Members of a local brass band perform in front of a chariot carrying an idol of Hindu goddess Muthyalamma during the annual festival in her honor in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. The 16-day festival is one of the oldest continuously celebrated festivals of Bangalore. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)
Young Indians dance during a procession to mark the birth anniversary of Bhim Rao Ambedkar in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Ambedkar, an untouchable, or Dalit, and a prominent Indian freedom fighter, was the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, which outlawed discrimination based on caste. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)
Jammu and Kashmir policemen carry sand bags to repair a breach in an embankment in a flooded area of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. Although flood waters were receding, residents in the main city of Srinagar were bracing for more trouble as the meteorological office has predicted more rain over the next few days. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)
In this Tuesday, March 31, 2015 photo, an Indian woman carries cow dung to be used for producing biogas in Pujjana Agrahara village 36 kilometers (22 Miles) northeast of Bangalore, India. Every evening, hundreds of millions of Indian women hover over crude stoves making dinner for their families. They feed the flames with polluting fuels like kerosene or cow dung, and breathe the acrid smoke wafting from the fires. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)
Indian girls go to a school on a bicycle at Roja Mayong village about 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Thursday, April 9, 2015. According to the UNESCO Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2015, only half of all countries have achieved the most watched goal of universal primary enrollment. The report launched Thursday says, India has reduced its out of school children by over 90% Since 2000. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)
Indian Hindus perform rituals during a lunar eclipse, in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India, Saturday, April 4, 2015. Hindus hold the moon in reverence and many rituals are performed centered around the moon. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)
Wayside vendors sell Biryani, a rice dish mixed with meat and spices in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 7, 2015.(Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)
Jain community members watch a procession to mark Mahavir Jayanti, a religious festival celebrated by Jains to commemorate the birth anniversary of Lord Mahavira, in New Delhi, India Thursday, April 2, 2015. Mahavira, is the last of twenty-four Teerthankaras (Jain Prophets) and has been acclaimed as one of the supreme teachers and a social reformer.(Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)
An Indian Sikh woman, left distributes food to devotees at a Sikh temple on Baisakhi, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Baisakhi, the harvest festival celebrated in the Punjab region also coincides with other festivals celebrated on the first day of Indian calendar month Vaisakh. The festival has special significance for Sikhs since it marks the day in 1699, when their tenth Guru Gobind Singh organized the order of the Khalsa, a collective body of initiated Sikhs. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)
A rickshaw driver transports goods in the old Delhi area of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The four-century-old neighborhood is chaotic and crowded, yet is the vibrant heart of the city. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)
Indian men roll on hot sand around their village goddess temple as they perform a ritual during their annual Jhamu Yatra festival at Mendhasala village, outskirts of Bhubaneswar, India, Monday, April 13, 2015. (Photo by Biswaranjan Rout/AP Photo)
An Indian farmer of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) – Indian Farmers' Union – listens to a speech by the leadership during a protest demanding compensation for damage to crops due to fluctuating rains and the waiving of electricity bills and loan interest, in Allahabad on April 7, 2015. (Photo by Sanjay Kanojia/AFP Photo)
A man buys vegetables from a wayside vendor in the morning in the old Delhi area of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The four-century-old neighborhood is chaotic and crowded, yet is the vibrant heart of the city. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)
A child reacts after he was hit by a banana and rock salt thrown by devotees as offerings to a chariot carrying the effigy of Hindu goddess Muthyalamma during the annual festival in her honor in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. The 16-day festival is one of the oldest continuously celebrated festivals of Bangalore. (Photo by Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo)
An Indian villager pedals past Burqa clad Muslim students walking to a school at Burhaburhi village about 60 kilometers (38 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Thursday, April 9, 2015. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)
Indian women greet each other as they arrive to participate in a procession to mark the birth anniversary of Bhim Rao Ambedkar in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)
In this Tuesday, March 31, 2015 photo, Indian women walk carrying firewood they collected from a forest at Gobhali village on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. Every evening, hundreds of millions of Indian women hover over crude stoves making dinner for their families. They feed the flames with polluting fuels like kerosene or cow dung, and breathe the acrid smoke wafting from the fires. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)
Indian laborers shield themselves with plastic sheets as it rains in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)
In this Wednesday, April 8, 2015 photo, an Indian farmer woman rides a loaded bullock cart homeward after a day's work in the field, on the outskirts of Ajmer, India. Keeping in mind the destruction of crops by unseasonal rainfall the past few weeks, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced a 50 percent raise in the compensation paid to farmers for crop damage. He also reduced the criteria of minimum damage to get compensation from 50 percent to 33 percent of total crop. (Photo by Deepak Sharma/AP Photo)
People look at a tableau carrying a sculpture of a cow, considered holy by Hindus and Jains, during a procession on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, a religious festival celebrated by Jains to commemorate the birth of Lord Mahavira, in New Delhi, India Thursday, April, 2, 2015. Mahavira, is the last of twenty-four Teerthankaras (Jain Prophets) and has been acclaimed as one of the supreme teachers and a social reformer. (Photo by Manish Swarup/AP Photo)
A Kashmiri woman carries household goods to a safer area after flood waters surrounded her home in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)
