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Extreme heat has forced school closures across South Asia and Southeast Asia, impacting millions of students in both regions. 
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India, which has 968 million registered voters, will vote over 47 days. This election is widely regarded as the world's largest by Western media. The six-week election in India began on Friday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Hindu nationalist party expected to […]

Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, expressed his congratulations to the re-elected Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and stated his anticipation of enhancing their unique relationship to develop stronger connections. Modi wrote […]

A warped photo of Big Ben. Alan Cleaver via Flickr Earlier this month, the chief minister of the Indian state of Assam, Tarun Gogoi, started something of a brouhaha with a bold pronouncement on the generally sleepy topic of time zones. “We need a local time for Assam and the other northeastern states which will […]