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The head of state broke tradition by using the place name promoted by Hindu nationalists in an invite in English

The origin of the water that our satellite contains is unknown, but the process of deciphering it will provide clues about how it arrived on Earth

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government hopes the effort, with a $120 million price tag, will help showcase the world’s most populous nation’s cultural prowess

India recently overtook China as the world’s most populous nation and the two are rivals in technology, space exploration and global trade

The two men used ‘opaque investment funds based in the island nation of Mauritius’ to obscure their involvement in controlling up to nearly 14% of the public shares

Biden is scheduled to travel to India from Sept. 7-10 to attend a summit with other world leaders, followed by a stop in Vietnam

The clash between Beijing and Washington, the rise in Chinese wages and the fallout from strict Covid lockdowns prompts companies to diversify production in countries such as Vietnam, Thailand and India

India has consistently appealed for the fractured grouping to reach consensus on issues that disproportionately affect developing countries, or the so-called Global South

The ‘Pragyan’ rover has successfully traversed a distance of eight meters and is now preparing to carry out experiments, according to the Indian space agency

The United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia were also set to enter BRICS from Jan. 1, 2024, joining current members Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to make an 11-nation bloc

After the failure of the Russian mission, the ‘Vikram’ has become the first spacecraft to land on the lunar southern region, where there are large reserves of frozen water

The Russian president’s travel to Johannesburg was complicated by an outstanding International Criminal Court warrant for his arrest over the abduction of children from Ukraine

The spacecraft was scheduled to land on the south pole of the Moon on Monday, racing to beat an Indian probe also heading to Earth’s satellite. The launch was Russia’s first since 1976

The measure aims to control the rising prices of this essential dietary staple for the country’s low-income population

The prime minister spoke of Manipur only after opposition lawmakers had called for a no-confidence vote, accusing him of staying silent as the northeastern state governed by his party convulsed in months of ethnic violence

Parliament will consider a no-confidence motion against his government this week, and while it’s almost certain to be defeated, its proponents want the motion to force Modi to address the Manipur crisis

The CEO of Open AI plans to create the largest biometric database in the world with another of his companies, which is registered in the Cayman Islands

Gandhi is a fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his main challenger in the 2024 polls. He was ousted from Parliament after his conviction by a magistrate’s court in March

The increase was driven by higher costs for rice and vegetable oil. It was the first uptick since April when higher sugar prices bumped up the reading slightly for the first time in a year

Television footage showed the collapsed crane on the ground as rescue workers looked for survivors near the site in Thane, a city just outside Mumbai

As in any crisis situation — think bottled water and toilet paper— some rushed to supermarkets to stock up, stacking carts with bags and bags of rice

At stake, they say, is the future of India’s multiparty democracy and secular foundations that have seen assaults from Modi’s Hindu nationalist government

Response Force said 78 people were thought to be missing before the state government and the relief agency decided to end the search operations

Scores of rescuers and trained trekkers have been deployed to find people trapped by the landslide

Vietnam has quickly become a major export production hub for global manufacturers like South Korea’s LG and Samsung Electronics, suppliers to Apple, Inc. and auto makers like Honda and Toyota

Migration is as central to his writing as it is to his life. Raised in Mumbai, the Indian writer and Pulitzer finalist migrated to New York City when he was 14. The author of ‘This Land is Our Land’ and ‘Maximum City’ spoke with EL PAÍS at his apartment in Manhattan

President Emmanuel Macron praised India in a speech Thursday evening before French defense officials as a “key partner” with a “determining” role