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Security personnel walk from the new Parliament building, left, to the old building as a five-day special session starts in the old building in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. Monday’s sitting is the last one to be held in the old parliament building and the future proceedings will be moved to a new building from Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

MPs attend the last session before moving to a new Parliament building

NEW DELHI (AP) — MPs (Members of Parliament) sat in the last session before moving to a new Parliament building and even the opposition parties responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call Monday that saw him lauding India’s parliamentary history and the recently concluded Group of 20 summit. Major opposition parties in May boycotted the

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claps the table as he announces the consensus on the G20 Leaders Summit Declaration while attending "Session II: One Family" at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, September 9, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool

Riding India’s G20 wave, Modi’s party sets up for elections

NEW DELHI, Sept 13 (Reuters) – The weekend G20 summit was India’s big moment on the world stage, giving the country an opportunity to work on global issues and providing Prime Minister Narendra Modi a chance to present his credentials as a global statesman. Although some analysts said the meeting showed few concrete results, his

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Chandrayaan-2 takes a photograph of Chandrayaan-3

Chandrayaan-2 takes a photograph of Chandrayaan-3

New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The Chandrayaan-2 orbiter which was already around the Moon captured an image of the Chandrayaan-3 lander that made a successful lunar soft landing on its South Pole. “Chandrayaan-3 lander is imaged by the Dual-frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (DFSAR) instrument onboard the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter on September 6, 2023,” ISRO said. In a significant development, the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter had established a two-way

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Traffic moves past under a G20 logo installed on a pedestrian bridge in front of the main venue of the summit in New Delhi, India, August 24, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

India or Bharat? President’s G20 dinner invitation sparks name-change row

NEW DELHI, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Indian President Droupadi Murmu’s reference to herself as the “President of Bharat” in a dinner invitation, instead of “President of India”, sparked controversy on Tuesday, with critics saying the name of the country is being distorted. Murmu is hosting a reception for G20 leaders during the group’s summit on

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