India

India is looking to build up its factory base, and venture-capital investors are noticing.  

More than a dozen countries have plans for missions to the moon in the coming years

India on Wednesday made history when its Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully touched down on the Moon's south pole, thought to be a potential source for water and oxygen, days after Russia's mission failed.

Leaders of some of the developing world's most important economies turned Wednesday to the main business of their summit in South Africa, a day after a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the gathering an anti-Western tinge that officials had been hoping to avoid. 

Officials from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa gather in Johannesburg on Tuesday for a three-day BRICS summit, a five-nation club comprising 40% of the world’s population and more than 25 percent of global GDP that positions itself as an economic counterweight to the West. Almost 15 years on from the group’s founding, FRANCE 24 takes a look at the BRICS nations in numbers and their relative weight in the global economy.

The Indian leader will attend the Bastille Day parade as a guest of honor and discuss purchases of Rafale warplanes and Scorpene vessels

The Odisha crash in India has put a spotlight on safety as the government modernizes the country's extensive railway network and infrastructure.

Officials are reportedly discussing the idea of moving the upcoming summit to China due to ICC charges against Vladimir Putin

The bloc of developing countries will be a larger driver of development than the Western Group of Seven major economies

Russia is reportedly planning to reciprocate and begin accepting Indian RuPay

The Japanese PM said that Russia’s actions in Ukraine are ‘shaking the very essence of the international order’

India has abstained on every UN vote condemning Russia's actions in Ukraine