Asia India Inequality is growing in Indian society according to latest Oxfam report: in 2021, 1% of the Indian population owned 40% of the country's wealth and the number of billionaires rose from 142 to 166 in 2022
Asia India Together with the UK, the country reaffirmed its commitment to the early conclusion of a 'balanced and comprehensive' free trade agreement (FTA), while the two sides reviewed cooperation in areas ranging from defence and security to climate change
Asia India University Grants Commission has allowed foreign universities to set up campuses in India for the first time ever, as part of the National Education Policy 2020
Asia India According to a new report, more than half of India's aircraft are fuel-efficient and the remaining aircraft are being upgraded
Asia India The country has launched the nasal vaccine for Covid, following the recent rise in infections, developed by Bharat Biotech; the government has approved its use as a booster dose for people over 18 years of age
Asia India iPhone production may be shifted to India sooner than expected as Apple builds the roadmap to move production out of China
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