Comment by Indian National Congress Party chief comes as annual meeting of security-themed Shanghai Cooperation Organisation goes virtual-only.

Highs were registered in China and Southeast Asia, including Singapore that was at its hottest for the month in 40 years.

A planned US$3 billion semiconductor facility in India that counted Israeli chip maker Tower as a tech partner has been stalled due to the company’s ongoing takeover by Intel, sources said.

Violence erupted over push for majority Meiteis to gain access to jobs and university places set aside for Kukis. Home Minister Amit Shah, representing Hindu-nationalist government, has gone to Manipur for talks.

Xiaomi led India’s smartphone market for years, but allegations of money laundering and increased state scrutiny contributed to a decline of more than 20 per cent in its shipments in the country last year.

The higher worker pay and bonus packages offered by Foxconn underscores the Taiwanese contract manufacturer’s commitment to continue assembling iPhones in the central city of Zhengzhou.

When a cyclone demolished thriving Danushkodi, in India’s Tamil Nadu state, the town on the edge of India was more or less abandoned. The fishermen moved back first, and now tourists are visiting again.

It took workers three days to pump millions of litres of water out of the reservoir in Central India after divers initially failed to recover Rajesh Vishwas’ phone after he dropped into the Kherkatta Dam taking a selfie.

Opposition parties said Modi violated protocol to inaugurate the new complex and grab the spotlight when it should have been done by the president, the highest executive of the country.

Cybercrimes are not new to India but a new wave of such crimes is spreading, in which victims are promised money for liking social media content.

‘We won’t tolerate it, nor do we think it will be successful,’ says Gina Raimondo of Beijing’s blacklisting as Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting ends in Michigan.

Gandhi’s cross-country march contributed to the Congress party’s resounding majority secured in Karnataka polls last month, say analysts.

VTB Bank’s Andrey Kostin warns that ‘it’s very dangerous to rely on America’, after Russia’s second-largest lender lost billions last year upon being cut off from the US dollar and euro.

Food, energy, other key products disrupted by pandemic and war in Ukraine; leaders want to avoid such disruptions, and help counter China’s influence.

Firm says multilingual AI can help bring rarely accessed services to remote areas, monitoring the likes of eye issues and falls, pollution and traffic. However, senior executive says big challenge will be ensuring AI is used ethically.

Chefs from New Delhi to Bangalore are responding to increasingly well-informed young Indians’ demand for healthy, sustainable fare by giving traditional regional dishes a modern twist.

Apple added five new suppliers in mainland China last year but cut eight, while production bases in India rose to 14 from 11.

China and India accounted for 2.6 million tonnes and 2.1 million tonnes, respectively, of exports of dirty oil products from Russian since the start of the year, while Singapore and Malaysia had almost 3.5 million tonnes in total.

‘This is a trend that will not stop,’ manufacturing analyst warns as exporters see their hands forced in the face of geopolitical strife, demographic crisis and supply-chain upheavals.

US Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral John Aquilino tells New York forum he is ‘ready and willing’ to meet counterparts.