Asia India India and France will collaborate on the development of small modular nuclear reactors, the Indian Foreign Ministry said following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the European country
Asia India The Bharatiya Janata Party BJP, the party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has clearly won the state elections held in Delhi, the state that includes India's capital, for the first time in 27 years
Asia India Chinese fast fashion app Shein has been relaunched in India five years after being banned from Delhi, thanks to a deal with Indian company Reliance Retail
Asia India There is a principle of agreement between India and China to resume direct flights between the two countries, after nearly 5 years of interruption after the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a statement from Indian Foreign Ministry
Asia India Last week, India's highest-ranking diplomat met with a senior Taliban minister, the highest level of engagement since Kabul's fall three years ago, signalling a shift in the way India views the geopolitical reality of the region
Asia India The removal of 337 tonnes of toxic waste left in a factory in Bhopal, where the worst industrial disaster ever occurred in 1984, has been completed; the disaster had killed several thousand people and caused serious health problems for many more
Asia India A crackdown on illegal child marriages in north-east India has led to nearly 5.000 arrests, 416 in the latest police operation, a minister said on Sunday; according to the United Nations, there are over 220 million child brides
Asia India Dockworkers have called for an indefinite strike starting on 17 December if the government fails to implement wage revisions and productivity schemes before 15; approximately 18.000 workers could potentially paralyse operations at the 12 state-owned ports
Asia India Indian police requested information from Elon Musk's Starlink after discovering that drug traffickers had used its satellite internet device to navigate Indian waters and reach the country's shores
Asia India Kenya canceled multimillion-dollar airport and energy deals with Adani group after bribery and fraud indictments hit Indian tycoon Adani, one of Asia’s richest men; Kenya's President Ruto spoke of 'investigative agencies and partner nations' not of the US
Asia India Millions of weddings will be celebrated today 12 November, day of the beginning of the auspicious season, and this year coinciding with the awakening of God Vishnu after four months of sleep; in Delhi alone, there will be over 50.000 weddings
Asia India "The 'caste' column and any references to caste in undertrial and/or convicts’ prisoners’ registers inside the prisons shall be deleted.” - with these 21 words, India’s Supreme Court ended a centuries-old system of caste-based work in prisons
Asia India An initial agreement to ease tensions along the 'Line of Actual Control', introduced after China invaded formally Indian territories it considered its own in 1962, was reached between India and China according to Indian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs