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NEW DELHI, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The Indian government on Wednesday welcomed the ceasefire reached between the United States and Iran, expressing hope for a lasting peace in the Middle East and unimpeded freedom of navigation and global flow of commerce through the Strait of Hormuz. "As we have continuously advocated earlier, de-escalation, dialogue and diplomacy are essential to bring an early end to the ongoing conflict," India's foreign ministry said in a statement. India said the conflict ha ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 8 (Xinhua) -- India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Wednesday announced it has kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 percent. Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank lends money to commercial banks in the event of a shortfall of funds. "Consequently, the standing deposit facility (SDF) rate remains at 5.00 percent and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the bank rate remains at 5.50 percent," an RBI statement reads. Meanwhil ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 7 (Xinhua) -- India's Department of Atomic Energy on Tuesday announced that its most advanced indigenously designed nuclear reactor has reached criticality. Criticality in a nuclear programme is the stage at which a nuclear reactor achieves a self-sustaining fission chain reaction, where neutron production equals or exceeds losses. The reactor is located at Kalpakkam in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and operated by state-run Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Ltd. "Wi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Two siblings died and their mother was injured when suspected militants hurled a bomb at their house in India's northeastern violence-prone state of Manipur on Tuesday, confirmed the local police. The incident happened in Moirang valley of the state's Bishnupur district. Following the incident, internet services were shut in Bishunupur, Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Kakching districts, as a precautionary step to investigate any further flare-up. A curfew ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Amid supply disruptions in the wake of the situation in the Middle East, India has floated a global tender seeking to import 2.5 million metric tons of urea, officials said Monday. The state-run Indian Potash Limited has already issued a tender in this regard, with bids due by April 15. India relies on global markets to meet its demand for urea. The demand for the key crop nutrient is expected to increase as the monsoon sets in and the summer-sowing season begins ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 3 (Xinhua) -- India's federal government has asked the states to take necessary action to curb malpractices such as hoarding and black marketing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and other petroleum products, officials said Friday. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has written a letter to all states, urging local governments to intensify their communication strategies to prevent panic buying and hoarding of LPG and petroleum products across the country. The states have ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 3 (Xinhua) -- India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves fell by 10.288 billion U.S. dollars to 688.058 billion dollars during the week ended March 27, according to the weekly bulletin released by the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday. This was the fourth consecutive week when India's forex reserves had fallen. Over the past four weeks, the country's forex reserves have fallen by over 40 billion dollars. According to RBI data, the foreign curren ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 3 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were trampled to death in two separate incidents by a herd of wild elephants on Friday in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, officials said. The attacks took place in the Gola block of Ramgarh district, about 56 km northeast of Ranchi, the capital city of Jharkhand. Police officials have sent the bodies for post-mortem, and forest department teams have intensified patrolling in the area to prevent the recurrence of the attacks. Last mon ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 3 (Xinhua) -- India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves fell by 10.288 billion U.S. dollars to 688.058 billion dollars during the week ended March 27, according to the weekly bulletin released by the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday. This was the fourth consecutive week when India's forex reserves had fallen. Over the past four weeks, the country's forex reserves have fallen by over 40 billion dollars. According to RBI data, the foreign curren ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The Indian government on Thursday announced full customs duty exemption on a range of critical petrochemical products to ensure supply stability and shield the domestic industry and consumers from the impact of disruptions caused by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The exemption, which covers 40 key products, including anhydrous ammonia, methanol, toluene, styrene, vinyl chloride monomer and polybutadiene, will remain in force until June 30. According to ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Unseasonal rains accompanied by hailstorms over the past 24 hours severely damaged the ready-to-harvest wheat crop across thousands of hectares of agricultural land in parts of north India, particularly Punjab state, said media reports on Wednesday. The ripened wheat crop was mainly damaged in Punjab's Malwa region, comprising Muktsar, Fazilka, Mansa and Bathinda districts. Similarly, damage to standing wheat crop was also reported from parts of Punjab's adjoining ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 1 (Xinhua) -- The price of commercial cooking gas, or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), was hiked by 195.50 Indian Rupees (around 2.09 U.S. dollars) per cylinder of 19 kg in India with effect from Wednesday, owing to rising global oil prices amid the Middle East conflicts. The commercial LPG was used for cooking purposes in hotels and restaurants. The price of a domestic LPG cylinder of 14.2 kg, however, remained unchanged at 913 Indian Rupees (around 9.77 U.S. dollars). After th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 1 (Xinhua) -- India on Wednesday announced plans to raise the price of jet fuel amid a surge in global prices due to the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran, officials said. Domestic fuel retailers have raised prices of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to 104,927 Indian rupees (1,123.72 U.S. dollars) per kiloliter. The federal government defended the hike, saying that the increase passed on to domestic airlines is only a "partial and staggered" adjustment, aimed at cushioning the impact of ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, April 1 (Xinhua) -- India on Wednesday began a nationwide census after years of delay, officials said. The census is being conducted digitally for the first time. India's federal home ministry's office of the registrar general and census commissioner rolled out online self-enumeration for many states, including the national capital territory of Delhi, to allow citizens to provide their household information online before an enumerator visits. The online portal will remain open until ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, March 30 (Xinhua) -- India's factory activity growth, determined by the Index of Industrial Production, grew 5.2 percent in February, the government data showed Monday. The surge in the industrial output was driven by a 6-percent growth in the manufacturing sector, reads the data issued by the