A British-built radar satellite which will provide a host of benefits to life on Earth will launch into space this evening (Sunday 16 September) from India. Artist's impression of NovaSAR satellite. Credit: SSTL. Watch the launch live. NovaSAR-1, designed and built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) in...
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian refiners will cut their monthly crude loadings from Iran for September and October by nearly half from earlier this year as New Delhi works to win waivers on the oil export sanctions Washington plans to reimpose on Tehran in November. India’s...
Commonwealth Trade - featuring India A view by Keith Stokes-Smith, President of the Greater Birmingham Commonwealth Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Birmingham Commonwealth association India is a nation which regularly and rightly receives positive reports in relation to trade potential and a country which I...
3 "I'm finally glad I can say I'm not a criminal in this country anymore" In a historic decision, India's Supreme Court has ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence. The ruling overturns a 2013 judgement that upheld a colonial-era law, known as section 377,...
US might not offer waiver to India if it buys S-400 missile system from Russia, Pentagon official says. The Russian S-400 missile system India is planning to buy is considered one of the best in existence [Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters]The United States cannot guarantee India will be exempt from sanctions...
Living in limbo: Assam's four million unwanted Questions of identity and citizenship have long vexed a vast number of people living in Assam, one of India's most multi-ethnic states. Among the residents are Bengali- and Assamese-speaking Hindus, and a medley of tribespeople. A third of its 32 million...