Valley these days, under an unprecedented security crackdown to prevent an uprising after the central government unexpectedly stripped its special constitutional status, the last vestige of real autonomy for the predominantly Muslim region. (AP Photo/Sheikh Saaliq, File)

Kashmiri reporter finds fear, chaos in locked-down hometown

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier patrols near the India Pakistan border fencing at Garkhal in Akhnoor, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) west of Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug.13, 2019. Pakistan has denounced India’s actions to change the special status of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir and has downgraded its diplomatic ties with New Delhi. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Pakistani P.M. reiterates support to Kashmiris on Indian side

Associated Press