federal Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The growth rates for the mining, manufacturing and electricity sectors in February 2026 are 3.1 percent, 6.0 percent and 2.3 percen ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 26 workers were injured Thursday after a fire broke out inside an electric meter manufacturing factory on the outskirts of the Indian capital territory Delhi, police said. The fire inside Capital Power System Limited in Sector 4's Thana Phase 1 of Noida triggered chaos and panic among workers at the factory, and many jumped from the roof of the factory and were injured, a police official said. "So far, no casualties have been reported. Efforts are under ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Amazon India on Monday announced 'Zero Referral fee' on more than 12.5 crore products, a move, the ecommerce giant said, aims to accelerate growth for lakhs of sellers across the country. Building on last year's fee revision, the company has expanded zero referral fees coverage more than 10-times from 1.2 crore products in 2025 to over 12.5 crore products priced under Rs 1,000 across 1,800-plus categories, the company said in a release. In addition, Amazon has reduced Ea ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in a massive blast inside an industrial explosives manufacturing factory in the western Indian state of Maharashtra has risen to 19, officials said Monday. Twenty-three others injured in the blast are undergoing treatment at various hospitals. The blast at SBL Energy Limited took place on Sunday morning at Raulgaon village of Nagpur district, about 791 km northeast of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. "Today, an injured worker succumbed in ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, March 2 (Xinhua) -- India and Canada on Monday signed a long-term deal worth 1.9 billion U.S. dollars for uranium supply aimed at expanding nuclear energy generation projects in India. The significant deal was inked in the presence of visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Carney was in New Delhi on a four-day official visit. The uranium supply deal would contribute towards India's vision for its nuclear power program under the federal ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Delhi authorities on Wednesday announced mandatory work-from-home norms for 50 percent of employees in both government and private organizations as the Indian capital city grapples with heavy smog. "From Thursday, all government and private institutions must ensure 50 percent of their workforce is working from home," local labor minister Kapil Mishra said during a press briefing, underlining that the order applies uniformly across sectors. However, the measure ex ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- ReNew Energy Global plc, an Indian renewable energy company has said it signed an agreement with Google to build a 150 MW solar project in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. "Under this partnership, Google will procure the project's energy attributes from ReNew. This long-term procurement is essential for the bankability of the project, and will also help Google make progress towards addressing its value chain emissions," ReNew, a leading decarbonisation solut ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Officials said the main owners of a nightclub in the western Indian state of Goa, where a deadly fire killed 25 people last week, were deported from Thailand on Tuesday and formally arrested upon arrival at New Delhi airport. The owners, Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra, "will be produced before a Delhi court, where we will seek transit remand to take them to Goa to face the law," an official said. On December 7, the fire tore through a popular nightclub called Birch by ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- At least four people died and over 50 were injured when seven buses collided with each other and caught fire on an expressway in northern India early on Tuesday amid heavy fog, local police told Xinhua. According to the police, in the multiple collisions on the Delhi-Agra Expressway in Mathura district, at least four people were burnt to death, while more than 50 received burn injuries. Those injured were admitted to a local hospital, police said. Video footage ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The driver of the double-decker sleeper bus that went up in flames killing 20 and injuring many others in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh was arrested, police said Sunday. The accused was found to have secured his heavy vehicle driving licence using forged educational certificates. According to police, the investigators have found that the driver, who studied only up to Class 5, managed to get a heavy vehicle driving licence with a fake Class 10 certi ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose by 4.496 billion U.S. dollars to 702.28 billion dollars during the week ending Oct. 17, mainly driven by a significant increase in the value of gold reserves, according to the latest data released by the country's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). This was the first occasion when India's forex reserves rose after declining for four consecutive weeks. According to the data, the foreign currency assets (FC ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- A private airline's domestic flight made a precautionary landing on Wednesday following a "technical issue" in Varanasi city of India's northern state Uttar Pradesh, confirmed a spokesperson of the airline. The flight belonged to the private airline IndiGo. "IndiGo flight 6E-6961, operating from Kolkata to Srinagar, made a precautionary landing at Varanasi Airport due to a suspected technical issue," said the spokesperson. She said the aircraft has been grounded ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- A portion of helipad tarmac sank Wednesday minutes after a helicopter carrying Indian President Droupadi Murmu landed on it in the southern state of Kerala, local media reported. The helipad surface slightly caved in under the weight of the helicopter at Pramadam Stadium in Poomkavu of Alappuzha district, about 161 km north of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. No injuries to anyone or damage to the helicopter were reported, and the president continu ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed and 28 others injured, 15 of them critically, on Saturday after a pickup vehicle carrying them skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, the state broadcaster All India Radio said. The accident took place near Chandsaili Ghat of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra. After the accident, police and disaster response forces rushed to the spot to carry out rescue work. The injured were moved ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- A 32-year-old woman received grievous burn injuries when a train moving from India's northern state of Punjab to the eastern state of Bihar caught fire on Saturday, confirmed a local police officer to Xinhua over the phone. The incident happened at the Sirhind railway station in Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib district. The injured woman was admitted to a local hospital, and was said to be stable. Hailing from Bihar, she was reportedly going home to celebrate the Diwali ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- At least 24 people were killed and many others injured after incessant rains triggered landslides in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, officials said Monday. The landslides hit the picturesque Darjeeling town, about 626 km north of Kolkata, the capital city of West Bengal, on Sunday and swept away homes, cutting off roads and isolating villages. The tragedy wreaked widespread devastation and left hundreds of people, especially the tourists, stranded in the ...Read More >
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