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south-asia/in.json

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         "text": "Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6%; note - English enjoys the status of subsidiary official language but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; there are 22 other officially recognized languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2011 est.)"
       },
       "printed major-language sample": {
-        "text": "<br />विश्व फेसबुक, आधारभूत जानकारी का एक अपरिहार्य स्रोत (Hindi)<br /><br />The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
+        "text": "<br>विश्व फेसबुक, आधारभूत जानकारी का एक अपरिहार्य स्रोत (Hindi)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
       }
     },
     "Religions": {
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
       "text": "0.2% (2017 est.)"
     },
     "HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS": {
-      "text": "2.1 million (2017 est.)"
+      "text": "2.3 million (2020 est.)"
     },
     "HIV/AIDS - deaths": {
       "text": "69,000 (2017 est.)"
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
       "animal contact diseases": {
         "text": "rabies"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> clusters of cases of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are being reported across 27 States and Union Territories in India; as of 6 June 2021, India has reported a total of 28,809,339<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;</span> cases of COVID-19 or 2,087.6 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 25.1 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 14.9% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; effective 4 May 2021, the US has banned most travel from India to the US"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> clusters of cases of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are being reported across 27 States and Union Territories in India; as of 20 July 2021, India has reported a total of 31,174,322 cases of COVID-19 or 2,259 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 30.03 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 23.65% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; effective 4 May 2021, the US has banned most travel from India to the US"
     },
     "Obesity - adult prevalence rate": {
       "text": "3.9% (2016)"
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
       "animal contact diseases": {
         "text": "rabies"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> clusters of cases of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are being reported across 27 States and Union Territories in India; as of 6 June 2021, India has reported a total of 28,809,339<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&nbsp;</span> cases of COVID-19 or 2,087.6 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 25.1 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 14 June 2021, 14.9% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; effective 4 May 2021, the US has banned most travel from India to the US"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> clusters of cases of a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are being reported across 27 States and Union Territories in India; as of 20 July 2021, India has reported a total of 31,174,322 cases of COVID-19 or 2,259 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 30.03 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 23.65% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine; effective 4 May 2021, the US has banned most travel from India to the US"
     },
     "Waste and recycling": {
       "municipal solid waste generated annually": {
@@ -577,13 +577,13 @@
     },
     "Legislative branch": {
       "description": {
-        "text": "bicameral Parliament or Sansad consists of:<br />Council of States or Rajya Sabha (245 seats; 233 members indirectly elected by state and territorial assemblies by proportional representation vote and 12 members appointed by the president; members serve 6-year terms)<br />House of the People or Lok Sabha (545 seats; 543 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 2 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)"
+        "text": "bicameral Parliament or Sansad consists of:<br>Council of States or Rajya Sabha (245 seats; 233 members indirectly elected by state and territorial assemblies by proportional representation vote and 12 members appointed by the president; members serve 6-year terms)<br>House of the People or Lok Sabha (545 seats; 543 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 2 appointed by the president; members serve 5-year terms)"
       },
       "elections": {
-        "text": "Council of States - last held by state and territorial assemblies at various dates in 2019 (next originally scheduled for March, June, and November 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled throughout 2021 to fill expiry seats)<br /><br />House of the People - last held April-May 2019 in 7 phases (next&nbsp;to be held in 2024)"
+        "text": "Council of States - last held by state and territorial assemblies at various dates in 2019 (next originally scheduled for March, June, and November 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rescheduled throughout 2021 to fill expiry seats)<br><br>House of the People - last held April-May 2019 in 7 phases (next to be held in 2024)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - BJP 83, INC 46, AITC 13, DMK 11, SP, other 77, independent 6; composition - men 220, women 25, percent of women 10.2%<br /><br />House of the People - percent of vote by party - BJP 55.8%, INC 9.6%, AITC 4.4%, YSRC 4.4%, DMK 4.2%, SS 3.3%, JDU 2.9%, BJD 2.2%, BSP 1.8%, TRS 1.7%, LJP 1.1%, NCP 0.9%, SP 0.9%, other 6.4%, independent 0.7%; seats by party - BJP 303, INC 52, DMK 24, AITC 22, YSRC 22, SS 18, JDU 16, BJD 12, BSP 10, TRS 9, LJP 6, NCP 5, SP 5, other 35, independent 4, vacant 2; composition - men 465, women 78, percent of women 14.3%; note - total Parliament percent of women 11.3%"
