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Women voters wait in a queue to cast their votes outside a polling station in Banihal, India

Indians vote in huge election dominated by Hindu pride

A substantial number of Indians voted in the first phase of the world's largest election, authorities said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a historic third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare and Hindu nationalism.

World • 19 Apr 24

Tesla chief Elon Musk said he will visit India to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this month

Tesla's Musk set to announce India investment plans

Tesla chief Elon Musk said he will visit India to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and two sources told Reuters the billionaire entrepreneur is expected to make an announcement on investment and a factory in the country.

Business • 11 Apr 24

Apple now makes as much as 14% or about one in seven of its marquee devices from India, a new report suggests

Apple's India iPhone output hits $14 billion - report

Apple has assembled $14 billion worth of iPhones in India in fiscal 2024, Bloomberg News reported today.

Business • 10 Apr 24

India, the world's most populous country is among the best-performing economies thanks to robust domestic demand and investment

India's economy grew 8.4% in latest quarter

India's economy grew by 8.4% in the December quarter, official data showed today, with a surging manufacturing sector helping defy more modest analyst forecasts.

Business • 29 Feb 24

Inflation in India hit 5.69% in December 2023, higher than November's 5.55%, and well above the central bank's target of 4%.

India's central bank holds rates, vows to cut inflation

India's central bank kept interest rates unchanged for a sixth time in a row today, as both inflation and economic growth remain high in the world's fifth-largest economy.

Business • 08 Feb 24

Sony Group has scrapped plans for a $10 billion merger between its Indian unit and Zee Entertainment

Sony ends $10bn deal to merge India assets with Zee

Japan's Sony Group has today scrapped plans for a $10 billion merger between its Indian unit and Zee Entertainment, which said it had been accused of breaching their agreement and that the case was set to go to arbitration.

Business • 22 Jan 24

Mixed signs on the strength of China's economy is clouding the outlook for Asia's fragile recovery

Asia factory activity remains weak in November

Asia's factory activity remained weak in November on soft global demand, surveys showed today, with mixed signs on the strength of China's economy clouding the outlook for the region's fragile recovery.

Business • 01 Dec 23

Indian rescuers safely brought out all 41 workers from the collapsed tunnel

'Like brothers': How the tunnel workers stayed hopeful

Hope that they would be rescued soon kept workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India strong through their 17-day ordeal, some of the men said after their rescue.

World • 29 Nov 23

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, centre, with a rescued worker inside the tunnel

All 41 workers trapped in Indian tunnel freed

Indian rescuers have safely brought out all 41 workers from a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel after a marathon 17-day engineering operation to free them, a minister has said.

World • 28 Nov 23

41 men have been trapped underground for nearly two weeks

Final push to free trapped Indian tunnel workers

Just a few metres of rock and earth separate Indian rescue teams from 41 workers who have been trapped inside a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks, officials said, adding they were optimistic of success within hours.

World • 24 Nov 23

Locals gather to pray for the 41 men trappped in the tunnel

Mechanical issue hits rescue operation at Indian tunnel

The rescue of 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for nearly two weeks has run into another delay, officials said.

World • 23 Nov 23

The trapped men are seen on camera for the first time in ten days

Indian tunnel workers trapped for ten days seen alive

Forty-one Indian workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for ten days have been seen alive on camera for the first time as workers attempted to create new passageways to free them.

World • 21 Nov 23

Efforts to free 41 men trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in India are continuing

Indian rescuers to dig shaft for trapped tunnel workers

Indian rescuers have been battling to free 41 men trapped in a road tunnel for nine days as they prepared to dig an entirely new shaft after previous efforts failed.

World • 20 Nov 23

Rescue workers at a road tunnel, days after it collapsed in India's Uttarakhand state

New shaft considered to free 41 trapped tunnel workers

Indian rescuers are considering opening a vertical shaft to free 41 men trapped in a collapsed tunnel after drilling at the site was paused over fears of further cave-ins and as efforts stretched into a second week.

World • 19 Nov 23

The under-construction road tunnel collapsed in the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Sunday

India tunnel rescue effort paused over fears of cave-in

Indian rescuers have paused efforts to reach 41 men trapped in a collapsed road tunnel after a cracking sound created a "panic situation" over the possibility of a further cave-in.

World • 18 Nov 23

Authorities try to ban firecrackers every year

Three Indian cities among world's 10 most polluted

Two Indian cities have joined New Delhi to become among the world's top ten most polluted cities, with smoke heavy in the air a day after revellers let loose with firecrackers for Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of light.

World • 13 Nov 23

A smog forms over Delhi every winter causing a surge in respiratory illnesses

Toxic smog forces schools to close in India's capital

People in New Delhi have awoken up to a thick layer of toxic haze and some schools were ordered to be shut for two days as the air quality index entered the "severe" category in several parts of the Indian capital.

World • 03 Nov 23

Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed on the grounds of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple

What is known about murder of Sikh separatist leader?

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada was "actively pursuing credible allegations" linking Indian government agents to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in British Columbia in June.

World • 19 Sep 23

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'completely rejected' Justin Trudeau's claims (file pic)

Trudeau calling on India to address Sikh leader killing

Canada is not trying to provoke India by suggesting it was linked to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader, but wants New Delhi to address the issue properly, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today.

World • 19 Sep 23

Justin Trudeau said any involvement of a foreign government in the killing of a Canadian citizen was 'an unacceptable violation of our sovereignty'

Canada suspects India involved in Sikh leader's murder

Canada has said it has credible information linking Indian government agents to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia in June, adding that it had expelled a senior Indian intelligence official.

World • 18 Sep 23

India, which accounts for 40% of global rice exports, has banned the overseas sale of non-basmati rice

Rice price spike offers preview of food disruption

A 15-year high in rice prices, prompted by top exporter India's restrictions on overseas sales, should be a wake-up call on how climate change can disrupt food supplies, experts say.

Business • 12 Sep 23

People walk past a street dog taking a nap in a pedestrian area in New Delhi

Why is the G20 summit so important to India?

The G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend is set to attract the biggest ever gathering of world leaders in the Indian capital.

World • 09 Sep 23

The mission is carrying scientific instruments to observe the Sun's outermost layers in a four-month journey

India launches new space mission to observe the Sun

The latest mission in India's ambitious space programme has blasted off on a voyage towards the centre of the solar system, a week after the country's successful unmanned Moon landing.

World • 02 Sep 23

Leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) have invited six nations to join the bloc

BRICS invites six nations to join developing world bloc

BRICS leaders have today announced the admission of six new countries from next year as the club of large and populous emerging economies seeks to reshape the global order.

Business • 24 Aug 23

The rocket carrying the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre

History made as spacecraft from India lands on the Moon

India has become the first nation to land a craft near the Moon's south pole, a historic triumph for the world's most populous nation and its ambitious, cut-price space programme.

World • 23 Aug 23