On 24 March 2020, India announced its first Covid lockdown, just as the world stood on the brink of a global pandemic that would claim millions of lives.
India's already fragile healthcare system collapsed under the pandemic's weight.
The WHO (...)
A curfew has been imposed in parts of a city in India's western state of Maharashtra after Hindu groups demanded the removal of the tomb of Aurangzeb, a 17th-Century Mughal emperor, sparking violence on Monday night.
Vehicles were set on fire and (...)
It took Arun George half a working life to scrape together £15,000 ($19,460) in savings, which he used to secure a care worker job for his wife in the UK.
But in barely a few months, he lost it all.
George — not his real name as his wife doesn't (...)
A political storm is brewing in India, with the first waves already hitting the southern part of the country.
Leaders there are calling for mass mobilization to protect the region's political interests amid a heated controversy over the redrawing of (...)
The dramatic political developments in Bangladesh that led to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina being ousted last year have thrown up many surprises — including Dhaka's growing closeness with one-time foe Pakistan.
Last month, after decades of troubled (...)
With Donald Trump's tit-for-tat tariffs on India looming next month, millions of Americans may have to brace for steeper medical bills.
Last week, Indian Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal made an unscheduled trip to the US for discussions with (...)
Authorities in India have arrested a cryptocurrency exchange administrator wanted by the US for allegedly helping cybercriminals launder money and violate sanctions.
Aleksej Besciokov, a Lithuanian citizen and Russian resident, was arrested in the (...)
Indian Americans are increasingly optimistic about India's future, but hold deep concerns about US-India relations under a second Donald Trump administration, a new survey finds.
The 2024 Indian-American Survey, conducted by the Carnegie Endowment (...)
تعمل شركة دي إم جي إيفنتس مع Messe München للمشاركة في تنظيم معرض IFAT الشهير عالميًا في المملكة العربية السعودية في عام 2026. ستقام الدورة الأولى من معرض IFAT في المملكة، وهو المعرض التجاري الرائد للتقنيات البيئية الذي يركز على إدارة المياه والصرف (...)
Air India has confirmed that one of its flights was forced to turn around last week after plastic bags, rags and clothes clogged up most of its toilets.
The plane, which was heading from Chicago to the Indian capital of Delhi, spent several hours in (...)
Two years ago, on his bank adviser's suggestion, Rajesh Kumar pulled out his savings — fixed deposits included — and shifted to mutual funds, stocks and bonds.
With India's stock market booming, Kumar, a Bihar-based engineer, joined millions (...)
The US government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health.
In response to an inquiry (...)
A British man detained in India for six years without trial over a high-profile corruption case must be released on bail, the Delhi High Court has ruled.
Christian James Michel, an arms consultant, is accused of bribing Indian officials to win a (...)
A Scottish Sikh man detained in India for seven years on terror charges has been cleared in one of nine cases against him.
Jagtar Singh Johal from Dumbarton was arrested in 2017 in the country's northern Punjab region weeks after his wedding (...)
Dozens of construction workers have been pulled out alive from metal containers after they were buried by an avalanche in the Himalayas in India's Uttarakhand state.
They survived — some as long as nearly two days — as the containers in which they (...)
Five years after deadly religious riots engulfed India's capital Delhi, there is no legal closure in sight for the people involved.
A BBC Hindi analysis has found that more than 80% of the cases related to the violence where courts gave decisions (...)
"I just wanted to own a house and pay off my debts — that's why I decided to sell my kidney," says Zeya, a farm worker in Myanmar.
Prices had soared after a military coup in 2021 triggered civil war. He could barely feed his young family and was (...)
A 22-member Bangladeshi delegation of political leaders, civil society activists, academics and journalists has begun a 10-day visit to China.
They will be having talks with Chinese government officials and senior members of the ruling Communist (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Attorney General Sheikh Saud Al-Muajab received Attorney General of India R. Venkataramani and his accompanying delegation at the Public Prosecution headquarters in Riyadh on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, Al-Muajab emphasized the (...)
An American Airlines flight en route from New York to Delhi was forced to turn around and head to Rome's Fiumicino airport on Sunday while flying over the Caspian Sea.
A spokesperson for the Italian capital's Leonardo da Vinci International Airport, (...)
Rescuers have ended a 44-day search operation after they found the bodies of five men who were trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India's north-eastern state of Assam.
DNA tests will be conducted to identify the men as the bodies are in a (...)
Two years after ChatGPT took the world by storm, China's DeepSeek has sent ripples through the tech industry by collapsing the cost of developing generative artificial intelligence applications.
But as the global race for AI supremacy heats up, (...)
The death toll from a stampede at New Delhi Railway Station has risen to 18, officials confirmed on Sunday.
Delhi police stated that the incident occurred late Saturday night due to an "unexpected rush" of passengers. An investigation has been (...)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed a "mega partnership" between the US and India, as he and US leader Donald Trump wrapped up a meeting in which they announced a deal for Delhi to import more US oil and gas in an effort to shrink the (...)
India and France plan to work together on developing small modular nuclear reactors, India's foreign ministry said after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country.
Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron emphasized the importance of (...)
