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.
India is weighing its first major consumption tax cuts in nearly a decade, with proposals to slash levies on small cars and motorcycles to 18% and ease duties on premium vehicles, according
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a high-level meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday, emphasizing the importance of countering terrorism and strengthening
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Indian Railways has announced a series of groundbreaking developments aimed at strengthening sustainable transport, boosting freight growth, and advancing electrification across the network. On Monday, the Ministry of Railways said Banaras Locomotive
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A growing number of India’s largest conglomerates are quietly pursuing partnerships with Chinese companies in sectors such as electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and clean mobility, according to reporting from Bloomberg. Executives have
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Farmer groups in India have called for a boycott of certain US products in response to Washington’s latest tariffs and demands that New Delhi open its agricultural market to American companies. Trade
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India and China are holding talks to restart border trade in locally produced goods for the first time in more than five years, in what officials say is a modest but symbolic
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has ordered the temporary suspension of Adani Green Energy’s wind power projects in Mannar, citing environmental concerns, local grievances, and the need for
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U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Aug. 15. They had spoken many times over the phone, and though there were
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India and China are taking steps to restore economic relations strained by a deadly 2020 border clash, Bloomberg reports, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks closer ties with BRICS nations following US
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Indian equities are poised for a modest gain on Wednesday, buoyed by positive sentiment across Asian markets and fresh signs of easing inflation both at home and in the U.S., Bloomberg News
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What is behind Pakistan Army Chief’s nuclear bombast, no it is not only India but other failures at home including on the counter terrorism front. Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir’s
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On August 5, 2025, Martin Kerketta, the ‘supremo’ cum ‘area commander’ of the People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI), was killed during an encounter in the Changabadi Bantoli Forest area under Kamdara
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On August 5 2019, India revoked Article 370 unilaterally, repealing the constitutional autonomy of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), a provision based on the 1949 settlement of the disputed accession
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India’s ongoing trade conflict with the United States has drawn fresh attention to the windfall profits enjoyed by Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, through his Reliance Industries group’s extensive imports of discounted
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Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra’s remark on Wednesday that the US tariff hike is unlikely to have any “major impact” on India’s economy “subject to retaliatory tariffs coming into the
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