Asia India Indian e-scooter manufacturer Ola Electric, backed by SoftBank, is considering bidding for the extraction rights to lithium blocks auctioned by the Indian government, in a move that could boost its EV battery production plans
Asia India Mumbai was flooded by the earliest monsoon ever recorded, breaking over 100 years of data on rainfall for the month of May; rainfall hit an unprepared city, resulting in disrupted train service, structural damage, water logging in areas never flooded yet
Asia India Two weeks after armed militants killed over 20 civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir, India hit nine sites in Pakistan and on Pakistan’s side of the disputed Kashmir region saying the strikes were “focused, measured, and nonescalatory in nature”
Asia India 50% of student visas under revoked under new US rules belong to Indians; students have sued the Department of Homeland Security and immigration officials for terminating the F-1 visas and the lawsuit suggests the threat of deportation or visa cancellation
Asia India People in Delhi spend 563 minutes each day in work-related activities, followed by Goa residents with 536 - from the 367 recorded in 2019-; the national average is 440 minutes and Nagaland with 329 minutes ranks lowest in the ministerial Time Use Survey