The former prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh, has died at the age of 92. He was the country's first Sikh Prime Minister and credited with launching economic reforms that led to India's emergence as a global leader.

Manmohan Singh, former prime minister of India, died on Thursday and is survived by his wife and three daughters.

Singh also helped craft a landmark nuclear deal with the US, but his sterling image was tainted by allegations of corruption against his ministers.

Infrastructure in Aceh has been rebuilt and is now more resilient than before the tsunami struck. Early warning systems have been installed in coastal areas to alert residents of incoming tsunamis, providing crucial time to seek safety.

M.T. Vasudevan Nair, legendary Indian author, screenwriter and director, died Wednesday, Dec. 25 at a hospital in Kerala’s Kozhikode district, days after suffering cardiac arrest, the Times of India reports. He was 91. One of the masters of post-Independence Indian literature, Nair was known for his evocative portrayal of nostalgia and human emotions. He penned […]

Indias oil demand growth is expected to exceed Chinas for the first time in 2024, and continue in 2025. According to Kang Wu, global head of macro and oil demand research at SPGCI, Indias oil demand in the current year grew by 180,000 barrels per day, surpassing Chinas growth at 148,000 bpd. Indias oil demand is expected to increase by 3.2% Y/Y in 2025 compared to a 1.7% clip by Chi...

Singh was known as the father of economic reforms in India. He served as finance minister in the early 1990s, and his policies then set India on the path of economic liberalization and globalization.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Singh one of India's "most distinguished leaders."

Indias former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of Indias economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died.

Indias former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, widely regarded as the architect of Indias economic reform program and a landmark nuclear deal with the United States, has died.

For a few years now, forecasters and market analysts have been expecting India to become the largest oil demand driver in the world in the medium and long term, surpassing Chinas growth rates. This has now happened as early as this year, amid growing demand for fuel transportation in India and slowing gasoline and diesel demand in China due to the advance of electric vehicles and LNG-fueled tru...

Indias annual installations of new coal-fired power capacity hit 4 gigawatts (GW) in 2024, flat on the five-year high of 2023 and the highest level since 2019, according to official government figures. India, where coal meets more than 70% of the power generation, has kept its coal capacity additions this year near the 2023 levels, per data from the countrys Central Electricity Authority cit...

Far-right activist and conservative commentatorLaura Loomer has been engaged in a social media spat over H-1B visas.

Triggered by a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the catastrophic event was the deadliest tsunami in recorded history.

BANDA ACEH, IndonesiaPeople gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesias Aceh Province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern historys worst natural disasters. Many wept as they placed flowers at a mass grave in Ulee Lheue village, where more than 14,000 […]

Arctic LNG 2 continues its struggles to sell gas from Russias newest but heavily sanctioned LNG export project. In one of the latest pieces of anecdotal evidence, a sanctioned LNG carrier, which had loaded liquefied natural gas in the Artic in August, traveled for four months around north Europe, the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, the Indian Ocean, along Chinas east coast and north to Russia...

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Twenty years ago, a tsunami devastated coastal communities along the Indian Ocean. NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Margarettha Siregar, who helped respond to the disaster in Indonesia.

A 9.1-magnitude earthquake beneath the Indian Ocean triggered a tsunami with waves up to 100 feet (30 meters) high, killing an estimated 230,000 people.