Hundreds join mass yoga performance along Han River in Da Nang
Travel 10:23 27/06/2026More than 250 people gathered at APEC Sculpture Park along the Han River in Da Nang City, central Vietnam on Friday evening to participate in a mass yoga performance, promoting healthy living and strengthening community connections.
India likely won't export sugar for years as El Nino, ethanol squeeze supply
World 14:29 22/06/2026India, once the world's second-largest sugar exporter, is expected to have little surplus for export for at least three more seasons as El Nino weather conditions threaten cane production and rising ethanol demand squeezes supply.
Tata's iPhone parts factory contaminated farmland water, India pollution body alleges
World 14:22 14/06/2026An Indian pollution regulator has alleged wastewater discharged from a Tata components factory for Apple's iPhone has contaminated the groundwater for nearby farms and warned of a forced shutdown unless Tata gives a satisfactory explanation.
India flyover school offers lifeline to street children
World 15:08 08/06/2026Beneath a busy flyover in India's financial capital Mumbai, a row of pastel-coloured shipping containers houses an unlikely school serving some of the city's most marginalised children.
Indian stars push to end elephants in Bollywood
World 14:10 04/06/2026Bollywood stars are campaigning to end the use of elephants in Indian films, saying that life-size robot replicas and AI-generated images do the job without cruelty.
Mining turns India's heat-shield hills to dust
World 15:09 31/05/2026NEEM KA THANA, INDIA -- Dizzyingly deep pits from large-scale mining scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains, threatening the future of a forested buffer that New Delhi relies on for protection from furnace-hot desert winds.
India expects 2026 monsoon rains to be below average
World 16:53 29/05/2026MUMBAI -- India said on Friday its monsoon rains hindered by an El Nino are likely to fall below average in 2026 for the first time in three years, stoking concern over farm output and growth as it battles inflation caused by the Iran conflict.
India’s prized Alphonso mango crop ruined by weather
World 10:56 26/05/2026In India's western state of Maharashtra, mango farmer Komal Walke is scrambling to meet orders from India's online grocers after her family's three acres of orchards produced almost no Alphonso mangoes this year.
Encroaching world threatens India's last 'uncontacted' tribe
World 15:52 18/05/2026One of the last outsiders to make authorised visits to India's only "uncontacted" tribe says it may be time to reconnect with the isolated people -- in order to shield them from an encroaching world.
India restricts most silver imports to cut import bill, support rupee
World 10:11 17/05/2026India has curbed imports of silver in nearly all forms with immediate effect, according to a government order issued on Saturday, as the world's biggest consumer of the metal seeks to rein in shipments and ease pressure on the rupee.
India's travel industry braces for hit from Modi's appeal to avoid foreign trips
World 15:48 13/05/2026India's travel industry fears that an appeal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to avoid unnecessary foreign travel will squeeze new bookings after inflationary pressure knocked down summer overseas inquiries by as much as 15%, industry and analysts say.
Vietnam’s top leader To Lam to visit India next week
Vietnam News 16:42 02/05/2026Vietnam’s Party General Secretary and State President To Lam will lead a high-level delegation on a state visit to India from May 5 to 7 at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
