NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated a new international airport in the financial capital Mumbai, marking a step forward in expansion of the country’s fast-growing aviation network. Built by business conglomerate Adani Group at an estimated cost of $2.2 billion, the first phase of Navi Mumbai International Airport is … Read more
08/31/2025August 31, 2025 China’s SCO summit a reflection of Global South cooperation Since its founding in 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has primarily been dominated by China and RussiaImage: Andres Martinez Casares/Getty Images World leaders are convening in northern China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit on Sunday and Monday, where Beijing is seeking … Read more
Millions of people have gone on strike in India against new government labour and business policies. Millions of people are on strike across India, shutting down banking, construction, manufacturing and postal services, and disrupting public transport, among other sectors. Trade unions say they have united to protest against new labour laws and a long-standing policy … Read more
In a video clip that went viral Monday evening, Modi climbed out of a car, walked up some steps to meet Putin, and gave the Russian president a warm hug. Earlier the same day, Russia launched a mass missile attack against Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih and other cities in Ukraine, killing at least 42 people … Read more
Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, front and China’s leader, Xi Jinping Manish Swarup/AP India’s prime minister caused a shock after his reelection by publicly thanking Taiwan’s leader. Many countries avoid publicly engaging with the island nation so as not to anger China. … Read more
For the past decade, India has been synonymous internationally with its prime minister, Narendra Modi. But on Tuesday, as final election results poured in, the electorate appeared to show dissatisfaction with the status quo and placed the serial winner onto shaky ground. Although Modi’s nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is still on course to win … Read more
How India has fared in the past decade on the foreign policy and economic policy fronts. It is election season in India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems set to win a third successive term in the national elections — for good reason, say his supporters. They claim 10 years of the Modi government have … Read more
<!– –> The iconic stone temple is located in Abu Mureikhah, near Al Rahba Abu Dhabi, UAE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) temple, the first-ever Hindu temple in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The inauguration ceremony will start at 6 PM IST. The iconic stone … Read more
JHABUA: Prime Minister Modi on Sunday exuded confidence that BJP on its own will win more than 370 seats in the coming Lok Sabha elections.Addressing at rally at tribal-dominated Jhabua district, Modi said even the opposition now realises the country’s mood and its functionaries have started saying that BJP-led NDA is going to win at … Read more
One of India’s biggest online travel platforms halted bookings to the Maldives, amid an increasingly fraught diplomatic spat that began when officials in the tourism-dependent island nation derided Indian leader Narendra Modi on social media. “Our company is entirely homegrown and made in India,” Prashant Pitti, co-founder of EaseMyTrip, wrote on X, the platform formerly … Read more