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Indians are casting ballots in the first round of voting across 21 states. Voting will take place over a six-week period and votes will be counted on June 4.

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Indians vote in the first phase of the world's largest election as Modi seeks a third term
By ASHOK SHARMA AND KRUTIKA PATHI - Associated Press
Thu,04/18/24-8:33PM , 69 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting on Friday in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of
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AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports on India Lunar Mission.

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India lands a spacecraft near the moon's south pole, a first for the world as it joins elite club
By ASHOK SHARMA AND KRUTIKA PATHI - Associated Press
Wed,08/23/23-2:23AM , 93 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — India became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole on Wednesday — a historic voyage to uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water, and a technological triumph for the world’s most populous nation.
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Putin Addresses Virtual Summit

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Putin says Russia is 'united as never before' during Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting
By ASHOK SHARMA AND KRUTIKA PATHI - Associated Press
Tue,07/04/23-3:45AM , 59 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the Russian people are “united as never before,” seeking to project confidence in the wake of a short-lived revolt while participating in a meeting of an international organization that offered him a sympathetic audience.
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Rescuers work at the site of passenger trains accident, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 200 people and trapping hundreds of others inside more than a dozen damaged rail cars officials said. (AP Photo)

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India train crash death toll rises above 230 with 900 injured as rescuers comb through debris
By ASHOK SHARMA AND KRUTIKA PATHI - Associated Press
Fri,06/02/23-11:26AM , 98 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescuers waded through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed Friday night in India, killing more than 230 people and leaving hundreds of others trapped inside more than a dozen mangled rail cars, in one of the country's deadliest train crashes in decades.
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