Narendra Modi

When the Omicron coronavirus variant spread through India late in December, prime minister Narendra Modi urged the nation to be vigilant and follow me(...)

India, one of the world’s most water-stressed countries, is halfway through an ambitious drive to provide clean tap water by 2024 to all of the roughl(...)

India has refused to renew the foreign-funding licence for the Missionaries of Charity, the Christian order founded by Mother Teresa famous for its wo(...)

The head of India’s armed forces, Gen Bipin Rawat, was among 13 people killed on Wednesday when the military helicopter they were travelling in crashe(...)

Russia and India signed a flurry of trade and arms deals during President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi for talks with prime minister Narendra (...)

South Africa South Africa’s daily number of confirmed Covid-19 cases almost quadrupled since Tuesday as the Omicron variant spread across the country(...)

Narendra Modi will abandon contentious agricultural market reforms that sparked year-long protests from Indian farmers and a major challenge to his au(...)

The Hindu nationalist party of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has banned the street sale of all non-vegetarian fare, including eggs and fish, in (...)

The prospect of limiting global heating to 1.8 degrees on the back of new commitments made at Cop26 is only “a hypothesis”, according to Laurent Fabiu(...)

World leaders are expected to agree ambitious deals to protect forests and cut methane emissions on Tuesday after the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow (...)