An Indian man has his beard shaved near a local recycling unit in Mumbai, India, April 7, 2015. (Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA)
Golapi Supa Bhakat, 20, a pregnant woman, right, waits with her daughter, second right, for a health check at the garden hospital in Amchong on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Tuesday marked World Health Day. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)
Commuters hang on the door of a crowded bus in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 10, 2015. Carrying more than stipulated capacity puts pressure on the engines of motor vehicles resulting in more pollution. According to the World Health Organization, air pollution kills millions of people every year, including more than 627,000 in India. (Photo by Saurabh Das/AP Photo)
An Indian Hindu performs rituals during a lunar eclipse in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, India, Saturday, April 4, 2015. Hindus hold the moon in reverence and many rituals are performed centered around the moon. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)
A Hindu priest marks a trader's account book with holy symbols on Bengali New Year day in Kolkata, India, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Traders consider it auspicious to open their new account books on this day. (Photo by Bikas Das/AP Photo)
Indian laborers unload goods from a push cart in the morning at a spice market in the old Delhi area of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The four-century-old neighborhood is chaotic and crowded, yet is the vibrant heart of the city. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)
An Indian girl balances herself on the edge of a rickshaw moving past the historic Turkman Gate in the old Delhi area of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The four-century-old neighborhood is chaotic and crowded, yet is the vibrant heart of the city. (Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP Photo)
Kashmiri women carry cow dung to be used as fertilizer as they walk past a mustard field on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, April 4, 2015. Mustard is the main winter crop in the Kashmir valley. (Photo by Dar Yasin/AP Photo)
In this Tuesday, March 31, 2015 photo, an elderly Indian woman cooks using firewood at her home at Gobhali village on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. Every evening, hundreds of millions of Indian women hover over crude stoves making dinner for their families. They feed the flames with polluting fuels like kerosene or cow dung, and breathe the acrid smoke wafting from the fires. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)
A veiled woman farmer harvests a wheat crop in a field on the outskirts of Ajmer in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan, April 4, 2015. India is the world's biggest wheat producer after China. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)
An Indian farmer harvests wheat crop that was partially damaged in unseasonal hailstorm and rain, on the outskirt of Ajmer, India, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Unseasonal rainfall over large parts of northwest and central India caused widespread damage to standing crops. (Photo by Deepak Sharma/AP Photo)
A woman farmer drinks water from an earthen pot in a wheat field on the outskirts of Ajmer in the desert Indian state of Rajasthan, April 4, 2015. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)
A woman protects her child during a dust storm on the banks of river Ganga in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, April 4, 2015. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)
A man covers his face during a dust storm on the banks of river Ganga in the northern Indian city of Allahabad, April 4, 2015. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)
A worker unloads sacks of vegetables as men sleep on top of a truck at a wholesale vegetable market in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad in this July 14, 2014 file photo. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)
Workers carry a packed basket of vegetables at a wholesale vegetable market in Kolkata in this February 27, 2015 file photo. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)
Employees stand in front of the Indian Navy's first Scorpene submarine before being undocked from Mazagon Docks Ltd, a naval vessel ship-building yard, in Mumbai April 6, 2015. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)
Employees stand near the Indian Navy's first indigenously-built Scorpene attack submarine at Mazagon Dock in Mumbai, India, Monday, April 6, 2015. Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar and Maharashtra State Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Monday undocked the submarine from the dock, a naval vessel ship-building yard. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)
Kashmiris carry a coffin containing the body of Mushatq Ahmad Wani, an Indian policeman, for his funeral prayers in Arigam, south of Srinagar April 6, 2015. Three policemen including Wani were killed on Monday in south Kashmir after suspected separatist militants opened fire on them while they were travelling in a private vehicle, police said. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)
Kashmiri women weep as they watch the funeral procession of Mushatq Ahmad Wani, an Indian policeman, during his funeral in Arigam, south of Srinagar April 6, 2015. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)
An unidentified relative of Mushraq Ahmad, an Indian policeman shot dead by suspected rebels, wails during his funeral procession in Arigam, some 32 Kilometers (20 miles) south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, April 6, 2015. Suspected rebels fatally shot three unarmed policemen Monday in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, officials said. (Photo by Mukhtar Khan/AP Photo)
Kashmiri people watch the funeral procession of Mushatq Ahmad Wani, an Indian policeman, from the windows of a house during his funeral in Arigam, south of Srinagar April 6, 2015. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)
Kashmiris perform funeral prayers in front of a coffin containing the body of Mushatq Ahmad Wani, an Indian policeman, in Arigam, south of Srinagar April 6, 2015. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)
Kashmiri women weep as they watch the funeral procession of Mushatq Ahmad Wani, an Indian policeman, during his funeral in Arigam, south of Srinagar April 6, 2015. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)
A labourer pulls a cable in front of two office buildings in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) at Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, April 10, 2015. India's push to accommodate a booming urban population and attract investment rests in large part with dozens of “smart” cities like the one being built on the dusty banks of the Sabarmati river in western India. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)
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