+        "text": "Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - BJP 83, INC 46, AITC 13, DMK 11, SP, other 77, independent 6; composition - men 220, women 25, percent of women 10.2%<br><br>House of the People - percent of vote by party - BJP 55.8%, INC 9.6%, AITC 4.4%, YSRC 4.4%, DMK 4.2%, SS 3.3%, JDU 2.9%, BJD 2.2%, BSP 1.8%, TRS 1.7%, LJP 1.1%, NCP 0.9%, SP 0.9%, other 6.4%, independent 0.7%; seats by party - BJP 303, INC 52, DMK 24, AITC 22, YSRC 22, SS 18, JDU 16, BJD 12, BSP 10, TRS 9, LJP 6, NCP 5, SP 5, other 35, independent 4, vacant 2; composition - men 465, women 78, percent of women 14.3%; note - total Parliament percent of women 11.3%"
       }
     },
     "Judicial branch": {
@@ -596,10 +596,10 @@
       "subordinate courts": {
         "text": "High Courts; District Courts; Labour Court"
       },
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> in mid-2011, India&rsquo;s Cabinet approved the \"National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reform\" to eliminate judicial corruption and reduce the backlog of cases"
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> in mid-2011, India’s Cabinet approved the \"National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reform\" to eliminate judicial corruption and reduce the backlog of cases"
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "Aam Aadmi Party or AAP [Arvind KEJRIWAL]<br />All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or AIADMK [Edappadi PALANISWAMY, Occhaathevar PANNEERSELVAM]<br />All India Trinamool Congress or AITC [Mamata BANERJEE]<br />Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP [MAYAWATI]<br />Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP [Amit SHAH]<br />Biju Janata Dal or BJD [Naveen PATNAIK]<br />Communist Party of India-Marxist or CPI(M) [Sitaram YECHURY]<br />Indian National Congress or INC<br />Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) [Ram Vilas PASWAN]<br />Nationalist Congress Party or NCP [Sharad PAWAR]<br />Rashtriya Janata Dal or RJD [Lalu Prasad YADAV]<br />Samajwadi Party or SP [Akhilesh YADAV]<br />Shiromani Akali Dal or SAD [Sukhbir Singh BADAL]<br />Shiv Sena or SS [Uddhav THACKERAY]<br />Telegana Rashtra Samithi or TRS [K. Chandrashekar RAO]<br />Telugu Desam Party or TDP [Chandrababu NAIDU]<br />YSR Congress or YSRC [Jagan Mohan REDDY]<br><br><strong>note:</strong> India has dozens of national and regional political parties",
+      "text": "Aam Aadmi Party or AAP [Arvind KEJRIWAL]<br>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam or AIADMK [Edappadi PALANISWAMY, Occhaathevar PANNEERSELVAM]<br>All India Trinamool Congress or AITC [Mamata BANERJEE]<br>Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP [MAYAWATI]<br>Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP [Amit SHAH]<br>Biju Janata Dal or BJD [Naveen PATNAIK]<br>Communist Party of India-Marxist or CPI(M) [Sitaram YECHURY]<br>Indian National Congress or INC<br>Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) [Ram Vilas PASWAN]<br>Nationalist Congress Party or NCP [Sharad PAWAR]<br>Rashtriya Janata Dal or RJD [Lalu Prasad YADAV]<br>Samajwadi Party or SP [Akhilesh YADAV]<br>Shiromani Akali Dal or SAD [Sukhbir Singh BADAL]<br>Shiv Sena or SS [Uddhav THACKERAY]<br>Telegana Rashtra Samithi or TRS [K. Chandrashekar RAO]<br>Telugu Desam Party or TDP [Chandrababu NAIDU]<br>YSR Congress or YSRC [Jagan Mohan REDDY]<br><br><strong>note:</strong> India has dozens of national and regional political parties",
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> India has dozens of national and regional political parties"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
-        "text": "Ambassador <span class=\"st\">Taranjit Singh SANDHU </span>(since 6 February 2020)"
+        "text": "Ambassador Taranjit Singh SANDHU (since 6 February 2020)"
       },
       "chancery": {
         "text": "2107 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008; Consular Wing located at 2536 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008"
@@ -1212,8 +1212,8 @@
   },
   "Terrorism": {
     "Terrorist group(s)": {
-      "text": "Harakat ul-Mujahidin; Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami; Hizbul Mujahideen; Indian Mujahedeen; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham &ndash; India; Jaish-e-Mohammed;<strong> </strong>Lashkar-e Tayyiba; al-Qa&rsquo;ida; al-Qa&rsquo;ida in the Indian Subcontinent; IRGC/Qods Force<br><br><strong>note:</strong> details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in <a title=\"Appendix-T\" href=\"../appendix/appendix-t.html\">Appendix-T</a>",
-      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in <a title=\"Appendix-T\" href=\"../appendix/appendix-t.html\">Appendix-T</a>"
+      "text": "Harakat ul-Mujahidin; Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami; Hizbul Mujahideen; Indian Mujahedeen; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham – India; Jaish-e-Mohammed;<strong> </strong>Lashkar-e Tayyiba; al-Qa’ida; al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent; IRGC/Qods Force<br><br><strong>note:</strong> details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T",
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T"
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {