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Five key takeaways from Modi-Trump talks

Modi and Trump rekindle ties amid a global trade war, balancing tariffs, trade deals and strategic interests.

14 Feb 2025 1:33 pm
Trump talks trade with Modi after ordering new tariffs

India's prime minister visits as Trump warns some US tradingpartners may face import taxes.

14 Feb 2025 4:53 am
13 Feb 2025 9:10 pm
India and France plan to develop small modular nuclear reactors

The plan comes after India said it would change its strict nuclear liability law.

13 Feb 2025 11:50 am
Why India fails to protect its domestic workers despite decades of abuse

Despite the high demand for domestic workers, they remain India's most vulnerable and exploited people.

13 Feb 2025 3:48 am
Crackdown on Bangladesh protesters may be crime against humanity, UN says

Sheikh Hasina, who had been in office for 15 years, fled by helicopter to India shortly before crowds stormed her residence last August.

12 Feb 2025 8:08 pm
Trade, tariffs and visas to dominate Trump-Modi talks

The leaders share a warm relationship, but both will have their own wish list when they meet this week.

12 Feb 2025 5:38 am
India sees huge spike in hate speech in 2024, says report

Hate speech against minorities, especially Muslims, peaked during the national election, the report says.

11 Feb 2025 5:26 pm
With Trump's tariffs looming - will countries scramble to cut deals?

India's steel secretary says Trump's tariffs will have little impact since India exports only a small fraction of its steel to the US.

11 Feb 2025 2:23 pm
Trump's citizenship order leaves expecting Indian immigrant parents in limbo

Thousands of Indian-origin couples in the US are anxious over Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship.

11 Feb 2025 3:37 am
Moment India police unplug Ed Sheeran's street performance

The star was stopped from busking ahead of his concert in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru.

10 Feb 2025 12:54 pm
Ed Sheeran stopped from busking in Bengaluru by Indian police

Sheeran says it was a planned performance, but police say they refused permission to prevent congestion.

10 Feb 2025 11:53 am
Rohit powers India to ODI series win over England

India take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the one-day international series against England after Rohit Sharma's superb century in Cuttack.

9 Feb 2025 10:06 pm
Indian security forces kill 31 Maoist rebels

The clashes took place in Chhattisgarh state, which has seen a long-running insurgency by Maoists.

9 Feb 2025 6:17 pm
Frozen in time: Rare early images of the Himalayas from Italian pioneer

Vittorio Sella's work shaped both mountain photography and mountaineering history.

9 Feb 2025 8:50 am
Modi's BJP seeks comeback in Delhi after 27 years

According to exit polls, BJP is expected to make a comeback to the Indian capital after 27 years.

8 Feb 2025 6:09 am
India cuts interest rates for the first time in five years

The latest cut happens when India's GDP growth is seen slowing to a four-year-low of 6.7%.

7 Feb 2025 11:59 am
Salvador Dal art comes to India for the first time

More than 200 sketches, etchings and watercolours by the Spanish surrealist to be displayed in Delhi.

7 Feb 2025 5:42 am
England suffer another disappointing defeat in India

England suffer another disappointing defeat in Brendon McCullum's first one-day international in charge.

6 Feb 2025 9:56 pm
India engaging US to ensure deportees not mistreated, foreign minister says

One of the deportees flown to India on Thursday told the BBC he was shackled throughout the 40-hour flight.

6 Feb 2025 3:35 pm
Carmaker Kia becomes latest global firm to face tax trouble in India

Customs authorities have accused Kia India of evading taxes worth millions of dollars.

6 Feb 2025 12:41 pm
Indian media pile into lawsuit against OpenAI chatbot ChatGPT

India's largest news agency has sued OpenAI for 20m rupees, accusing it of using copyrighted material illegally.

6 Feb 2025 5:08 am
India's Modi to visit US and meet Trump next week

The two leaders share cordial relations but experts say US's concerns over tariffs, illegal immigration might strain bilateral ties.

5 Feb 2025 10:09 pm
What is USAID and why is Trump reportedly poised to close it?

The US aid agency spends $40bn a year on humanitarian support - but its future is in doubt.

5 Feb 2025 10:07 pm
Moment tiger and boar rescued from well in India

Officials say the unlikely pair fell into the water when the tiger was chasing the boar.

5 Feb 2025 4:32 pm
US military plane carrying deported Indians due to arrive in Punjab

President Donald Trump has made the mass deportation of undocumented foreign nationals a key policy.

