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      <text>Indian Petronet LNG liquefied natural gas tanker &quot;Disha&quot; crosses the Strait of Hormuz, the only known ship to pass since the announcement of the peace deal. </text>
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    <text>Indian Petronet liquefied natural gas tanker &quot;Disha&quot; crosses the Strait of Hormuz, the only known ship to pass since the announcement of the peace deal. </text>
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    <text>At least nine people are killed and several others are injured in a fire at a four-story residential building in Vivek Vihar, Shahdara district, Delhi, India. </text>
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    <text>India's external affairs ministry summons the ambassador of Iran after an Indian-flagged tanker was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz. </text>
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    <text>Eleven people are killed after a cement mixer truck collided with a van in Thane district, India. </text>
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      <text>Israel’s Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana awards India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi the newly established Medal of the Knesset to honor him for his “significant contributions to the State of Israel and the Jewish people.” </text>
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    <text>Israel's Knesset speaker Amir Ohana awards Indian prime minister Narendra Modi the newly established Medal of the Knesset to honor him for his &quot;significant contributions to the State of Israel and the Jewish people.&quot; </text>
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      <text>An explosion at an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya, India, kills at least 18 people. </text>
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    <text>An explosion at an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya, India, kills at least 25 people. </text>
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    <text>India and China agree to resume direct flights suspended since 2020, reopen designated border trade points and boost investment in their economies following talks in New Delhi between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and Indian officials, including Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. </text>
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    <text>Indian authorities declare a &quot;major success&quot; in a military operation against Naxal insurgents in the border between the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana, killing 31 militants, including top leaders of the Maoist group. </text>
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      <text>Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif announces that a military incursion by India is imminent. </text>
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      <text>A court in Kolkata, India, sentences a 33-year-old police volunteer to life in prison for the August rape and murder of a medical trainee. </text>
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  <text>Twelve people are killed and 13 others are missing after a suspected methane explosion collapses part of a tunnel at a hydropower project along the Teesta River in Namchi, Sikkim, India. Rescue teams detect toxic gases while searching for those trapped. </text>
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