• WORLD
    Google to invest $15bn to build AI data hub in India

    Google’s parent company Alphabet will invest $15bn (£11.29bn) to build an AI data hub in southern India’s Andhra Pradesh state. The facility, which will be set up in the port city of Visakhapatnam, will be part of Google’s global network of AI centres spread across 12 countries. “It’s the largest AI hub that we are […]

  • WORLD
    At least 39 dead in crush at political rally in India

    At least 39 people have died, including children, in a crush at a political rally in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials say. Tens of thousands of people had gathered on Saturday at a campaign event for actor-turned-politician Vijay, in the southern Karur district. It was delayed by several hours, local media reported. […]

  • WORLD
    China and India pledge to be ‘partners not rivals’

    The leaders of China and India say there is now deepening trust between them after years of tension that includes a long-running border dispute. China’s President Xi Jinping and Indian PM Narendra Modi met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the port city of Tianjin. It is Modi’s first time in China […]

  • WORLD
    Kashmir: Why India and Pakistan fight over it

    How old is this conflict? Kashmir is an ethnically diverse Himalayan region famed for the beauty of its lakes, meadows and snow-capped mountains. Even before India and Pakistan won their independence from Britain in August 1947, the area was hotly contested. Under the partition plan provided by the Indian Independence Act, Muslim-majority Kashmir was free […]

  • EUROPE
    Ursula von der Leyen dreams of a passage to India

    BRUSSELS – It has become a lonely world for Europe. With the transatlantic alliance in tatters, China losing its lustre, and Russia being Russia, the EU is looking for new friends. Ursula von der Leyen is betting she will find them them on the subcontinent.

  • SPORTS
    Australia win thriller to take series lead over India

    Border-Gavaskar Trophy: Fourth Test, day five, Melbourne Australia 474 (Smith 140; Bumrah 4-99) & 234 (Labuschagne 70; Bumrah 5-57) India 369 (Reddy 114; Boland 3-57) & 155 (Jaiswal 84; Cummins 3-28) Australia won by 184 runs and lead series 2-1 Scorecard

  • WORLD
    Taiwan congratulates India on successful parliamentary election

    The Ministry of Foreign Affairs congratulated India on the successful conclusion of its 18th parliamentary election June 5. According to India’s Election Commission, the National Democratic Alliance won a majority in the Lok Sabha (House of the People), securing a third term for incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Upon the announcement of Modi’s victory, President […]

  • WORLD
    Taiwan deepens tech cooperation with India

    At the invitation of the India Taipei Association, Deputy Foreign Minister Tien Chung-kwang virtually attended the groundbreaking ceremony for three Indian semiconductor plants March 13 from Taipei City. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one of the three facilities is India’s first semiconductor fab, cofounded by Taiwan’s Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. and India’s Tata […]

  • POLITICS
    Mitsotakis visiting India as Athens, Delhi ties deepen

    Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is paying an official visit to India on Wednesday aiming to maintain the dynamic and increasingly regular cooperation between Athens and New Delhi, with an agenda focused on the geopolitical situation and synergies in business, migration and defense.