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        <title><![CDATA[At least 27 people killed in a fire at an amusement park in western India, police say]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, MAY 26A major fire broke out Saturday at an amusement park in Gujarat state in western India, killing at least 27 people, including several children, police and media re...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2024 10:36:59 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vote count begins in 4 Indian states pitting opposition against premier Modi ahead of 2024 election]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 3Vote counting began Sunday in four Indian states in a test of strength for India&#039;s opposition pitted against the ruling party of Prime Minister Narendra M...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2023 12:54:18 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India&#039;s crop-nourishing monsoon rains to pick up steam by mid-June]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, June 8 India&#039;s monsoon rains are likely to pick up by mid-June, the chief of the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) told Reuters on Wednesday, spurring...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:51:15 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India raises rates for second straight month to tackle racing inflation]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MUMBAI, June 8 The Reserve Bank of India&#039;s key interest rate was raised by 50 basis points on Wednesday as widely expected, in the second hike in as many months, in a bid to c...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 10:59:19 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India open to exporting wheat to needy nations despite ban]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, May 15India on Sunday said it would keep a window open to export wheat to food-deficit countries at the government level despite restrictions announced two days earlier....]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2022 13:11:29 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Power-hungry India halts passenger trains to free up track to move coal]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[CHENNAI, India, April 29 India has boosted the output of coal and cancelled passenger trains to free up rail track to move it, officials said on Friday, as the government scrambles...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2022 11:36:59 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Indian heat wave disrupts industrial activity as power demand soars]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR, April 28 India&#039;s northwestern Rajasthan state scheduled four hours of power cuts for factories, making it at least the third state to disrupt industrial...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:12:06 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India&#039;s COVID infections hit month-high, one state reports spike in deaths]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, April 18 India&#039;s tally of daily COVID-19 cases nearly doubled on Monday from the previous day to more than 2,000 for the first time in a month, government data show...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2022 11:52:45 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Indian police hunt gang accused of stealing a bridge]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BHUBANESWAR, India, April 10 Police in India were seeking to arrest members of a gang who dismantled a 60-feet-long iron bridge and likely sold it off in parts as scrap metal, offi...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2022 14:23:32 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India to boost arms output, fearing shortfall from Russia]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, April 7India on Thursday said it would ramp up its production of military equipment, including helicopters, tank engines, missiles and airborne early warning systems, to...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:08:53 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India buys Russian oil despite pressure for sanctions]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, March 18The state-run Indian Oil Corp. bought 3 million barrels of crude oil from Russia earlier this week to secure its energy needs, resisting Western pressure to avoi...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:34:56 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India says no report of its students being held hostage in Ukraine]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, March 3 India said on Thursday it had not received any reports of its students being held hostage in Ukraine after Russia accused Ukrainian authorities of forcibly keepi...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 11:34:09 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India sees economic growth slowing to 8-8.5% in 2022/23]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, Jan 31India has forecast its economy will grow 8% to 8.5% for the fiscal year starting in April, down from 9.2% projected in the current year, as it fights a spike in CO...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:39:34 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India&#039;s COVID-19 cases rise by 333,533 in last 24 hours: govt]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, Jan 23 India reported over 300,000 new COVID-19 infections for the fourth straight day even though the caseload over the last 24 hours was slightly lower than a day befo...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 11:36:58 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India&#039;s richest state set to reopen schools as Omicron cases fall]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MUMBAI, Jan 20 India&#039;s wealthiest state will reopen schools next week, its education minister said on Thursday, as new cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus fell sharply...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:41:11 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India&#039;s new COVID-19 cases hit eight-month high, full impact weeks away]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, Jan 19 India reported new coronavirus infections at an eight-month high on Wednesday and a government scientist warned it will take weeks before data on hospitalisations...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:09:38 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India&#039;s main cities record sharp fall in COVID-19 infections]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[* India reports 258,089 new infections, total at 37.38 mln* Reports 385 deaths, 40% delayed recording of previous fatalities* Infections sharply down in main two cities, hospitalis...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
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        <title><![CDATA[India daily COVID-19 case count touches 8-month peak, 314 deaths]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MUMBAI, Jan 16 India reported 271,202 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, its highest daily count in eight months, taking its total tally to 37.12 million, the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2022 13:01:03 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India&#039;s COVID-19 cases multiply, vulnerable groups given vaccine boosters]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, Jan 10 India began administering booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to frontline workers and vulnerable elderly people on Monday, with the fast-spreading Omicron variant...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2022 11:26:57 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lessons forgotten: Election rallies feed Indian virus surge]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, January 8Coronavirus cases fueled by the highly transmissible omicron variant are rocketing through India, prompting the federal government and states to swiftly reintro...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2022 12:54:06 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India&#039;s new COVID-19 cases hit seven-month high of 117,100]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[* New daily infections surge to 117,100* New infections set to break record* Severity should be low due to infections, vaccination: expertNEW DELHI, Jan 7India&#039;s daily COVID-1...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2022 11:10:41 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India&#039;s new COVID-19 cases jump 57% in a day to 90,928]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[* India reports a jump in new COVID cases to 90,928* Big cities driving the surge, fuelled by Omicron variant* Experts fear countryside will be hit soon tooKOLKATA, Jan 6Indian meg...