India extends Buddha relic's stay in Vietnam
Vietnam News 15:22 21/05/2025The Indian government has agreed to extend the stay of the sacred relic of the Buddha currently on display in Vietnam until June 2, following a formal request from the Vietnamese side, the Indian Embassy in Hanoi announced on Monday.
Indian boycott of Turkish coffee, chocolates and fashion grows
World 12:27 20/05/2025Small Indian grocery shops and major online fashion retailers are boycotting Turkish products ranging from chocolates, coffee, jams and cosmetics to clothing amid growing anger at Turkey's support for Pakistan in a confrontation with India.
Indian ambassador moved by Vietnamese devotion to Buddha relic
Vietnam News 14:40 16/05/2025Indian Ambassador to Vietnam Sandeep Arya expressed deep appreciation for the veneration and heartfelt devotion shown by the Vietnamese people toward the sacred relic of the Buddha from India at a press briefing in Hanoi on Thursday.
Indians buy 14 million ACs a year, and need many more
World 17:11 12/05/2025Aarti Verma is about to join the growing ranks of Indians installing air conditioning, scraping together savings to secure relief from sometimes deadly temperatures that can reach nearly 50 Celsius.
Walmart calls, but India's garment worker woes blunt tariff edge
World 18:45 09/05/2025In a garment hub in south India, R.K. Sivasubramaniam is fielding requests from Walmart and Costco who want to sidestep higher U.S. tariffs faced by rival Asian suppliers, Bangladesh and China. But rows of idle sewing lines at his factory lay bare his biggest challenge.
Indian court's reversal of $2.3 billion deal casts shadow on bankruptcy law
World 17:29 08/05/2025A decision by India's Supreme Court to quash a $2.3-billion steel industry deal six years after an insolvency tribunal approved it has unsettled buyers of distressed assets, throwing a shadow over one of the country's biggest reforms.
India strikes Pakistan over Kashmir tourist killings
World 09:46 07/05/2025India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed enemies.
India's woman fighter pilot trailblazer eyes space
World 15:46 06/05/2025The excited little girl who first touched a plane two decades ago is now flying high as the face of India's fast-modernising military and its only woman Rafale fighter pilot.
Foreign leaders congratulate Vietnam on 50th reunification anniversary
Vietnam News 13:39 01/05/2025World leaders have extended a wave of congratulatory messages to Vietnam as the country commemorates the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the southern region and national reunification (April 30, 1975–2025), according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
India to ask caste status in next census for first time in decades
World 12:32 01/05/2025India will conduct its first official caste census since independence, the government announced on Wednesday, a move likely to have far-reaching consequences for its politics and contentious affirmative action policies.
India queries Apple, Xiaomi in e-commerce probe of Amazon, Flipkart, sources say
World 18:15 29/04/2025India's financial crime agency has privately sought sales data and other documents from smartphone players including Apple and Xiaomi as part of an investigation into Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
India shuts over half of Kashmir tourist spots in security review
World 15:42 29/04/2025More than half of the tourist destinations in India's insurgency-torn Kashmir region have been closed to the public from Tuesday, according to a government order reviewed by Reuters, in a bid to tighten security after last week's attack on holiday-makers.
