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On Monday, India will mark three years since its last polio case, leaving it on the cusp of being declared free of the ancient scourge.
New Delhi is seeking to make a statement of its technological prowess by becoming the first Asian power to reach the Red Planet.
The Maldives offers a view of azure seas and coral-fringed islands, but billowing smoke in the distance reveals an environmental calamity.
The Kumbh Mela in the Indian town of Allahabad will see up to 100 million Hindus gather over the next 55 days to take a ritual bath in the holy waters.
India has marked a year since its last new case of polio, a major milestone in a country once considered the epicentre of the disease.
The lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks has asked for his death sentence to be overturned.
Pakistan's new 34-year-old female foreign minister - Hina Rabbani Khar - has won instant fans in India.