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:42:09 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India reports first death linked to Omicron coronavirus variant]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, Jan 5 India on Wednesday reported its first COVID-19 death linked to the fast-spreading Omicron variant in the western state of Rajasthan, a federal health ministry offi...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2022 13:47:13 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India launches drive to vaccinate children before a feared Omicron surge]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MUMBAI, Jan 3 India started vaccinating children aged 15 to 18 against the coronavirus on Monday as it quickly expands its inoculation effort to cover the world&#039;s largest adol...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:28:35 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[New COVID-19 cases in India rise sharply for fifth consecutive day]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, Jan 2 India reported more than 27,000 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with infections sharply rising for a fifth consecutive day, but the chief minister of the capital New...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2022 15:16:19 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India&#039;s Serum Institute applies for full approval of Covishield vaccine]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[BENGALURU, Dec 31 Serum Institute Of India has applied to the country&#039;s drug regulator and the health ministry for full approval of its COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, the compan...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2021 14:26:01 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India&#039;s Modi calls meeting of state chiefs on fighting Omicron variant]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 23 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold discussions with state chiefs on Thursday on containing the possible surge of Omicron cases ahead of...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:44:24 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India Modi&#039;s personal Twitter handle &#039;briefly compromised&#039;: Prime Minister&#039;s Office]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[DECEMEBR 12 India&#039;s Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#039;s personal Twitter handle was "very briefly compromised," the Prime Minister&#039;s Office (PMO) said in a tweet early on...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 13:12:58 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 11Tens of thousands of jubilant Indian farmers on Saturday cleared protest sites on the capital&#039;s outskirts and began returning home, marking an end to the...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2021 15:35:48 +0545</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[India detects seven more Omicron cases, making 12 in all]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MUMBAI, DECEMBER 5 India&#039;s tally of reported cases of the heavily mutated Omicron variant of the coronavirus rose to 12 on Sunday after the state of Maharashtra said it had de...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2021 11:31:22 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[MUMBAI, DECEMBER 5India on Sunday reported its highest single-day COVID-19 deaths since July after two states revised their death tolls.The eastern state of Bihar added 2,426 unrec...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2021 14:08:23 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[GUWAHATI, INDAI, DECEMBER 5 At least 14 tribal civilians and one security personnel were mistakenly killed when Indian forces opened indiscriminate fire in the remote northeastern...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2021 12:52:44 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[AHMEDABAD, DECEMBER 4 India reported its third case of the Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday, government officials said, as total Covid-19 cases inched closer to the 35 milli...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2021 15:48:38 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD, INDIA, DECEMBER 4A tropical storm weakened after dumping heavy rains overnight in parts of southern India off the Bay of Bengal as more than 50,000 people evacuated to g...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2021 13:04:13 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD, INDIA, DECEMBER 3Indian authorities issued an alert, shut schools and canceled trains in parts of the country on Friday as rescue teams braced for a tropical storm brewi...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:11:50 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 3 India reported 9,216 new COVID-19 infections on Friday after announcing its first two Omicron cases the previous day, as groups of resident doctors stayed awa...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 13:08:49 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[BENGALURU, DECEMBER 2India has detected its first two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant, both in the southern state of Karnataka, a health ministry official said on Thursday...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2021 18:33:37 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[BENGALURU, NOVEMBER 24 Bharat Biotech&#039;s vaccine was only 50% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in a high-risk population during a devastating second wave of infecti...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2021 15:44:49 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 22 Flushed with victory after Prime Minister Narendra Modi caved into demands for agricultural reform laws to be repealed, Indian farmers held a mass rally on M...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:03:37 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[HYDERABAD, INDIA, NOVEMBER 20At least 17 people have died and dozens are reported missing in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh after days of heavy rains, authorities said...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2021 15:02:48 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[MOHRANIYA, INDIA, NOVEMBER 19Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have caved in to farmers&#039; demands that he scraps laws they say threaten their livelihoods.But reaction to...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2021 11:11:21 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 19India&#039;s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday his government will withdraw the controversial farm laws that prompted year-long protests from tens of t...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:06:13 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 15India began allowing fully vaccinated foreign tourists to enter the country on regular commercial flights on Monday, in the latest easing of coronavirus restr...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 14:32:21 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 12 New Delhi&#039;s air quality plummeted again on Friday, and a thick haze of toxic smog hung over India&#039;s capital due to a drop in temperature and wind s...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:07:42 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, NOVEMBER 12India faces a difficult choice that will have consequences for the world.No country&#039;s energy needs are expected to grow faster in coming decades...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:05:43 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 9India could resume deliveries of COVID-19 shots to global vaccine-sharing platform COVAX in a few weeks for the first time since April, two health industry sou...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2021 11:25:11 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 31India and the U.K. will launch a project that aims to create a solar grid connecting countries in different parts of the world at the upcoming U.N. climate tal...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2021 11:01:02 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 28India has test-fired a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 5,000 kilometers (3,125 miles) from an island off its east coast amid...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 13:08:57 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 21India has administered 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine, officials said Thursday, passing a milestone for the South Asian country where the delta variant fu...]]></description>
        <author>Associated Press</author>
        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:34:44 +0545</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[KOCHI, INDIA, OCTOBER 18Leaders in the south Indian state of Kerala opened near-overflowing dams on Monday, after at least 22 people died when heavy rains lashed the state over the...]]></description>
        <author>Reuters</author>
        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:58:49 +0545</pubDate>
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