India

Modi is on a two-day visit to Malaysia, his first since the two countries elevated ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership in August 2024

February 12 poll will be the nation's first since a student-led uprising toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's autocratic regime in August 2024

Indian exporters hail president Donald Trump's announcement of a US-India trade deal

Trump announces the deal following a call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, noting that India would now buy oil from the US and potentially Venezuela

The country's northwestern wheat-growing region is likely to receive less than 78% of its long-term average rainfall

Trump's comment came a day after the United States told Delhi it could soon resume purchases of Venezuelan oil to help replace imports of Russian oil

WHO considers the risk of further spread of infection from these two cases is low, agency says

Bangladesh is facing gas shortages due to rapidly declining local production and transmission limitations that have impeded use of liquefied natural gas

Nipah, spreads from animals to humans, has no vaccine and a fatality rate ranging from 40 to 75 percent, according to the World Health Organization

Ajit Pawar, who hailed from a top political family, was en route to his home region to canvass in local body elections

Authorities in Goa are examining Australia's law to study how to regulate minors' access to social media platforms

The deal will pave the way for India to open up its vast and guarded market, the world's largest, to free trade with the 27-nation EU, its biggest trading partner

Xi says over the past year, China-India relations have continued to improve and develop and are of 'great significance for maintaining and promoting world peace and prosperity'

While the EU eyes India as an important market for the future, New Delhi sees the European bloc as an important source of much needed technology and investment to rapidly upscale its infrastructure and create millions of new jobs for its people

EU official says the EU and India are drawing closer amid rising global instability and fragmentation

Facing challenges from China and the United States, India and the European Union have been negotiating a massive free trade pact