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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waits for the arrival of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi at Hyderabad house, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Days after India blocked a BBC documentary that examines Modi’s role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots and banned people from sharing it online, authorities are scrambling to halt screenings of the film in colleges and universities and restricting its clips on social media, a move that has been decried by critics as an assault on press freedom. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

BBC film on India’s PM Modi, 2002 riots draws government ire

By Sheikh Saaliq and Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, greets artists performing at the 17th-century Mughal-era Red Fort on Independence Day in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug.15, 2022. The country is marking the 75th anniversary of its independence from British rule. (AP Photo/Pankaj Nangia)

Prime Minister Modi pledges to make India developed country in 25 years

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

Muslims shout slogans against Nupur Sharma, a spokesperson of India's governing Hindu nationalist party as they react to the derogatory references to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad made by her, during a protest outside a mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, June 10, 2022. Thousands of people marched in Bangladesh's capital on Friday to urge Muslim-majority nations to cut off diplomatic ties with India and boycott its products unless it punishes two governing party officials for comments deemed derogatory to Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Anger erupts in Bangladesh, India over comments about Islam

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

President Joe Biden meets virtually with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2022. India's Defense minister Rajnath Singh, is center, and India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, is right (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden presses a wary India on Russia as Ukraine crisis deepens

By Tom Howell Jr. and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden meets virtually with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, April 11, 2022. India's Defense minister Rajnath Singh, is center, and India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, is right (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden, Indian prime minister meet to discuss differences on Russia

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other before their meeting in New Delhi, India on Dec. 6, 2021. India is bracing for a disruption in Russian arms supplies following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tightrope walk between Moscow and Washington could become more difficult due to a border standoff with China. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Indian neutrality in Ukraine fight complicates U.S. strategic designs in Asia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. (Eduardo Munoz /Pool Photo via AP)

India’s Modi targets neighbors at UN, but not by name

By Mallika Sen - Associated Press

President Joe Biden meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Indian prime minister urges Biden to strike a trade deal

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, arrives to board a plane, Monday, July 26, 2021 at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., traveling to New Delhi, India and Kuwait City, Kuwait. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Blinken’s India visit puts human rights, China on table

By Sheikh Saaliq - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 11 2020, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves after a function at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters following a state election in New Delhi, India. Twelve Indian government ministers resigned Wednesday, hours ahead of an expected reshuffle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet aimed at refurbishing its image after widespread criticism of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

India’s Modi drops 12 Cabinet ministers in massive reshuffle

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

Body of a COVID-19 victim is wheeled in for cremation in a ground that has been converted into a crematorium in New Delhi, India, Thursday, May 6, 2021. Infections in India hit another grim daily record on Thursday as demand for medical oxygen jumped seven-fold and the government denied reports that it was slow in distributing life-saving supplies from abroad. (AP Photo/Ishant Chauhan)

Pressure rises for India lockdown; surge breaks record again

By NEHA MEHROTRA and ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 11 2020, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves after a function at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters following a state election in New Delhi, India. Despite clear signs that India was being swamped by another surge of coronavirus infections, Modi refused to cancel campaign rallies, a major Hindu festival and cricket matches with spectators. The crisis has badly dented Modi’s carefully cultivated image as an able technocrat. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

India’s virus surge damages Modi’s image of competence

By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ and RAVI NESSMAN - Associated Press

Indian policemen guard at a vote counting center for the state legislature elections amid a weekend lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus Kochi, Kerala state, India, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

Indian leader’s party takes electoral hit amid virus surge

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's twitter handle, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stands for a photograph in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 26, 2021. Modi on Saturday concluded his two-day official visit to Bangladesh amid both violent protests and enthusiasm that the bilateral relations between the two neighbors would continue to grow. (Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's twitter handle via AP Photo)

India’s Modi ends Bangladesh visit that sparked violence

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Election officers carrying Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) deboard a ferry after crossing the Sowansiri river to reach a polling center on the eve of Assam state election in Majuli, India, Friday, March 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Modi’s party seeks big win as 2 key Indian states vote

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 7, 2021, file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally ahead of West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India. Modi and his Hindu nationalist party are making a serious bid for electoral victories in three states that have sizeable minority Muslim population. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

India’s PM Modi faces big electoral test in Muslim areas

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's twitter handle, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a bouquet of flowers from Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 26, 2021. Modi arrived in Bangladesh’s capital on Friday to join celebrations marking 50 years of the country's independence, but his trip was not welcomed by all. The two-day visit, his first foreign trip since the coronavirus pandemic began last year, will also include joining commemorations for 100 years since the birth of independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi's twitter handle via AP Photo)

4 die in clashes set off by India’s Modi visiting Bangladesh

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Bangladeshis raise their footwear and shout slogans during a protest after Friday prayers, against the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, March 19, 2021. Hundreds of people including Muslim devotees and left-leaning student activists on Friday rallied in Bangladesh's capital to denounce the upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to join the celebration of the country's 50th anniversary of independence. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Muslims, students protest Indian PM’s visit to Bangladesh

By JULHAS ALAM - Associated Press

Members of National Students Union of India (NSUI), the student body of the Congress party, shout slogans against the government while condemning the arrest of Indian climate activist Disha Ravi, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Ravi, 22, was arrested in Bengaluru on Saturday for circulating a document on social media supporting months of massive protests by farmers. Police said at a news conference on Monday that the document spread misinformation about the farmer protests on the outskirts of New Delhi and “tarnished the image of India.” (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian police detain students demanding release of activist

By RISHI LEKHI - Associated Press

President Joe Biden arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden, Modi pledge cooperation as both deal with China

By AAMER MADHANI - Associated Press