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 AI Futures Fund will focus on founders in India and diaspora building AI products for billions of Indians or global AI products built in India; new Accel and Google partnership will invest up to $2 million in each startup through Accel’s Atoms program
Asia India New Delhi’s Air Quality Index reached 700 and turned “severe”; concentration of fine particles is over 30 times higher than WHO’s safe limit, with thousands seeking medical care and others protesting to demand government action
Asia India India celebrated the winning of first ICC Women’s World Cup Cricket title; the success recalls the men's 1983 win and many think it could bring true change in the life of millions of women in the country
Asia India 50.000 people have been moved to relief camps as India began evacuations before the expected impact of Cyclone Montha, intensifying over the Bay of Bengal and set to bring strong winds and heavy rains to its east coast; schools remain closed along coasts