Why Indians are mad for momos
These tender, savoury Tibetan dumplings are a street food favourite in places like Kolkata and Delhi – just don’t forget the chutney.
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India has ramped up its wind and solar energy. It now needs to expand places to store it
BENGALURU, India (AP) — At a Coca-Cola factory on the outskirts of Chennai in southern India a giant battery powers machinery day and night, replacing a diesel-spewing generator. It’s one of just a handful of sites in India powered by electricity stored in batteries, a key component to fast-tracking India’s energy transition away from dirty fuels.
India is home to 200 billionaires. Should it consider a ‘super tax’ for its ultra-rich?
When India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi was savouring moments last week at the wedding of the son of Asia’s richest businessman Mukesh Ambani, he was likely unaware of a brewing political storm: a demand for taxing the ultra-rich.
India’s hidden COVID deaths: Was the toll in 2020 eight times higher?
India had nearly 1.2 million excess deaths in 2020, new data shows. The life expectancy of Muslims fell the most among all Indians – by more than five years.
The future of delivery services in India and South Korea
In Nikkei Asia News Roundup's latest episode, Jada Nagumo and Brian Chapman discuss what's happening to India and South Korea's delivery service landscape.
Bangladesh sees widespread telecoms disruptions as student protests spiral: ‘it’s a war’
Sparked by student anger against the controversial quotas, the protests, some analysts say, are also being fuelled by economic woes, such as high inflation, growing unemployment and shrinking reserves of foreign exchange.
Air India plane bound for US makes emergency landing in Russia
Krasnoyarsk airport says plane carrying 244 passengers and crew was forced to land due to an activated smoke detector.
Singapore orders social media sites to block accounts linked to exiled Chinese businessman
The move marked the first time the law has been invoked by the city state to issue directions to social media providers.