Indian Olympic athletes pose in uniforms from Chinese sportswear maker Li Ning on June 3 in New Delhi. The company was later dropped as a sponsor. 
Tokyo 2020 Olympics

India dumps China's Li Ning as uniform sponsor for Olympics

Move to drop apparel company comes amid strained ties with Beijing

9 June 2021
A rendering of America's next-generation nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine: The planned Columbia class is slated to replace the current vessels in 2031. (Photo courtesy of General Dynamics Electric Boat)
Indo-Pacific

Indo-Pacific: The front line of US and China next-gen submarines

Ballistic missile 'boomers' are undetectable, but drones and geography hinder use

9 June 2021
Indian and Pakistani flags are lowered during a daily retreat ceremony at the India-Pakistan joint border check post of Attari-Wagah in July 2015: if this colorful spectacle does not come back to life, that may be no bad thing.
Opinion

We would all be better off if politicians left history alone

Teaching the past is best left to professionals

5 June 2021
A vaccination center in Mumbai: The number of daily doses administered nationwide has fallen from 4.3 million in early April to over 2 million this week.
Coronavirus

India GDP outlook trimmed as doubts dog effort to vaccinate 940m

Deadly COVID wave abates but central bank and doctors see persistent risks

4 June 2021
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reviews the Brexit trade deal with the EU that he signed at number 10 Downing Street in London, on Dec. 30.
Trade

UK knocks on TPP door harder after EU exports fall 16%

Britain also nearing trade deals with India and Australia

4 June 2021
People walk at a crowded market amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the old quarters of Delhi, India, April 6.
Economy

India's GDP expands 1.6% in January-March quarter

Second COVID wave clouds near-term outlook despite recent dip in cases

31 May 2021
WhatsApp has around 400 million users in India.
Technology

WhatsApp drags India government to court over privacy law

Facebook unit says breaking end-to-end encryption breaches consumer rights

26 May 2021
A doctor examines a patient for symptoms of mycormucosis, or black fungus, in a Mumbai hospital.
Coronavirus

Spread of 'black fungus' adds to India's COVID woes

Modi calls disease 'new challenge' but drug shortage dims outlook

26 May 2021
Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration ceremony of the "Make In India" week in Mumbai in February 2016: India has failed to develop and execute a holistic, comprehensive and coordinated economic development plan.
Opinion

India's all too frequent disconnect between ambition and reality

Structural economic weaknesses remain its Achilles heel

25 May 2021
Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli speaks to Nikkei Asia during an online interview on May 21. 
The Future of Asia 2021

Nepal's Oli wants China and India to step up with vaccines 'first'

Pro-Beijing PM has warmed to Delhi but laments 1m promised doses haven't arrived

21 May 2021
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India's external affairs minister, speaks to Nikkei Asia on May 20.
The Future of Asia 2021

India foreign minister says China thaw hinges on border peace

Jaishankar says 'no attempt to unilaterally change status quo is acceptable'

20 May 2021
Terrible scenes of India's burgeoning COVID-19 death toll have reached the world's vast Indian diaspora, and traumatized those unable to get home to loved ones in their time of greatest need.
Coronavirus

Indians in US traumatized by COVID crisis in their motherland

Indian diaspora helps loved ones via social media and funding campaigns

19 May 2021
The Holy Family hospital ICU in New Delhi. A nurse in her 30s with a small baby at home feels overwhelmed: "We are working in risk, but for what? Only to witness more deaths."
Coronavirus

India's medical 'warriors' risk their lives in COVID catastrophe

Delhi health care workers share harrowing tales of death and tragedy

13 May 2021
Chinese troops dismantle bunkers in the Pangong Tso region, Ladakh, along the India-China border on Feb. 15: there are fears China will spring further military surprises.
Opinion

Why is China making a permanent enemy of India?

Beijing's Ladakh aggression is driving New Delhi ever closer to Washington

12 May 2021
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a virtual meeting at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex on May 7. 
Coronavirus

Harris calls India 'critically important' to US, vowing more aid

Vice president speaks about family as daily COVID-19 cases reach new high

8 May 2021
India's exclusion of Chinese telecom suppliers from 5G trials is seen as a reprisal against the yearlong border standoff between the two Asian powers.
5G networks

India hardens 5G freezeout on China with border tensions

Huawei and ZTE equipment now excluded from network trials

7 May 2021
Bangladesh is turning to Chia for the Sinopharm vaccine, left, and to Russia for Sputnik jabs as India deals with its own corona crisis. (Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images)
Coronavirus

India COVID spike pushes Bangladesh to tap Sputnik and Sinopharm

Russia and China step up as New Delhi uses vaccines for its own population

7 May 2021
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the bloc's expanded Indo-Pacific strategy seeks "like-minded partners" and is not an "alliance" against China. (Photo courtesy of the European Union)
Interview

EU to discuss FTA with India at weekend summit: top diplomat

Josep Borrell says bloc is strengthening Indo-Pacific commitment

7 May 2021
Stream article image
Asia Insight

COVID purgatory: Variants and other risks complicate Asia's escape

Amid uneven vaccinations, India stirs fears as Singapore and Israel offer hope

6 May 2021
Huawei and smaller Chinese rival ZTE are not on a list of India's 5G trial participants.
5G networks

India excludes Huawei and ZTE from participating in 5G trials

Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and state-run MTNL to conduct tests

5 May 2021
An Indian army convoy moves on a highway in the restive Ladakh region where India is engaged in a border standoff with China.
International relations

India-China border standoff shows no sign of easing 1 year on

Stronger Quad relations seen as contributing to stalled bilateral talks

5 May 2021
The virtual meeting between U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi yielded a key pact on migration and mobility. (Photo by Andrew Parsons/ No. 10 Downing Street)
Indo-Pacific

India and UK unveil 10-year road map to stronger ties at virtual summit

Modi and Johnson eye more trade and defense cooperation in light of assertive China

5 May 2021
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson hosts a virtual G-7 meeting in February. This week's gathering of foreign ministers will be the group's first in-person meeting since COVID-19 hit. (File photo by pool/AP)
International relations

China and Russia's authoritarian challenge hangs over G-7 meeting

India, Australia, South Korea and ASEAN to attend London summit as guests

3 May 2021
A shipment of oxygen concentrators, ventilators and other medical supplies arrive from Russia on April 29. (Indian External Affairs Ministry via AP)
Coronavirus

Countries step up to supply oxygen and medicine to India

'Vaccine diplomacy' arrives in South Asia with not-so-ulterior motives

3 May 2021
Thin is the pseudonym of a video journalist with Mizzima News who covered the protests in Yangon that followed a coup on Feb. 1. He fled to India in March, and plans to continue his coverage of Myanmar from there.  (Parts of this photo have been retouched for security reasons)
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar journalists granted sanctuary in India

Junta forces Burmese media underground and into exile again

2 May 2021