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Quake strikes northeast India; toll reaches four dead, nearly 100 injured
A powerful earthquake struck northeastern India before dawn on Jan. 4, killing at least four people and injuring nearly 100, though the toll was expected to rise, with rescue efforts hampered by severed power supplies and telecommunication links.
Fresh gunfire at Indian air force base in Punjab with loss of 11 lives
A fresh gunbattle erupted on Jan. 3 at the Indian air force base attacked by suspected Islamic militants a day earlier with the loss of 11 lives, police said.
Officers said they believe up to two gunmen were still hiding inside the base.
Russia to supply India with 10 million tons of oil
Russia will supply 10 million tons of oil annually to India for the next decade, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, with the mutual deals between the two countries also extending to nuclear power generation.
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Indian PM Modi makes surprise visit to Pakistan
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise stopover in Pakistan on Dec. 25 to meet his counterpart, Nawaz Sharif, the first time an Indian premier has visited the rival nation in over a decade.
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Leaders Modi, Abe bolster close ties with bullet train deal
Japan will build India's first bullet train under a sweeping tally of agreements made following talks in New Delhi on Dec. 12, deepening a partnership Prime Minister Narendra Modi said would "shape the course of Asia."
Why has this photo of India’s PM gone viral?
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UN Climate Change Conference in nine points
A total of 196 countries are expected to sign a new agreement on climate that will determine the fate of the world in the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21, which will be held between Nov. 30 and Dec. 12 in Le Bourget, a commune in the northeast suburbs of Paris.
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UN climate conference begins with global protests
As world leaders gathered in Paris for the United Nations COP21 Climate Conference set to begin on Nov. 30, tens of thousands of people around the world joined one of the biggest global days of climate change activism ever on Nov. 29, to put pressure on world leaders to unite in fighting global warming at the summit in Paris.
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In India, meat and murder threaten Modi's inclusive agenda
The murder by a Hindu mob of a Muslim man rumoured to have slaughtered a cow has thrown a spotlight on the hardline, polarising agenda of some followers of Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, undermining his promise of development for all.
Eyes on space, India launches 'mini-Hubble'
India launched its first space research observatory and several U.S. satellites Sept. 28, part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi?s drive to expand his country?s influence in the competitive, $300 billion global space industry.
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