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India’s Modi to visit Kashmir valley, first since autonomy removed in 2019
The visit comes ahead of India’s national election due by May, the first since the government scrapped region’s special status.
Modi is visiting Kashmir’s main city for the first time since revoking region’s semi-autonomy in ’19
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday is making his first official visit to Kashmir’s main city since New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy and took direct control of it in 2019.
Climate migrants in rural India have hysterectomies to survive, report says
NEW DELHI — Drought is driving poor Indian women into exploitative sugar cane work in the central state of Maharashtra, with many of the migrant labourers opting to undergo unnecessary hysterectomies to work even harder, research showed on Feb 7.
India's top diplomat points to 'new phase' in Japan defense ties
NEW DELHI -- Defense ties can be an "important element" of India's relations with Japan and should focus on collaborative procurement in the South Asian nation, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told Nikkei in an exclusive interview ahead of a three-day visit to Tokyo.
After giving India’s troops their marching orders, Maldives signs defence deal with China
The Maldivian defence ministry said it signed an “agreement on China’s provision of military assistance” with Beijing late on Monday, saying the agreement was “gratis”, or without payment or charge, but giving no further details.