Asia India In the first half of this year, the Indian government made 55.497 requests to Meta for user data, second only to the US government in terms of requests to the social media giant to provide user information
Asia India Last week, a video of a Kerala state civil servant holding her three-year-old son while delivering a speech at an event went viral, sparking a lively debate on social media
Asia India Retail sales of electric vehicles in India rose nearly 185% year-on-year in October, according to new data made available by FADA
Asia India Sanna Irshad Mattoo, who received a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on the Covid-19 pandemic, said she was detained at Delhi airport by immigration authorities on her way to the US
Asia India The country will start manufacturing Russian Kalashnikov AK-203 assault rifles by the end of the year, produced by an Indo-Russian joint venture at a plant in Korwa, Uttar Pradesh
Asia India There is a perception among Islamist organisations, a large number of religious leaders and ordinary Muslim population that if the BJP returns to power in 2024 there will be a complete dismantling of the appeasement policy pursued over past seven decades
Asia India A campaign brought to shopping centres and universities simulators allowing men to experience about 10% of the pain caused by menstrual cramps, winning a Guinness World Record for donating 100.000 health products in 24 hours
Asia India Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said he was humbled by the affection he received on his birthday and asserted that when people work collectively, India will fulfil its goal of sustainable and inclusive development
Asia India The Indian Navy was under international spotlight yesterday as the new flag - national tricolor emblem instead of St. George’s cross - was presented and the first locally produced aircraft carrier INS Vikrant commissioned to the fleet
Asia India Extreme weather conditions and the availability of cheap Russian oil in the aftermath of the war in Ukraine have put pressure on the country, which is trying to become energy independent and is lagging behind renewable energy targets
Asia India The Indian light vehicle market is performing strongly, with +27% cars, +40% goods vehicles year-on-year; 2022 could close with 4,13 million registrations
Asia India The country is increasingly experiencing alarming levels of childhood obesity that experts say could take the form of an epidemic if not urgently addressed
Asia India For the first time in 70 years, India's forests will be home to cheetahs as eight of them are set to arrive in August from Namibia; their return comes decades after India's indigenous population was declared officially extinct in 1952