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Then US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands after giving a joint statement in New Delhi, India, on February 25, 2020.

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Passengers receiving medical attention after a boat capsized off the coast in Mumbai, India on December 18.

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At least 13 dead after navy boat and passenger ferry collide near popular Mumbai tourist destination

This picture taken on May 19, 2024, shows armoured vehicles of the Indian army at a military camp in Eastern Ladakh. Lines on a map once meant little to India's Tibetan herders of the high Himalayas, expertly guiding their goats through even the harshest winters to pastures on age-old seasonal routes. That stopped in 2020, after troops from nuclear-armed rivals India and China clashed in bitter hand-to-hand combat in the contested high-altitude border lands of Ladakh. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)

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China and India resume high-level talks to ease dispute over Himalayan border

Indian Tabla expert Zakir Hussain laughs during a press conference to announce a musical concert in Mumbai, India, on December 8, 2006.

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Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians, dies at 73

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - DECEMBER 05: Aamir Khan poses in the portrait studio during the Red Sea International Film Festival 2024 on December 05, 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival)

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Siblings Chahat, 3 (right), Diya 1 (left) play with a nebulizer in their one-room home in a slum in Delhi in November while pollution soars outside.

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Meet the kids struggling to breathe in India’s choked capital

Indian Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, becomes the youngest ever chess world champion after Ding Liren blunder

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Clashes erupted outside a Hindu temple near Toronto. They’re the latest sign of Canada and India’s spiraling relations

Mosque survey sparks deadly clashes in northern India

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Gukesh Dommaraju is welcomed home upon his arrival at the Chennai International Airport on December 16 after his win at the FIDE World Chess Championship in Singapore.

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Ed Sheeran has announced that his "Mathematics" tour will include a historic gig in Bhutan.

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JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA - DECEMBER 05: Aamir Khan poses in the portrait studio during the Red Sea International Film Festival 2024 on December 05, 2024 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival)

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