The Latest Breaking News from India

Tariffs cut to zero for many industrial products, including iron and steel, plastics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals

Wide-ranging deal will cut tariffs to zero over seven years as Modi hails ‘largest free trade agreement’ in India’s history

As India looks ahead to its next Union Budget on February 1, global factors are shaping the broader context which its economy must navigate in the coming year. Developments in the world’s two largest economies – the United States and China – will shape that context.

With the close of nominations, the contours of Nepal’s next parliamentary contest on March 5, 2026, have begun to take shape. These elections carry profound implications for India’s strategic interests. The voting comes after a violent Gen Z uprising that ousted the Oli government in September 2025 and reinstated Nepal’s…

Spotting a snake near the house is a frightening experience especially in areas close to gardens or water sources. In India snakes enter residential spaces not with the intention to attack but it is to find food or shelter with cool temperatures. The good news is that these snake encounters…

Agreement removes almost all trade barriers for bloc of 2bn people representing a quarter of global economy

Doctors warn a Nipah virus outbreak in eastern India has no vaccine or treatment, as cases are traced and health officials stress extreme lethality.

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European Union leaders have signed a landmark free trade deal and security partnership with India during a summit on Tuesday, wrapping up nearly two decades of negotiations.

The EU Commission sealed a free-trade agreement with India on Tuesday, cutting tariffs on EU goods while leaving out sensitive sectors to appease Indian authorities. Europe’s carmakers will see tariffs gradually reduced under the agreement, hailed as the 'mother of all deals'.

Long before podcasts and push alerts, before television debates swallowed the news cycle, many Indians first encountered the world each morning through a radio voice that sounded unhurried and quietly certain. In homes, tea shops and hostel rooms, the BBC bulletin would crackle on, and somewhere in it would be…