Indonesian and American soldiers will take part in Super Garuda Shield joint training exercises in Java and Sumatra this week. 
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Indonesia-U.S. maneuvers, BHP earnings, Indian economy data

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25 August 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in Kyiv on Aug. 23 amid Russia's ongoing war with Ukraine.
Ukraine war

Modi meets with Zelenskyy in Ukraine weeks after Putin hug

India leader says both sides should sit down together to resolve crisis

24 August 2024
India's securities watchdog says Anil Ambani orchestrated a scheme to "siphon off" funds from Reliance Home Finance, a listed subsidiary of conglomerate Reliance Group, of which he is chairman.
Markets

Anil Ambani banned from Indian securities market for 5 years

Securities and Exchange Board of India also imposes $3m fine

23 August 2024
Indian billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla, left, is battling rival Gautam Adani for control of India's cement sector, the world's second-biggest. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Reuters) 
Business Spotlight

Indian billionaires Adani and Birla wage 'cement war'

Expansion by rivals could spur price cuts in world's second-biggest market

23 August 2024
MUFG Bank previously invested 19.1 billion rupees in DMI Finance in 2023.
Finance

Japan's MUFG Bank to invest additional $330m in India's DMI Finance

Financial group builds on 2023 stake as partnership progresses

22 August 2024
A Russian-owned oil tanker. An Indian refiner says the country's "requirement for Russian oil is going to go up as long as there are no further tightening of sanctions."
Trade

India surpasses China to become Russia's top oil buyer in July

Russian crude makes up a record 44% of India's overall imports

22 August 2024
Japan's Defense Minister Minoru Kihara spoke with Nikkei in New Delhi on Aug. 20. (Photo by Satoshi Iwaki)
Interview

Japan calls for 'integrated joint exercise' with India

Defense Minister Kihara seeks tighter military relations between two nations

21 August 2024
India is the world's fastest-growing online games market with nearly 570 million enthusiasts. The sector is projected to be worth $6 billion annually by 2028.
Technology

Murders by Indian online game addicts overshadow booming sector

Debt-fuelled desperation sparks concern over world's rapidly growing market

21 August 2024
The friendship bridge spanning the Tiau River serves as an important commercial lifeline between the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram and western Myanmar's Chin state. 
Tea Leaves

Thai border town offers geopolitical lesson for India

Bangkok's discreet yet pragmatic stance on Myanmar refugees works better than India's hostility

21 August 2024
Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa are part of a press conference in Tokyo during July.
Defense

Japan and India hold third '2-plus-2' security talks

Tokyo considers communications exports as top diplomats, defense ministers meet

20 August 2024
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (right) shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a ceremonial reception inside India's Presidential Palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Aug. 20. (Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia)
International relations

India and Malaysia to upgrade ties after talks on trade, defense

Leaders Modi and Anwar elevate relations to comprehensive strategic partnership

20 August 2024
A woman passes a closed gate at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Aug. 19.
Crime

India sets up doctors' panel on workplace safety after rape, murder

Activists say trainee's killing highlights how women still suffer sexual violence

20 August 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka in 2019.
Economy

India economic report card triggers debate over China investment

Influential annual review encourages Delhi to loosen FDI rules to boost growth

20 August 2024
Putin awards India's Modi with the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on July 9.
Opinion

West must stop trying to pull India into the liberal democracy camp

U.S. and allies would be better served trying to prevent New Delhi siding with China

20 August 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the G7 leaders' summit in Japan's Hiroshima in 2023. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan/Handout via Reuters)
Ukraine war

India PM Modi to visit Ukraine for first time since start of Russia conflict

Trip to war-torn nation follows July meeting with Putin in Moscow

19 August 2024
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Source photos by Reuters)
International relations

Malaysia's Anwar focuses on BRICS and trade in first India trip

Strong semiconductor partnership possible between the two countries, analysts say

19 August 2024
Doctors march along a street during a protest condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital, in Kolkata on Aug. 17.
Crime

India doctors stay off job after strike over colleague's rape and murder

Medical association urges PM Modi to intervene to ensure hospital staff

18 August 2024
Vietnam's new leader To Lam, a former police officer, was appointed Communist Party general secretary in August. 
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18 August 2024
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will head Bangladesh's interim government after longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country amid a mass uprising that left at least 400 people dead.
18 August 2024
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris describes herself as an "Auntie" in her social media profiles, adopting an honorific used among Black and South Asian supporters.
U.S. elections 2024

Kamala Harris courts votes of high-income Indian Americans

Indian American population grew 55% over decade into influential group

17 August 2024
Demand for LNG is growing in Asia as countries work to curb greenhouse gas emissions while keeping up with surging energy demand. (Photo by Konosuke Urata)
Energy

LNG shipments shift to India, Southeast Asia as European demand sags

Extreme heat, lower prices and decarbonization push drive regional uptick

17 August 2024
An Indian security member stands guard on a Srinagar street in the Jammu and Kashmir region ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha on June 16.
Kashmir turmoil

India to hold Kashmir polls next month, 5 years after ending autonomy

Vote in Muslim-majority region to meet deadline ordered by Supreme Court

16 August 2024
Medical students hold posters in protest over the rape and murder of a young female doctor inside a hospital in Kolkata, India.
Society

India protests swell over rape-murder of female doctor

Doctors, nurses and paramedics walk out in call for safer working conditions

16 August 2024
India's Narendra Modi speaks with then-Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in New Delhi on June 22. Hasina was later ousted and fled to India.
Bangladesh turmoil

Bangladesh eyes ex-PM Hasina's extradition from India

Murder and kidnapping cases filed against deposed leader in local courts

16 August 2024