NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s cabinet approved development on Wednesday of a new deep-water port that the government said will be a crucial part of a plan to connect the Asian country with Europe by sea and rail links through the Middle East. The Vadhavan port will be built on India’s western coast, about 150 […]
A bipartisan US congressional delegation has met the Dalai Lama at his residence in India’s Dharamshala. The move sparked anger from China, which views the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism as a dangerous separatist. The visit came after Washington and Beijing restarted talks after several years of turmoil that began after the imposition of […]
Two researchers discovered what may be the longest snake ever to have crawled across the continent when they uncovered the fossilized remains of a partial vertebral column in Western India. Measurements and calculations by the researchers determined the ancient snake, identified as Vasuki indicus, grew about longer than a school bus. A pair of biologists […]
A key medical exam in India has sparked anger, protests and allegations of cheating after thousands of candidates secured abnormally high marks in this year’s test. The National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate), or NEET-UG – conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) – is the gateway to studying medicine in the country, as its […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi dynasty is due to make her electoral debut, potentially strengthening the opposition’s challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in parliament after he was humbled in a recent election, politicians and analysts said. The family has long been the glue holding factions of the main opposition Congress […]
By Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI (Reuters) – India should avoid “adventurism” and continue to focus on bringing down inflation towards the target of 4% despite the growing clamour to signal a pivot in monetary policy, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Tuesday. “At this point there is again clamour that one should change […]
Searing heatwave temperatures in northern India pushed power demand to a record high, the government said Tuesday, with residents of the capital New Delhi also struggling with water shortages. Much of northern India has been gripped by a brutal month-long heatwave, with temperatures regularly soaring above 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). Northern India has […]
Under the terms of the deal between IFC and Epic Group, the debt financing package includes a $70 m sustainability-linked loan and a $30m green loan – IFC’s first green loan with sustainability-linked features in the manufacturing sector. The funding will support Epic Group’s expansion in Bangladesh, including upgrading its washing and wastewater treatment facilities, […]
SAN FRANCISCO – A man was traveling from India to San Francisco when he found a sharp piece of metal in his meal on an Air India flight, Air India confirmed to KTVU. As was first reported by The San Francisco Chronicle, Mathures Paul was on a flight from Bengaluru, India to San Francisco International […]
New Delhi — At least eight people were killed and more than others 50 injured when a freight train slammed into a passenger train Monday in India. The crash happened in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, when the goods train hit the Kanchanjunga Express in the New Jalpaiguri area, derailing at least three […]
A cargo train has crashed into a passenger train in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, killing at least eight people and injuring several others. The state’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee said in a post on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, that a cargo train had collided with the Kanchanjunga Express in the state’s […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — Five people died and several were injured when a cargo train rammed into a passenger train in India’s eastern state of West Bengal on Monday, local media reported. The state’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee said in a post on social media platform X that a goods train had collided with Kanchanjunga […]