How dubious YouTube ‘news’ channels are shaping India’s election
In YouTube’s largest market, self-proclaimed news channels are booming, gaining millions of viewers peddling falsehoods aimed at helping Prime Minister Modi’s campaign.
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Modi sets ambitious India economic goals for probable third term
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, confident of winning a national election starting this month, has set an ambitious target of roughly doubling the economy and exports this decade, according to a government document seen by Reuters.
Sri Lanka sees no need for talks with India on island it ceded decades ago
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka does not see any need to re-open talks on a contentious island ceded to it by New Delhi 50 years ago, the foreign minister has said, after the low-key territorial squabble turned into a hot-button election issue in India.
Reserve Bank of India deserves share of credit for economic stability
Henny Sender is the founder and managing partner of Apsara Advisory, a strategic consultancy for financial services companies. She was previously a managing director at investment company BlackRock.
Tesla to explore locations in India for $3 billion EV factory, FT reports
Tesla will explore locations in India this month to set up an electric vehicle factory with an investment of up to $3 billion, according to a Financial Times report, in a boost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plans to bolster domestic manufacturing.
Are Modi’s economic policies benefitting all Indians?
India is the world’s fifth-largest economy. The World Bank says the nation is leading growth in South Asia.
India losing friends and looking vulnerable
The Ukraine-Russia war and Hamas-Israel conflict have both significantly altered India’s strategic and security calculations.
US ‘strongly opposes’ China’s renaming of areas along disputed Indian border
Washington has criticised Beijing’s list of 30 new names for places along the 1,865-mile (3,000km) disputed Himalayan border between China and India, formally known as the Line of Actual Control, as yet another “unilateral attempt” to reassert its territorial claims.