Asia India The launch of a global biofuels alliance was announced at a G20 summit in New Delhi, with founding members the United States and Brazil, with a goal of promoting the use of cleaner fuels by accelerating global efforts to achieve net-zero emissions targets
Asia India The country is expected to ban mills from exporting sugar in the upcoming season beginning in October, halting shipments for the first time in seven years, as a lack of rain has reduced cane harvests
Asia India Viral video exposes 'hundreds of rapes' in Manipur, which many think are 'systematic' in the State hit by conflict, and a late response by police and authorities
Asia India The country has become the second-largest producer of cell phones: in the 2014-2022 period, shipments of locally produced cell phones surpassed the 2 billion mark, registering a compound annual growth of 23%
Asia India New Delhi has been invited to join the Critical Materials Club set up by the European Union, months after the country secured a place in the US-backed Minerals Security Partnership
Asia India India's foreign exchange reserves have exceeded US$600 billion according to the latest update from the Reserve Bank of India
Asia India Speaking at Connect Karo 2023 event in Delhi, G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant stated that India must become the first country in the world to industrialize without carbonizing
Asia India A stronger-than-expected surge in vegetable prices, particularly tomatoes, in recent weeks could push India's retail inflation towards 5,5% in the July-September quarter, according to at least several economists
Asia India Amid an exponential surge in tomato prices in several cities, affecting millions of citizens, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs said this is a "temporary problem" and is not unusual at this time of year
Asia India State-owned NHPC Ltd. will begin trials in July for the Subansiri Lower project, a mega hydropower project 20 years in the making that represents a key step in the country's energy transition; the first unit could come on stream in December
Asia India India has 14 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world, despite rising three places from the previous year in the list of nations with the worst air quality
Asia India A three-day synchronised elephant census took place in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu after an interval of six years; as elephant habitats often span two states, synchronization was decided to avoid double counting
Asia India Audi India has launched an app to help customers of its e-tron range access charging points across the country