India China’s Xi and India’s Modi vow stronger ties in Tianjin meeting The visit to China is Modi's first visit since relations between the two countries deteriorated after Chinese and Indian soldiers engaged in deadly border clashes in 2020. 31/08/2025
Europe News Will the cooperation summit in China try to appease Putin on Ukraine? Chinese President Xi Jinping will host leaders from around 20 countries at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's security summit in Tianjin. 29/08/2025
No Comment India begins ten-day Ganesha festival with processions and prayers The annual Ganesha festival began across India on Wednesday, as millions of Hindu devotees prepared to celebrate the elephant-headed deity’s birthday with prayers, processions and rituals lasting 10 days. 27/08/2025
No Comment Flash floods and landslide kill dozens in Indian-controlled Kashmir At least 32 people were killed and many others reported missing after flash floods and a landslide struck a Hindu pilgrimage route in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Jammu region, officials said. 27/08/2025
Economy India braces for export shock as 50% US tariff takes effect The duty rate US President Donald Trump has placed on Indian goods is among the highest in the world. 27/08/2025
Pakistan Evacuations ongoing in Pakistan as India releases water from rivers The move came a day after New Delhi alerted Islamabad about possible cross-border flooding, marking the first public diplomatic contact between the two nuclear-armed rivals in months. 26/08/2025
Climate How climate change is fuelling the rise of deadly cloudbursts As climate change disrupts monsoons, cloudbursts are hitting vulnerable mountain regions with deadly force. 18/08/2025
World News Flash floods in India and Pakistan kill over 280, scores still missing Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed over 280 people in India and Pakistan. Rescuers continued their search for 80 missing in a Himalayan village and evacuated hundreds across the region. 15/08/2025
No Comment Over 200 dead as flash floods devastate India and Pakistan Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed more than 200 people in India and Pakistan over the past 24 hours, with scores still missing, officials said. 15/08/2025
India Death toll in Kashmir flash floods rises to at least 32, officials say More than 100 people were brought to safety, while at least 50 others remain missing. 14/08/2025
No Comment Injured elephant repeatedly visits Indian village for food and water An elephant with a leg injury has been making daily visits to a village on the outskirts of Assam in northeast India, searching for food and water. 12/08/2025
Economy Trump cranks up India tariffs to 50% in an attempt to pressure Russia Brazil and India now face the world’s steepest blanket tariff at 50%, with India targeted for Russian oil purchases undermining US sanctions. 06/08/2025
Economy India attacks US and Europe's 'double standards' in trade with Russia India criticised countries trading with Russia while targeting India. EU trade with Russia hit €67.5bn in 2024. Trump threatened tariffs on Indian goods, escalating tensions. 06/08/2025
India At least four killed in flash floods in northern India, officials say Sudden, intense downpours over small areas known as cloudbursts are increasingly common in Uttarakhand, a Himalayan region prone to flash floods and landslides during the monsoon season. 05/08/2025
Philippines India and Philippines stage joint naval drill in South China Sea The joint naval exercises — carried out over two days — are likely to antagonise China, which claims to control the entire contested maritime area. 04/08/2025
Economy 'Liberation Day' 2.0: What's coming and who will feel it the most Trump’s sweeping package of tariffs, released on so-called "Liberation Day", targeted nearly every corner of the globe. Now, after months of pauses and delays, it’s soon set to come into force. 01/08/2025