The first lady was gifted a $20,000 diamond from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2023, a new State Department report says.

Via Metal Miner For Indias steel industry, what was feared is coming true. Initial government data shows that imports of finished steel from China hit a new record in the first eight months of the fiscal year ending March 2025. The news quickly sparked concerns among domestic steelmakers about the influx of cheaper Chinese shipments. India is the second-largest crude steel producer in the world...

Two-time national championship point guard Tristen Newton, the 49th overall pick in the NBA Draft, was waived by the Indiana Pacers on New Year's Day.

Indiana lawmakers have begun 2025 by introducing one of the first anti-LGBTQ+ bills of the year, a continuation of Republicans...

Majid Takht Ravanchi, the deputy foreign minister of Iran, is on a visit to India to discuss a resumption of energy trade between the two countries. Bilateral trade between Iran and India has plunged since 2019 as Indian refiners pulled out of purchases of Iranian oil for fear of secondary U.S. sanctions. Now Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Irans deputy foreign minister for political affairs, is heading ...

New options include Japanese, Indian and a multi-national fusion restaurant, along with a boba and fried chicken shop.

India’s Maddock Films has unveiled its most ambitious slate to date: a cinematic universe combining horror-comedy and superhero narratives. The studio, known for releasing films like “Stree 2,” “Munjya,” and “Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya” in a blockbuster 2024, has unveiled a slate of eight interconnected films set to release over the next four […...

Thirty-six teams from 21 countries applied to take part. Twelve teams, including squads from India, Taiwan, Peru, Malta and Mongolia, made the final cut.

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Holiday travel caused a surge in the demand for gasoline and diesel last month in India, with gasoline seeing a 9.8% increase to 2.99 million tons in December, and diesel demand up 4.9% to 7.07 million tons, the Economic Times reported, citing data from state-owned refiners. The report noted that the solid increase in demand comes after months of tepid consumption on the back of seasonal factors: ...