In May 2026, three United Nations Special Rapporteurs issued a warning to the Indian Government, stating that the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls might endanger democratic participation.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday a sweeping trade deal with India that sharply reduces U.S. tariffs on Indian goods to 18% from 50%, in exchange for India ending purchases of
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On January 23, 2026, two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed during an ongoing anti-Maoist operation in the Saranda Forest area near Kumbhdih village, under the Chotanagra Police Station limits
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The Indian rupee strengthened sharply against the US dollar on Monday, February 2, gaining more than 40 paise after a likely intervention by the Reserve Bank of India helped arrest a slide
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Indian government bond yields surged sharply on Monday, February 2, after the Union Budget revealed a significantly higher gross borrowing programme than markets had anticipated. The yield on the benchmark 10-year government
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Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget 2026 on Sunday, February 1, marking her ninth consecutive budget and the 88th Union Budget since India’s Independence. Expectations are
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission has taken a key procedural step that allows its civil fraud lawsuit against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani to move forward, advancing a long-stalled case that accuses
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Nearly three years after ethnic violence tore through Manipur, the death of a young Kuki-Zo woman named Grace has come to symbolise a conflict that never truly ended. Her passing on January
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On the islands dotting the Krishna river in Telangana, there are no roads, no phone networks, and no easy way out. It was in these isolated fishing camps that Erukala Raju, a
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The European Union and India have agreed what leaders on both sides are calling the largest trade deal ever concluded between them, a sweeping agreement that cuts billions of euros in tariffs
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India’s energy sector offers investment opportunities worth an estimated $500 billion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday, underscoring the strategic role of the industry in the country’s economic transformation. Speaking via
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The Dalai Lama’s unfulfilled wish to visit Sri Lanka lays bare how Beijing’s shadow constrains smaller Asian nations from making sovereign foreign policy choices. At 90, Tenzin Gyatso—the 14th Dalai Lama and
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A coal-fired power plant operated by India’s Adani Power has been charging Bangladesh significantly more than market rates for electricity and passing on Indian corporate taxes to the country, according to a
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India’s ambition to become self-reliant in defense technology has faced a significant setback following the second crash of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas within a single year. The latest incident, which
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Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has begun screening air passengers arriving from India for signs of Nipah virus infection, following reports of a cluster of cases in India’s eastern state of West
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India is poised to slash import duties on European cars from as high as 110% to 40%, in a landmark move that signals the country’s most significant opening of its protected auto
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