India to gift 12 agricultural drones, two mobile soil testing labs to Fiji

New Delhi: India will gift 12 agricultural drones and two mobile soil testing laboratories to Fiji. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a press statement with visiting Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka. "In our...

India News | Delhi HC Rejects Appeal of Lakhveer Singh, Alleged Arms Provider to Bambiha Gang

New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected the appeal moved by Lakhveer Singh, who is an accused in a terror case lodged by the NIA. Lakhveer is accused of actively procuring and supplying illegal weapons and...

India's fishing industry is one of the low-margin, labour-intensive sectors that US tariffs threaten to upend

Food industry lobbies for tariff exemptions on seafood, fresh produce as it warns prices could spike

US food industry groups are begging for relief from President Trump’s tariffs – warning they could send prices soaring on everything from fish and shrimp to fresh produce. Instead of pushing for overall tariffs to be revoked, these trade...

World News | India to Gift 12 Agricultural Drones, Two Mobile Soil Testing Labs to Fiji

New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): India will gift 12 agricultural drones and two mobile soil testing laboratories to Fiji. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a press statement with visiting Fijian Prime Minister...

US Issues Official Notice Imposing Additional 25% Tariffs on India, New Delhi Holds Firm

The United States has officially issued a public notice regarding the additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods entering the country, which was earlier announced by President Donald Trump. Indian goods entering the US are already facing a 25...

The artisans of India's textile industry are among those in the crosshairs of looming US tariffs

India generates 340 MT fly ash in FY25, utilises 98% across infra and industry

New Delhi: India generated 340.11 million tonnes (MT) of fly ash in 2024-25, of which 332.63 MT was utilised across infrastructure and industrial sectors, according to figures shared at the National Conference on Fly Ash Utilisation and...

India’s crude oil output dips 0.7% in July, POL product exports down 2%

Meanwhile, imports of crude oil products fell by about 12.8 per cent on a yearly basis to 4.31 million tons in July, while product exports declined 2.1 per cent to 5.02 million tons.New Delhi: India’s indigenous crude oil and condensate production...

India began manufacturing chips in 1984. Modi wants to rewrite yet another history for applause

Where would India be without PM Narendra Modi’s big plans? In his Independence Day address, he told his “young friends” that they would be “shocked” to learn that some 50-60 years ago, the idea of building microchips in India was stalled, delayed...

Delhi and Oslo forge 'DOSTI' partnership to drive e-mobility

Delhi stands to benefit from Oslo's global leadership in developing public charging infrastructure, while Oslo can learn from Delhi's remarkable progress in deploying electric buses.The Delhi-Oslo Smart Transport Initiative (DOSTI) partnership has...

India faces rabies outbreak risks with gaps in dog vaccination & shortfall of rabies vaccine supply

India faces rabies outbreak risks with gaps in dog vaccination and shortfall of rabies vaccine supply at the last mile. This is surmounted with late or incomplete post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), low awareness about immediate wound washing,...

Mumbai theatre’s favourite stage man, Sachin Kamani, dies at 47

MUMBAI: The role of a production manager is rarely given its due, though every theatre group knows how crucial it is. A performance is never just a single night under the lights; it is the sum of very many moving parts, and Sachin Kamani...

India braces for export hit as steep new US tariffs loom

(Corrects paragraph 3 to say tariffs begin at 9:31 a.m. IST, not p.m.) By Swati Bhat and Manoj Kumar MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian exporters are bracing for disruptions after a U.S. Homeland Security notification confirmed Washington would...

India’s poor little rich people have it so bad. Money just can’t buy them freedom

As the much-vaunted “Spirit of Mumbai” took its annual pummelling from the monsoon this past week, one image perfectly captured the city’s talent for humbling the mighty. A Mercedes floated placidly in shin-deep floodwater on Veera Desai Road,...

India News | Two Injured After Roof Collapse in Delhi's Dwarka Due to Incessant Rain

New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): Two people sustained minor injuries in Delhi's Mohan Garden on Tuesday after a four-floor roof collapsed in Siddhatri Enclave, police said. The roof collapsed due to incessant rain and the incident occurred...

Saurabh Bhardwaj Faces ED Heat: Enforcement Directorate Raids Residence of AAP Leader in Alleged Hospital Construction Scam

New Delhi, August 26: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out searches at the residence of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj in connection with a money laundering probe linked to alleged...

India rice prices surge after Dhaka lifts duties on imports

Rice prices in eastern India rose sharply this week after Bangladesh scrapped import duties on shipments from its neighbour, following New Delhi's decision to lift an export ban. India removed its ban on rice exports to Bangladesh on Aug. 12. A...

India Braces For Punishing US Tariffs Over Russian Oil Purchase; Modi Set For Historic China Visit

Indian exports to the US are set to face steep tariffs this week unless President Donald Trump reverses his decision at the last moment. Trump has linked trade to geopolitical issues, threatening 50% tariffs on India for continuing to buy Russian...

India Tilts Toward BRICS as Pakistan Stays Close to Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump is taking India to task, and we are a long way from what then-President Barack Obama called a "defining partnership of the 21st century." But India’s neighbor, and enemy, and America’s frenemy, escaped Trump’s ire. Why?...