India’s Environment Minister Dies At 60
India's environment minister Anil Madhav Dave died Thursday at the age of 60 in New Delhi, shocking colleagues who remembered him as a nature lover committed to conservation. Dave complained of...
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India To Build 10 Domestic Nuclear Power Reactors
India on Wednesday said it will develop 10 domestically-built heavy water reactors to increase its nuclear power capacity, as it looks to ramp up clean energy generation. The federal cabinet headed...
Palestinian President Kicks Off India Visit With Tech Tour
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began a three-day visit to India on Monday with a tour of an IT facility that is helping Ramallah build a high-end tech hub. Abbas, who arrived late Sunday, will...
Palestine President In India Ahead of Modi Israel Trip
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas landed in New Delhi late Sunday for a three-day visit looking to strengthen ties with India ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's historic trip to Israel. Abbas...
China Hosts Summit On New Silk Road
China opens on Sunday a summit to promote its massive global trade infrastructure project, highlighting Beijing's ambitions to spearhead a new era of globalisation as Washington shifts toward...
Five Men Beaten, Arrested, In India Over Alleged Cow Killing
Indian police Friday arrested five men for "animal cruelty" after they were caught skinning a buffalo and beaten on suspicion of killing a cow, an animal considered sacred by Hindus. The mob bashing...
India Calls For Deeper Ties With Sri Lanka As China Looms
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared Friday his desire for a "quantum jump" in relations with Sri Lanka, as New Delhi jostles with regional rival Beijing for influence in the island nation....
India Top Court Examines Islamic Instant Divorce
India's highest court Thursday began considering the legality of a controversial Islamic practice that allows men to leave their wives instantly by reciting the word "divorce" three times. "Triple...
India’s Supreme Court Reviews Instant Divorce
India’s Supreme Court has formally opened hearings into a number of petitions challenging the controversial practice of instant divorce in Islam. The court said it would examine whether the...
Modi Heads To Sri Lanka As Chinese Influence Rises
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Sri Lanka on Thursday on a charm offensive as New Delhi seeks to reassert its influence on the island amid signs of a Chinese comeback. Sri Lanka's...
Wasps Attack Sri Lanka Pilgrims Ahead of Modi Visit
Fifty pilgrims in Sri Lanka were taken to hospital Wednesday after being attacked by a swarm of wasps as they celebrated Buddhism's holiest day. Police said a monk was among those hospitalised after...
Sri Lanka Evicts Thousands of Wasps Ahead of Modi Visit
Sri Lanka has taken the unusual step of clearing thousands of wasps from a tea plantation to ensure Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not stung during his upcoming visit. Police in Hatton, 125...
Hindu Nationalists Promise ‘superior’ Indian Babies
A Hindu nationalist organisation is promising to help Indian couples conceive "superior" babies with high IQs and fairer skin than their parents, sparking media criticism. Karishma Mohandas Narwani,...
India Anti-Corruption Party Denies Bribery Allegation
The leader of India's anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Arvind Kejriwal, has rejected a colleague's allegation that he took bribes. Kapil Mishra, who has been sacked from the party, said Mr...
India Finding It Hard To End Love Affair With Cash
Fat wads of bank notes move across counters in Old Delhi's gold and diamond district in one of many challenges to six months of Indian government efforts to suffocate the black market. Cash has been...
India Court Orders Ex-Minister Stand Trial For Graft Again
India's top court Monday ordered that a key opposition leader and influential former minister stand trial on historic corruption charges that saw him disqualified from parliament. Lalu Prasad Yadav...
India Convicts Police and Doctors In Gangrape Case
An Indian court Thursday convicted five police officers and two doctors of tampering with evidence in the gang rape of a pregnant woman and the murder of her family during one of the worst incidents...
UBA Ghana Nominated For Best Retail Bank In Africa Award
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of the UBA Plc, which is one of Africa's leading financial institutions, has been nominated for the 'Best Retail Bank in Africa' Award 2017 by...
Why Are India’s Top Judges Doubting Each Others’ Sanity?
Why are India's top judges doubting each others' sanity? Justice CS Karnan is on a massive collision course with India's top court The Indian judiciary is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. For...
India’s Assam Mob Kills Two Muslim Men Over ‘cow Theft’
Police in India say two Muslim men have been lynched by a mob which accused them of trying to steal cows for slaughter. The killings in the north-eastern state of Assam are the latest in a series of...