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Supporters of Indian National Congress (INC) party celebrate outside a counting centre in Srinagar on Oct. 8. TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said on Monday that a diplomatic communication from Canada suggesting the Indian High Commissioner and other diplomats

Updated · 3-min read Canada says it expelled six Indian diplomats over Sikh separatist murder Indian High Commission in Ottawa

Earlier in the day, India retaliated by ordering the expulsion of six high-ranking Canadian diplomats including the acting high commissioner and

“Falling investment … unfavourable business environment, lack of research and development, and low productivity, alongside climate change risks continue to constrain the economy’s growth potential,” the bank said in a statement.

Living in a pollution-free environment is a fundamental right, India's Supreme Court said on Wednesday as it urged authorities to address deteriorating air quality in the north of the country. India's capital Delhi recorded a "very poor" air quality index of 364 on Wednesday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board, which considers readings below 50 to be good. Swiss group IQAir rated Delhi the world's most polluted city in its live rankings.

Cloud-seeding - method of triggering rain by seeding clouds with salts - was considered in 2023 too but the plan did not materialise due to unfavourable weather conditions.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund’s Pakistan mission chief Nathan Porter held an ‘initial meeting’ with the country’s finance minister in Islamabad on Tuesday, the finance ministry said in a statement.

A Hindu priest worships on the banks of river Yamuna engulfed in smog in New Delhi on Nov. 14. ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty Images

India's government plans to clamp down on polluting farm fires by measuring the areas burnt instead of live blazes, after reports that farmers were burning paddy waste or stubble at times when satellites were not passing overhead.