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FILE-Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs yoga to mark International Day of Yoga in Dehradun, India, Thursday, June 21, 2018. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, known for his reputation of an ascetic, is participating in a yoga session at the U.N. during his three-day visit to the United States. Wednesday's event is aimed to raise awareness worldwide of the benefits of practicing yoga, some nine years after the Hindu nationalist leader successfully lobbied the U.N. to designate June 21 International Yoga Day. Modi has harnessed yoga as a cultural soft power to extend his nation's diplomatic reach and assert his country's rising place in the world. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

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India's Prime Minister Modi will bend leaders into shape on International Yoga Day
By SHEIKH SAALIQ AND KRUTIKA PATHI - Associated Press
Mon,06/19/23-11:06PM , 434 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s prime minister has a reputation of casting himself as an ascetic. So when Narendra Modi leads foreign dignitaries and bureaucrats in a session for International Yoga Day on Wednesday at the United Nations’ Secretariat in New York, millions of Indians will take note.
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A worker carries Indian national flag to place it with those of other participating countries at the opening session of the G20 foreign ministers meeting, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 2, 2023. Top diplomats from the world’s major industrialized and developing nations on Thursday opened what are expected to be contentious talks dominated by Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s moves to boost its global influence.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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At G-20, high expectations for India as rising global power
By SHEIKH SAALIQ AND KRUTIKA PATHI - Associated Press
Thu,03/02/23-12:49AM , 115 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — With the foreign ministers of the Group of 20 leading economies meeting Thursday in New Delhi, host India is promoting itself as a rising superpower while leveraging its position on the global stage to bridge the gap between the West and Russia.
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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)

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BBC film on Indian PM Modi, 2002 riots draws government ire
By SHEIKH SAALIQ AND KRUTIKA PATHI - Associated Press
Wed,01/25/23-3:17AM , 196 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — Days after India blocked a BBC documentary that examines Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots and banned people from sharing it online, authorities were scrambling to halt screenings of the program at colleges and restrict clips of it on social media, a move that has been decried by critics as an ass
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An Aerial view shows Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath temple on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi, India, Dec. 12, 2021. A group of Hindus petitioned a local court seeking access to pray inside the mosque compound, saying they believe the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, one of Hinduism’s holiest cities, was built on top of the ruins of a medieval-era temple and that the complex still houses Hindu idols and motifs, a claim that has been contested by the mosque authorities. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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Dispute over mosque becomes religious flashpoint in India
By SHEIKH SAALIQ AND KRUTIKA PATHI - Associated Press
Wed,05/25/22-11:08PM , 202 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — For nearly three centuries, Muslims and Hindus in India’s northern Varanasi city have prayed to their gods in a mosque and a temple that are separated by one wall. Many see it as an example of religious coexistence in a country where bouts of deadly communal violence are common.
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