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India rejects Canada’s ‘absurd’ allegations

New Delhi’s rebuke comes after Canada announced the expulsion of an Indian diplomat over alleged involvement in the killing of Khalistan movement leader. New Delhi...

India in race to contain ‘brain-damaging’ bat virus

Authorities in the southern state of Kerala have imposed restrictions to halt the spread of the deadly bat-borne Nipah virus. India is facing a renewed...

What’s in the G20 leaders’ declaration?

The document focuses heavily on climate and sustainability issues, and addresses the conflict in Ukraine. The world’s 20 largest economies released a joint declaration after...

G20 summit begins in New Delhi amid concerns over final declaration

The leaders of the world’s biggest economies have gathered in India’s capital. Over the next two days, the leaders of the Group of 20 (G20),...

India launches probe to Sun

The mission, which aims to study the solar atmosphere, will take 125 days to reach the designated point. India’s maiden solar mission – Aditya-L1 –...

The Indian chess progidy and the people behind his success

The family of grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, who made headlines last week for reaching the World Cup final, speak to RT about their shared journey. At...

India releases first photo from Moon landing

The Chandrayaan-3 mission made the historic lunarfall near the south pole. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Wednesday released the first photo from its...

Bollywood has a Barbenheimer moment, giving India’s film industry its biggest weekends ever

Mirroring Hollywood’s revival with ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’, Bollywood’s fortunes have finally turned around with four films over a fortnight, thanks to people flocking to...

Watch: College building collapses amid torrential rains in northern India

Dozens of people are have been reported dead as incessant downpours pound the hilly states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Fatalities continue to mount in...

No-confidence motion against Modi govt defeated in parliament

The Indian PM has addressed the issue of violence in Manipur, turning up the heat on the opposition. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned the...

India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft enters Moon orbit

The country’s third moon mission makes a crucial maneuver after completing two-thirds of its journey. India’s third lunar exploration mission, Chandrayaan-3, has been successfully inserted...

India’s quest to bring antiquities back home

The Modi administration has embarked on a diplomatic mission to retrieve the nation’s treasures that were plundered by colonizers. Weeks after Indian Prime Minister Narendra...

Ruckus in India’s Parliament over Manipur violence

The opposition has demanded that the prime minister speak on the crisis in the remote state at the country’s ‘temple of democracy’. Unabated violence in...

India launches Moon mission

The country is aiming to be first to land a rover on the Moon’s south pole. The latest attempt by the Indian Space Research Organization...

Why the controversial Nepalese PM is a convenient neighbour for India’s Modi

New Delhi finds the Communist leader easy to rein in, despite his checkered past and numerous political flip-flops. Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, known...

Nightmare in Manipur: Peace remains elusive in bloody battle over land, identity politics as ethnic clashes singe Indian state

A report on Manipur, an Indian state that has been gripped by a wave of violence for several weeks. Manipur, the remote north-eastern Indian state,...

India suffers its most horrific rail accident in decades

The death toll in the triple train collision has risen to 288, a fire official said. Rescuers are continuing to look for survivors following a...

Passenger trains derail in India, at least 50 killed

Dozens were killed and hundreds more injured after a major train collision in eastern India. Two passenger trains and a freight train collided in the...

Indian official drains entire reservoir to find lost phone

The food inspector emptied millions of litres of water before he found his broken device and lost his job. An Indian government official has been...

Dozens dead and tens of thousands evacuated: What is happening in the Indian state of Manipur, where ethnic clashes have erupted

An ethnic group’s demands for tribal reservations have become a trigger for protests against the backdrop of long-simmering tensions. The remote north-eastern Indian state of...

‘We’ve got aliens living on this planet’ – India’s first cosmonaut

The real “aliens” are those who destroy our planet for personal gain, Rakesh Sharma told RT. Traveling to space aboard a Soviet rocket made Rakesh...

Indian gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed killed on live TV

Atiq Ahmed and his brother were fatally shot in northern India by gunmen posing as journalists. Indian gangster and former politician Atiq Ahmed was shot...

Jaspreet Boparai: ‘Freedom is not free’

Kiwi activist, scholar, mum, farmer and, most recently, councillor for Southland, Jaspreet Boparai has lived with her young family in New Zealand for 14...

Tulsi Gabbard slams ‘dangerous’ Clinton following India trip

The noted Hillary Clinton critic said that the visit shows she is ‘envious’ of the Biden presidency. Former Democratic US Representative Tulsi Gabbard has continued...

Mahuta off to ‘advance’ NZ-India relationship

Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta departs for India today as she continues to 'reconnect' New Zealand to the world. The visit will begin in New Delhi...

India blocks BBC ‘propaganda piece’

The mini-series ties Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a bloody and fatal ethnic riot. India has blocked the sharing of a BBC documentary critical of...

Pfizer tried to ‘bully’ India – minister

New Delhi never approved the company’s jab as the US drugmaker apparently wanted protection from lawsuits over adverse effects. US drugmaker Pfizer attempted to “bully...

India accuses BBC of ‘colonial mindset’

The British state broadcaster aired a documentary that appears to link Prime Minister Narendra Modi with rioting that killed thousands. The Indian Foreign Ministry has...

Big Oil looking to invest in India – official

Western corporations may inject $58 billion into finding and producing the country’s energy resources. US energy majors Exxon and Chevron, along with France’s Total, are...

Bank executive ‘urinated’ on plane passenger

The Wells Fargo banker was reportedly drunk while on a flight bound to New Delhi. A top Indian Wells Fargo executive has lost his job...

Indian cricket star hospitalised after fireball car crash

Rishabh Pant was lucky to escape alive, local officials said. Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant suffered head injuries in a “serious” car crash in the early...

India ready to host Olympics ‘in big way’ – minister

Sports official Anurag Thakur says his country will bid for the 2036 Summer Games. India is seriously considering a bid for the 2036 Olympic Games...

Who Needs or Wants GMOs? Not the Public, Not India’s Farmers

Many scientists lobbying for the deregulation of agricultural biotechnology ‘new genomic techniques’ (NGTs) in the European Union have either direct or indirect interests in...

Covid in India in Perspective

Nearly 2,000 infants die in India every day, from preventable, malnutrition and hygiene-related causes. In light of this, the paranoia around Covid-19 causing the death...

Indians face years-long wait for US visas

The American tourism industry is suffering as foreigners remain unable to secure needed documents post-Covid. Indian tourists hoping to travel to the US often wait...

Israeli officials slam director over ‘propaganda’ claim

Filmmaker Nadav Lapid’s denunciation of a popular Indian film as ‘vulgar’ agitprop drew attacks from his countrymen. Israeli officials have torn into their countryman, filmmaker...

India presents its vision of the world order

International security should be a collective effort, not a “zero-sum game,” India’s defense minister has said. A truly stable and just global order can only...

Watch: Bridge collapse in India kills dozens – officials

Several hundred people were reportedly on the newly renovated suspension bridge in Gujarat at the time of incident. Dozens have been killed following the collapse...

Tractor accident kills 26 religious pilgrims

A farm vehicle pulling a wagon full of people in northern India has fallen into a pond, drowning most of the passengers. A farm tractor...

Top politician’s son detained over murder

The son of a senior Indian politician is accused of slaying a young employee at a resort hotel he owns for refusing to provide...

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