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Indian gay couples Utkarsh Saxena, left, and Ananya Kotia, chat inside a public park in New Delhi, India, Jan. 18, 2023. The gay couples, now fifteen years into their relationship, have set out for a bigger challenge and filed a petition to India’s Supreme Court that seeks the legalization of same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Indian gay couples begin legal battle for same-sex marriage
By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press
Thu,02/02/23-11:08PM , 284 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — Utkarsh Saxena and Ananya Kotia’s love story began just like any other college romance. Except no one else knew about the gay couple’s relationship.
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People observe a candlelight vigil in memory of victims of a plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. The Yeti Airlines flight from Kathmandu that plummeted into a gorge Sunday killed at least 70 passengers out of the 72 on board. (AP Photo/Bikram Rai)

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Passenger's video captures last moments before Nepal crash
By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press
Tue,01/17/23-5:32AM , 359 Reads
NEW DELHI (AP) — Airplane passenger Sonu Jaiswal’s 90-second smartphone video began with the aircraft approaching the runway by flying over buildings and green fields over Pokhara, a Nepalese city in the foothills of the Himalayas.
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A tribes woman prays during a sit-in demonstration rally to demand of recognizing Sarna Dharma as a religion in Ranchi, capital of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, Oct. 18, 2022. Tribal groups have held protests in support of giving Sarna Dharma official religion status in the run-up to the upcoming national census, which has citizens state their religious affiliation. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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Clinging to ancient faith, India tribes seek religion status
By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press
Tue,11/22/22-11:05PM , 290 Reads
GUDUTA, India (AP) — The ritual began with a thunderous roll of leather drums, its clamor echoing through the entire village. Women dressed in colorful saris broke into an Indigenous folk dance, tapping and moving their feet to its galloping rhythm.
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Naseema Ben Shamdar, 40, a survivor of a bridge collapse, weeps at her house in Morbi town of western state Gujarat, India, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Naseema and seven members of her family were walking on the congested suspension bridge when its cables gave away, sending them all plunging head-first into the wide Machchu river. She lost her daughter Muskan, 21, two nephews, two nieces and two sister-in-laws that night. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

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Friends, families mourn lives lost in India bridge disaster
By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press
Tue,11/01/22-6:24AM , 444 Reads
MORBI, India (AP) — Naseema Ben Shamdar and seven members of her family were making their way across Morbi's jam-packed suspension bridge when its cables gave way Sunday, plunging them into the deep, wide waters of Machchu river and killing 134 people.
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