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NEW DELHI: India is preparing a new fund worth more than 1 trillion rupees, or about $11 billion, to support domestic semiconductor production, according to a report published Thursday. The report said the proposed funding would provide subsidies for chip

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has demolished a building inside Pakistan Air Force Base Murid that was heavily damaged during India’s May 2025 Operation Sindoor air strike, according to commercial satellite imagery dated Feb. 28, 2026. The latest image shows the structure completely

MUMBAI: India’s foreign exchange reserves rose to a record $728.494 billion in the week ended Feb. 27, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday. The stockpile increased $4.885 billion from $723.608 billion a week earlier,

NEW DELHI: India holds the world’s largest identified thorium resources, according to the latest U.S. Geological Survey compilation, a position that has long underpinned New Delhi’s interest in using the metal as part of its nuclear energy program. The USGS’s

NEW DELHI: India and Finland on Thursday elevated their bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership in Digitalisation and Sustainability during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finnish President Alexander Stubb in the Indian capital. The decision was announced as

MUMBAI: Canada has announced a new package of education and research measures with India that includes scholarship funding for Indian students and the creation of “hybrid” study and research presences in India tied to Canadian institutions. The initiatives were presented

MUMBAI: India’s rupee recorded the strongest gain among major Asian currencies after rebounding from a record low, helped by official support measures as the Reserve Bank of India reiterated its approach of smoothing excessive currency volatility rather than defending a

NEW DELHI: India and Canada issued a joint leaders’ statement on Monday after talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney during Carney’s official visit to India from Feb. 27 to March 2. The statement said

NEW DELHI: India joined the Pax Silica initiative on Feb. 20 by signing the Pax Silica Declaration and a bilateral addendum titled the Joint Statement on the India-U.S. AI Opportunity Partnership at an event held on the margins of the

NEW DELHI: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Feb. 19 on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit, as the two sides highlighted the