India, Brazil sign mining pact as Modi targets $20 billion trade in five years
World 16:38 22/02/2026NEW DELHI - India moved to deepen trade ties with Brazil on Saturday, signing a pact to expand cooperation in mining and minerals as it seeks to meet rising domestic steel demand and support capacity expansion amid a global race for raw materials.
India tightens grip on social media with new three-hour takedown rule
World 12:57 11/02/2026NEW DELHI - India's government said social media companies would have to take down unlawful content within three hours of being notified about it, tightening on Tuesday an earlier 36-hour timeline in what could be a compliance challenge for Meta, YouTube and X.
India says it will maintain multiple sources of energy supply
World 11:53 10/02/2026NEW DELHI - India plans to maintain multiple sources of energy supply and diversify them when needed as New Delhi looks to ensure consumers receive "adequate energy at the right price through reliable and secure supplies", Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Monday.
India's Modi visits Malaysia to boost trade, security ties
World 12:29 08/02/2026KUALA LUMPUR - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim on Sunday, as the two countries look to bolster trade and explore potential collaborations in semiconductors, defence and other fields.
India-US trade deal gives tariff-free access to Harley bikes, no reprieve for Tesla
World 09:09 08/02/2026NEW DELHI - India will slash tariffs on high-end American cars to 30% from as high as 110% and eliminate duties on Harley-Davidson bikes under an interim trade pact, an official said, but will not make concessions for electric vehicles, a move that pointedly leaves Tesla out.
India lifts wheat stock limits as supplies rise
World 09:51 06/02/2026NEW DELHI -- India has lifted limits on the amount of wheat stocks that traders, wholesalers and retailers can hold, the government said in a statement on Thursday, citing comfortable domestic supplies and easing prices.
India budget to promote reforms as room for spending shrinks
World 11:47 01/02/2026NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government releases its annual budget on Sunday, expected to strengthen domestic policy reforms to cushion the economy from rising uncertainties such as steep U.S. tariffs and broader geopolitical tensions.
India's wealthy embrace a new luxury symbol: water
World 12:44 31/01/2026NEW DELHI, India - At an Indian gourmet food store, Avanti Mehta is organising a blind tasting of drinks sourced from France, Italy and India. No, this isn't wine, it's water.
Deputy chief minister of India's Maharashtra state among five dead in air charter crash
World 15:02 28/01/2026DELHI - The deputy chief minister of India's wealthiest state of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar, died on Wednesday, along with four other people on board, when his charter aircraft went down in flames, the aviation regulator said.
India’s prime minister says it has reached a free trade deal with the EU
World 15:41 27/01/2026NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that India and the European Union have reached a free trade agreement to deepen their economic and strategic ties.
EU carmakers face tough India market even after trade deal
World 11:02 27/01/2026BERLIN -- European carmakers, squeezed by U.S. tariffs and price wars in China, will get a welcome boost from an EU-India trade deal that sharply drops tariffs on car imports, but face a tough market dominated by homegrown firms and compact Japanese "kei cars."
India's top renewable state needs more coal power by 2036, adviser says
World 11:00 20/01/2026NEW DELHI -- Rajasthan will need 4,400 megawatts of new coal-fired power capacity by 2036 to meet rising electricity demand despite India's top renewable energy–producing state adding more clean energy as it retires some ageing thermal plants, according to a government document.
