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‘Attack on a dream’: Muslims in fear as Indian democracy turns 75

India’s democracy is under pressure like never before as dreams of ethnic Hindu nation leave its minorities sleepless.

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India at 75: Modi says country eyeing ‘developed’ tag in 25 years

India PM makes the pledge while addressing the nation on the 75th anniversary of India’s independence from British rule.

Al Jazeera

Modi says India aims to become developed nation in 25 years

India will aim to become a developed nation within 25 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a national day address on Monday, with policies to support domestic production in power, defence and digital technology.

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As India marks 75 years since independence from British colonial rule, Indians share their hopes for the future

In a swirl of orange, green and white, India celebrates the day when almost 200 years of British colonial rule ended in 1947. To mark the occasion, the ABC spoke with Indians on their ambitions and concerns for the future.

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How crisis unfolded in Sri Lanka

A deepening economic crisis in Sri Lanka sparked mass protests that forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country, leaving his successor, Ranil Wickremesinghe, to declare a state of emergency while seeking a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.

Reuters

Reaction to Sri Lankan raid on protest site

Sri Lankan security forces raided an anti-government protest site in the hours before dawn on Friday, arresting nine people and sparking reactions from opposition politicians, lawyers and foreign diplomats.

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Sri Lankan security forces raid anti-government protest camp

Sri Lankan security forces raided a protest camp occupying government grounds in the main city of Colombo early on Friday and cleared out a section of it, a sign that the country's new president was cracking down a day after his swearing-in.

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Sri Lankan security forces raid protest camp as new leaders sworn in

Sri Lankan security forces raided and partially cleared a protest camp occupying government grounds in Colombo early on Friday, fuelling fears that President Ranil Wickremesinghe had launched a crackdown a day after being sworn in.

Reuters

Sri Lankans defy curfew to celebrate as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation becomes official

The speaker of parliament in crisis-hit Sri Lanka officially accepts a resignation letter from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, having verified its authenticity after it was flown from Singapore.

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Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa hands in resignation; letter accepted

Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrives in Singapore after fleeing Sri Lanka amid protests over an economic crisis.

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Sri Lankan woman rickshaw driver has to queue 12 hours, or more, for fuel

Lasanda Deepthi, a 43-year-old Sri Lankan woman, plans her day around fuel queues.

Reuters

India’s heatwave exposes divide in access to cooling equipment

Almost 323 million Indians at high risk from extreme heat amid lack of access to fans and refrigerators, finds a report.

Al Jazeera

Thousands queue for petrol, gas in Sri Lanka amid warnings of food shortages

Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka's commercial capital on Friday and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis.

Reuters

Sri Lanka fuel shortage set to ease; police clash with protesters

Sri Lanka's central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages, its governor said on Thursday, but police fired tear gas and water canon to push back student protesters.

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Reuters wins Pulitzer for intimate, devastating images of India's pandemic

From hospitals, funeral pyres and remote villages to a Himalayan hillside, car parks and temples, Reuters photographers produced coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in India that captured the spread of the disease and its remorseless toll.

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Reuters journalists win Pulitzer for India’s Covid reportage, Danish Siddiqui wins posthumously

Journalists Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, Amit Dave and Danish Siddiqui, all associated with Reuters, have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography for their coverage of the second wave of Covid in India.

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Slain photojournalist Danish Siddiqui among 4 Indians honoured with Pulitzer Prize for ‘images of COVID’s toll in India’

Siddiqui and his colleagues Adnan Abidi, Sanna Irshad Mattoo and Amit Dave from the Reuters news agency won The Pulitzer Prize for “images of COVID’s toll in India”

Reuters

India too hot, says Modi, sending fire warning nationwide as Delhi landfill burns

India is getting too hot too early, raising the risk of fires, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned on Wednesday, as New Delhi sweltered in extreme heat and a burning landfill on the outskirts of the capital spewed toxic smoke into the air.

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Nepal's prime minister visits India, meets Modi to deepen ties

Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba met his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and inaugurated the Himalayan nation's only railway link with its southern neighbour on Saturday in a summit meant to deepen relations.

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