Narendra Modi

• Biden set to speak with Modi as U.S. warns India on importing Russian energy

  Biden, who last spoke to Modi in March, recently said that only India among the Quad group of countries was "somewhat shaky" in acting against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

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  Apr 10
  
• Lata Mangeshkar, India’s music icon, dies after contracting COVID-19

  India declared two days of national mourning and said Mangeshkar will be given a state funeral before being cremated in Mumbai on Sunday evening.

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  Feb 6
  
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• ‘Jubilation with a touch of caution’: B.C. reacts as India repeals contentious farm laws

  Hundreds of people celebrated at Scott Road and 72 Avenue in Surrey moments after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the surprise announcement.

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  Nov 19, 2021
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• Indian PM Modi repeals contentious farm laws after yearlong farmers’ protests

  Narendra Modi made the announcement to repeal the three farm laws during a televised speech that was broadcast live to the entire nation.

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  Nov 19, 2021
• Son of Indian minister arrested after 9 farmers killed amid escalating protests

  The minister's son's driver and three others who were in a car were all killed by the protesters by beating them with sticks in the violence that broke out after the incident.

  World

  Oct 9, 2021
• India surpasses 24 million COVID-19 cases as mutant variant spreads across globe

  The Indian B.1.617 variant of the virus has been found in cases in eight countries of the Americas, including Canada and the United States, a WHO infectious diseases expert said.

  World

  May 14, 2021
• COVID-19 variant first seen in India designated as global concern, WHO says

  "We classify it as a variant of concern at a global level," said Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead on COVID-19.

  Health

  May 10, 2021
• India’s COVID-19 crisis damaged PM Modi’s political image, experts say

  As another deadly wave of COVID-19 infections was swamping India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government refused to cancel a giant Hindu festival.

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  May 5, 2021
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• Britain announces plan for ‘quantum leap’ in relations with India amid COVID-19 surge

  In the U.K., home to about 1.6 million people of Indian descent, many have been horrified by images of mass cremations and doctors struggling to keep up with rising COVID-19 cases.

  Politics

  May 4, 2021
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• Mass cremations begin in India’s capital city as COVID-19 deaths soar

  India recorded the world's highest daily tally of 314,835 coronavirus infections on Thursday, with the second wave of the pandemic crushing its weak health infrastructure.

  Health

  Apr 22, 2021