#India

Dozens of people were killed in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Mela in northern India on Wednesday, police sources and a Reuters witness said, as tens of millions ...

An Indian tribunal temporarily suspended a five-year data sharing ban between WhatsApp and owner Meta Platforms, a major relief for the US giant which had warned its advertising business will ...

Zakir Hussain, whose “dancing fingers” made him one of the greatest players of the tabla or Indian drums and who became a major force in contemporary world music, has died. ...

Toxic smog blanketed northern India on Thursday, becoming too thick to see through in several places, as high levels of pollution combined with humidity, low wind speed, and a drop ...

Cyprus issued over 30,000 residence permits in 2023, mostly to Russians, Indians, and Nepalese individuals, a Eurostat report showed on Thursday. According to the report, Cyprus gave out 34,000 residence permits last year, ...

India had recorded a suspected case of mpox found in a man who recently travelled from a country suffering an outbreak of the virus, the health ministry said on Sunday. ...

It was supposed to do away with colonial-era homophobia but an overhaul of India’s 160-year-old penal code has instead sparked fears that transgender men and women now run a ...

By Dr Dipesh Shah  The government of India implemented a major financial sector reform by establishing the country’s maiden International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in GIFT City, Gujarat. The ...

By Munsif Vengattil, Krishn Kaushik and Chris Thomas With a steeply pitched tiled roof piercing misty green hills in southern India and a stream gushing through rocks nearby, the Stone ...

Landslides swept through tea estates in southern India’s Kerala state on Tuesday, killing over 50 people, authorities said, as hillsides collapsed after heavy rain and sent rivers of mud, water ...

In recent years, the Indian economy has been growing rapidly, while also gaining ground amid rising tensions between China and the US, as well as the EU. The underlying circumstances ...

The death toll from a stampede at a Hindu religious congregation in northern India has risen to 121, news agency ANI reported on Wednesday, where a police report said the number ...

A roof collapsed under heavy rainfall and winds at the main airport in India’s capital New Delhi on Friday, killing one person and leading to the cancellation of flights ...

At least 31 people died and over 60 were still being treated in hospitals after consuming tainted liquor in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a government spokesperson said on Thursday. ...

A freight train smashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train in India’s West Bengal state on Monday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, police said, in ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to meet his allies on Wednesday to discuss forming the government, a day after his Hindu nationalist party lost its outright majority in ...

Nearly 25,000 people have suffered suspected heat stroke and 56 died after several heatwaves across India between March and May, local media reported, citing government data. May has been a particularly bad ...

Having sold tea at a railway station as a boy while his mother washed dishes to make ends meet, the man who could be only the second Indian to win ...

Extreme nationalism always looks foolish or even deranged to those who have not caught the virus, but in India it’s now official. In January, India’s Ministry of Defence ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides In recent years, India has experienced strong economic growth. In 2023, its GDP grew by about 6.5 per cent and a similar performance is expected in 2024. ...

Samsung and Qualcomm are among those opposing India’s choice of technology to bring live TV broadcasts on smartphones, arguing the required hardware changes will push up a device’s ...

High-profile event in Nicosia explores strengthening economic ties between Cyprus and India Eurobank Cyprus hosted a working dinner on Thursday at the Hilton Hotel in Nicosia, featuring top executives from ...

Global hedge funds are making a beeline to set up shop in India, a market long-shunned by international investors, tempted both by its growing depth and liquidity and its emergence ...

India steamrollered Pakistan by seven wickets in a lopsided blockbuster match at a heaving Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday to maintain their unblemished 50-overs World Cup record against their arch-rivals. ...