India

India’s Adani briefly listed as world’s second-richest person

MUMBAI, India (AFP) - Indian industrialist Gautam Adani briefly became the world's second-richest person on the Forbes real-time billionaire tracker…

India-Philippines consortium sells Cebu airport business for $440.2 mn

  MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- A consortium that includes India's GMR Group is selling its business developing and operating the…

15 dead in northern India after monsoon floods

  SHIMLA, India (AFP) -- At least 15 people were killed in India after heavy monsoon rains triggered flash floods…

Mechanical elephants, homemade howitzers as India turns 75

by Aishwarya KUMAR Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India marked the 75th anniversary of independence on Monday with…

Bollywood seeks boost with ‘Forrest Gump’ remake

by Glenda Kwek with Udita Jhunjhunwala Agence France-Presse MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- One of India's biggest stars is banking on…

India reports Asia’s first possible monkeypox death

  by Aishwarya KUMAR Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Indian authorities reported Asia's first possible monkeypox fatality…

Indian rupee breaches 80 per dollar, hits new record low

MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- The Indian rupee fell to more than 80 per US dollar for the first time on…

India’s parliament begins voting for new president

  NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India's parliament began voting Monday for a new president, with a female politician from…

India reports first case of monkeypox

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India has reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox after a 35-year-old man with a…

India accuses China’s Oppo of evading $551 mn in import tax

  NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Indian authorities Wednesday accused Chinese smartphone maker Oppo of evading customs duty worth $551…

India bans many single-use plastics to tackle waste

by Bhuvan BAGGA Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India imposed a ban on many single-use plastics on…

19 dead in India after building collapses in monsoon

MUMBAI, June 28, 2022 (AFP)  At least 19 people were killed when monsoon rains caused a four-storey building to collapse…

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