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Especially grim encephalitis toll feared in India

A mosquito-borne disease that preys on the young and malnourished is sweeping across poverty-riven northern India again this monsoon season in what officials worry could be the deadliest outbreak in nearly a decade.Full story

U.S. lawmakers, businesses demand Indian trade reforms

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of more than 170 U.S. lawmakers joined with a coalition of U.S. business groups on Tuesday to demand increased U.S. pressure on India to change policies that they said threaten American exports, jobs and innovation. Full story

Indian Floods; Hunt for Hoffa

  Top headlines right now, with CNBC's Tyler Mathisen, and Niall Ferguson, Harvard economist. Floods in India claim 70 lives, and authorities are searching a Michigan field for the remains of union boss Jimmy Hoffa.

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  Deadly floods wash away buildings in India

Torrential rain and floods washed away buildings and killed at least 23 people in Northern India. According to reports, dozens more are still missing.

  Prince William’s Indian Ancestry

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  Five killed in Mumbai building collapse

At least five people were killed after a portion of a four-story residential building collapsed in Mumbai, India. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  How did the Indian Removal Act impact the Jackson presidency?

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A submerged idol of Hindu Lord Shiva stands in the flooded River Ganges in Rishikesh, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, on June 18.
A submerged idol of Hindu Lord Shiva stands in the flooded River Ganges in Rishikesh, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, on June 18.

A submerged idol of Hindu Lord Shiva stands in the flooded River Ganges in Rishikesh, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, on June 18.

A young Indian boy sells umbrellas as it rains in a market in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The monsoon rains which usually hit India from June to September are crucial for farmers whose crops feed hundreds of millions of people.

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TOPSHOTSIn this handout photograph released by The Indian Army on June 18, 2013, Indian security personnel supervise residents and travellers as they stand on the remains of a flood damaged road alongside the River Alaknanda in Chamoli district in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on June 1