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Railway officials walk through a deserted railway station platform in Prayagraj, India, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday announced a total lockdown of the country of 1.3 billion people to contain the new coronavirus outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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India orders ‘total lockdown’

by Emily Schmall Associated Press, and Sheikh Saaliq Associated PressMarch 24, 2020

India will begin the world’s largest lockdown on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in a TV address, warning citizens to stay inside or risk inviting the pandemic into their homes, and pledging $2 billion to bolster the country’s…

Activists hold banners calling for peace and communal harmony following violence in India on Wednesday.

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Death toll rises to 24 from Delhi riots during Trump trip

by Sheikh Saaliq Associated Press, and Emily Schmall Associated PressFebruary 26, 2020

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)'s Geosynchronous Satellite launch Vehicle (GSLV) MkIII carrying Chandrayaan-2 stands at Satish Dhawan Space Center after the mission was aborted at Sriharikota in southern India, Monday, July 15, 2019. India has called off the launch of a moon mission to explore the lunar south pole. The Chandrayaan-2 mission was aborted less than an hour before takeoff on Monday. An Indian Space Research Organization spokesman says a "technical snag" was observed in the 640-ton launch-vehicle system. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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India aborts moon mission launch, citing technical glitch

by Emily Schmall Associated PressJuly 15, 2019

Legendary mountaineer Manmohan Singh Kohli, 88, looks out from the glass door of his house in New Delhi, India.

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Decades ago, famed mountaineer nearly died on peak where team was recently lost

by Emily Schmall Associated PressJune 6, 2019

Damaged signage lies on a street in Puri district after Cyclone Fani hit the coastal eastern state of Odisha, India, Friday, May 3, 2019. Cyclone Fani tore through India's eastern coast on Friday as a grade 5 storm, lashing beaches with rain and winds gusting up to 205 kilometers (127 miles) per hour and affecting weather as far away as Mount Everest as it approached the former imperial capital of Kolkata. (AP Photo)

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Strong cyclone lashes India, forces 1.2 million from homes

by Emily Schmall Associated Press, and Bikas Das Associated PressMay 3, 2019

Sri Lankan police and army officers display gelatin sticks, detonators, back packs and other bomb making material recovered from the hide out of militants after Friday's gun battle in Kalmunai, in eastern Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 27, 2019. Militants linked to Easter suicide bombings opened fire and set off explosives during a raid by Sri Lankan security forces on a house in the country's east, leaving behind 15 bodies, including six children. (AP Photo/Achala Upendra)

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Indian police uncovered a plot, but Sri Lanka didn’t act

by Emily Schmall Associated Press, and Bharatha Mallawarachi Associated PressApril 27, 2019

A Sri Lankan catholic priest stands near broken glass in front St. Anthony's Church in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 26, 2019. Priests have allowed journalists inside St. Anthony's Church in Sri Lanka for the first time since it was targeted in a series of Islamic State-claimed suicide bombings that killed over 250 people. Broken glass littered the sanctuary's damaged pews and blood stained the floor. Shoes left by panicked worshippers remained in the darkened church, and broken bottles of holy water lay on the floor. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

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Sri Lanka Catholics cancel Sunday Masses after bombing

by Emily Schmall Associated Press, and Jon Gambrell Associated PressApril 26, 2019

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe takes a question during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 25, 2019. Wickremesinghe has acknowledged to The Associated Press that minority Ahmadi Muslims who are refugees from Pakistan have faced attacks since the Easter bombings. He said Thursday that security forces were trying to help the Ahmadis. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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Sri Lanka’s PM says potential bombers at large

by Emily Schmall Associated PressApril 25, 2019

A member of the civil society group, Citizens of Lahore, participates in a candlelit vigil against war, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 3, 2019. Residents near the disputed boundary in divided Kashmir region said Sunday it was quiet overnight, their first lull since a dangerous escalation between Pakistan and India erupted last week bringing the two nuclear-armed rivals close to full-out war. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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Analysis: India and Pakistan have de-escalated but triggers remain

by Kathy Gannon Associated Press, and Emily Schmall Associated PressMarch 3, 2019

In this Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, photo, firefighters and local people help douse a fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A devastating fire raced through at least five buildings in an old part of Bangladesh's capital and killed scores of people. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

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Deadly Bangladesh fire shows lapses in development

by Emily Schmall Associated Press, and Julhas Alam Associated PressFebruary 21, 2019