India expects consumption tax cuts announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give a boost to the economy without hurting the government’s fiscal deficit, helping to offset the fallout from higher US tariffs.

Relations plummeted in 2020 after security forces clashed along the border. The violence, the worst in decades, left 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese soldiers dead, freezing high-level political engagements.

Businesses and political pundits nonetheless praised tax cuts, saying they will bolster his image in his trade fight with Washington.

Your PM gives you homework?’ That’s what people joked with astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla after Prime Minister Modi asked him to document his historic trip to space.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to former PM Rajiv Gandhi on the occasion of his 81st birth anniversary.

"Differences must not become disputes nor competition conflicts," external affairs minister S. Jaishankar has emphasised to his visiting Chinese counterpart Wang Yi

PM Modi appealed for a unanimous VP election but the Opposition nominated B Sudarshan Reddy. NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan was introduced, with Modi highlighting his integrity. Modi also criticized Nehru's handling of the Indus Waters Treaty and border disputes.

"The bear hugs have gone. The smiles have curled into sneers." The former friendship between Donald Trump and Indian PM Narendra Modi has descended into acrimony, said Amrit Dhillon and George Grylls in The Times.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has cast himself as an ascetic, a pious man of the people who spends his down time meditating. Outside the U.N. on Thursday, he showed off his yoga skills.

During his Friday speech, Modi also hinted India would continue its unilateral suspension of the Indus Water Treaty. The treaty, which India suspended after the April massacre, allows sharing of the Indus River that runs about 2,897 kilometers (1,800 miles) through South Asia and is a lifeline for both countries.