Ed Sheeran duet with Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh delights Mumbai – and lights up India’s social media
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‘Strategically situated’ India builds new US$2 billion airport near Mumbai that will test Modi’s mission, Adani’s ambitions
About 22 miles southeast of Mumbai’s badly congested airport that opened 82 years ago, workers in hard hats are high up on scaffolds building an alternative. Others are flattening a nearby hill to finish the first of two runways so that India’s financial capital can finally have a second airport.
'The ultimate adventure': Why more Indian travelers are taking extreme road trips
Meenakshi Sai, 51, looks like any other Indian woman, dressed in a saree and sporting a bindi on her forehead.
India searches for traffickers duping men to fight for Russia in Ukraine
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India says it has uncovered a "major human trafficking network" that has lured young men to Russia with the promise of jobs only to force them to fight in the war in Ukraine.
Tesla-free India becomes EV battleground as JSW enters fray
MUMBAI -- As foreign and domestic players scramble to grab a piece of India's emerging EV market in the absence of Tesla and BYD, steel and energy conglomerate JSW Group plans to invest 400 billion rupees ($4.8 billion) to build a vehicle and battery factory.
Thai customs seize red panda, snakes in checked-in baggage
BANGKOK — Thai customs officials rescued a red panda, snakes, monkeys and chameleons from checked-in luggage at the country's main airport this week after arresting six Indian nationals for attempted smuggling.
Pankaj Udhas, Bollywood Singer and Maestro of the Ghazal, Dies at 72
Pankaj Udhas, a singer from India whose soulful renditions of ghazals, or lyric love songs, were a cornerstone of many Bollywood films over his decades-long career, died in Mumbai on Monday. He was 72.
Ahead of Tesla’s entry, India’s EV makers slash prices to boost demand in world’s third-largest automobiles market
EVs currently account for around 5 per cent of India’s automobile market, but that figure is projected to grow to 40 per cent by 2030, at which point EV revenues will reach US$100 billion annually, according to a report by US consultancy giant Bain & Co published in December.