5 Feb 2025 1:00 pm
Queen's criticised over India campus after job cuts

A union claims it is scandalous to offer redundancies while funding a new campus abroad.

4 Feb 2025 4:19 pm
Guillain-Barre syndrome: India faces outbreak of creeping paralysis

GBS is a rare disorder where the immune system attacks nerve cells, causing paralysis.

4 Feb 2025 4:30 am
Chinese fashion giant Shein re-enters India five years after ban

Shein's re-entry to the Indian market comes with strict terms, which include saving all data within the country.

3 Feb 2025 12:09 pm
Dying with dignity: Breaking the taboo around 'living wills' in India

A living will lets people choose the medical care they want to receive if they develop a terminal illness.

3 Feb 2025 6:26 am
Abject England suffer record T20 defeat in India thrashing

England slump to a record T20 defeat as Abhishek Sharma's scintillating century powers India to a 150-run win in Mumbai.

2 Feb 2025 10:32 pm
Controversy as India beat England to clinch T20 series

England slide to a 15-run defeat in a gripping fourth T20 against India as their hosts take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the series.

31 Jan 2025 11:06 pm
'Key lessons' for conservation as India's tiger population doubles in a decade

India has more than 3,600 tigers or 75% of the global tiger population despite high human density.

31 Jan 2025 4:52 pm
Families mourn loved ones who died in Kumbh Mela crush

At least 30 people died and several were injured in a crush at the religious festival in India this week.

31 Jan 2025 1:23 pm
Fans fill stadium for Virat Kohli's first domestic match in 12 years

The star batter has been facing a lean patch and has struggled for consistency in recent years.

30 Jan 2025 12:51 pm
University releases plans for campus in India

Students are set to be taught by a blend of Indian and Surrey academics.

29 Jan 2025 11:30 am
Watch: Belongings strewn aside after India crush

The surge happened when people who were sleeping on the riverbank were trampled by other pilgrims.

29 Jan 2025 10:14 am
In pictures: Kumbh Mela crowd crush

Many people are feared to have been hurt following a crush at a huge Hindu religious festival in northern India.

29 Jan 2025 8:22 am
'Ambulances zipping past': BBC reporter at site of crowd surge in India

Several people are feared killed in the crush at the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering.

29 Jan 2025 6:08 am
Life sentence for hitman who killed suspect in 1985 Air India bombings

Tanner Fox is one of two hitmen who killed Ripudaman Singh Malik in Canada in 2022. It is still unknown who hired them.

29 Jan 2025 5:16 am
'We are stuck in a materialistic world. At the Kumbh, we renounce that'

Over a million people are camping out in the cold for a month at the banks of the Ganges river.

28 Jan 2025 6:05 pm
Trump says India 'will do what's right' on illegal immigration

Trump and Modi spoke on Monday, their first interaction since the US president took office last week.

28 Jan 2025 12:00 pm
Six big immigration changes under Trump - and their impact so far

The sweeping changes are affecting thousands of migrants, but how do they compare to past policies?

27 Jan 2025 8:28 pm
Three children drown every day in India's wetlands. But mothers are fighting back

Mothers in the harsh Sundarbans delta are battling the rising tide of child drownings.

27 Jan 2025 5:43 am
Nepal hits Everest climbers with higher permit fees

The price to climb the world's tallest peak will soon increase for the first time in almost a decade.

23 Jan 2025 5:18 pm
Toxic waste from world's deadliest gas leak fuels protests in India

People in Pithampur are protesting against the disposal of waste from the Bhopal gas leak in their town.

23 Jan 2025 6:00 am
England's new era begins with heavy India defeat

England fall to a crushing seven-wicket defeat by India in Kolkata in their first T20 under Brendon McCullum.

22 Jan 2025 10:40 pm
Eleven die in India as passengers fleeing fire fears hit by another train

Another five people are injured after being hit by an express train on an adjacent track.

22 Jan 2025 9:39 pm
India court orders seizure of 'offensive' MF Husain paintings

A complaint claimed that paintings of two Hindu deities at an art gallery hurt religious sentiments.

22 Jan 2025 4:38 pm
'Five reasons why the Baz-Buttler combo is right for England'

Former fast bowler Steven Finn explains why captain Jos Buttler and coach Brendon McCullum are the ideal combination to revive England's white-ball teams.

22 Jan 2025 3:07 pm