United States President Joe Biden landed in Northern Ireland for his four-day visit, where he will show his support for the country's peace and will also attend events which will celebrate his Irish roots.

Morning Brief: Joe Biden reaches Northern Ireland, IMF says India's economy 'very strong', & more

Ina Krisnamurthi, Indonesia's Ambassador to India, has expressed confidence in India's ability to steer the G20 towards more concrete outcomes. Speaking with WION's Principal Diplomatic Correspondent Sidhant Sibbal, she said she was "hopeful that India will be able and capable in maneuvering global dynamics and to more concrete deliverables.

Indonesian ambassador optimistic about concrete outcomes during Indian presidency of G20

India is eyeing to present itself as an alternative to China in the global supply chains, according to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Speaking at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, USA, Sitharaman said India was planning to take on China through the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme and the growth of its domestic consumer market.

India aims to take China’s place in global supply chain through PLI scheme: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

A school in India's national capital Delhi was evacuated on Wednesday (April 12) for a security check after the school administration received a bomb threat in its email and promptly alerted the police and authorities.

India: School in Delhi receives bomb threat on e-mail, evacuated; turns out hoax

Apple is preparing to open its first retail store in India next week in a move that is being seen as symbolic of the importance the tech giant attaches to world's fastest growing smartphone market.

Apple prepares to open first official store in India next week

The High Court in the Indian city of Calcutta, in a recent ruling, said a man can file a divorce petition if forced to separate from his parents by his wife. This comes after the two-judge bench said that a son living with his parents is “absolutely normal in Indian culture and ethos,” reported Times of India.

Forcing husband to leave parents is mental cruelty, ground for divorce: Indian court

India is gearing up to conduct the first trial run of the underwater metro train in Kolkata. Under West Bengal's Hooghly River, tunnels have been constructed for the trial.

India to soon conduct trial run of its first underwater metro

Adani Power Limited (APL) said that it has started supplying electricity to Bangladesh as it announced the commissioning of its first of the two 800 MW thermal power generation units in the eastern Jharkhand district of India.

India’s Adani Group starts supplying electricity to Bangladesh 

Twitter owner Elon Musk started following Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. In the list of 195 people Musk follows, PM Modi's name appeared on Monday.

Elon Musk starts following Narendra Modi on Twitter, users wonder if Tesla's India days lie ahead

India's digital public infrastructure, one of the biggest success stories of the country, has got a thumbs up from the International Monetary Fund. While praising India's digital public infrastructure, a recent paper by the IMF noted that the country's digital journey has "lessons for other countries embarking on their own digital transformation.

IMF paper hails India's public digital infrastructure

The summer season is around and so is the mango season. To ensure that consumers are able to buy mangoes, even the costly varieties, a seller in the western Indian city of Pune has come up with a novel scheme.

Convenience economy at best: Indian fruit seller is selling Alphonso mangoes on EMI

India has undertaken several significant highway projects to connect major cities across the country. In an interview, speaking exclusively to WION’s Vikram Chandra, India's Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, on Saturday (April 8), spoke about how “development of infrastructure is the most important priority,” for the country.

‘By 2024-end, India’s highways will match US in quality & quantity’: Nitin Gadkari to WION

India is all set to spend Rs 2.71 lakh crores ($33 billion) on defence equipment in Financial Year 2023. 99 per cent of this equipment will be sourced from Indian industries.

The rise of Indian defence industry: Exports cross $1.6 billion, imports down 11%

Ukraine’s first deputy foreign affairs minister Emine Dzhaparova will make a four-day visit to India starting Monday (April 9), making it the first official visit of a minister from Kyiv since the start of the Russian invasion.

Ukrainian minister to arrive Monday on first India visit since Russian invasion; seek G20 invite for Zelensky

India's Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the central government's ban on the telecast of the Malayalam language channel 'MediaOne', ruling that "national security claims can't be made out of thin hair.

'National security claims cannot be made out of thin air': Indian SC quashes centre's ban on MediaOne

International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva has warned that a sharp slowdown will continue in 2023, with India and China remaining to be the only bright spots.

India, China to account for half of global growth in 2023, as IMF chief warns of ‘sharp slowdown’

The Indian government approved the recommendations of a gas panel report, on Thursday (April 6) which would fix the cost of natural gas by imposing a cap or ceiling price and help lower the cost of compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped cooking gas prices (PNG) by up to 10 per cent.

Explained | India: CNG, PNG to cost less after revision in domestic gas pricing. Here’s how

The Indian government has tweaked the rules for online gaming by prohibiting games that involve betting and wagering. The prohibition was listed on Thursday by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) which released a framework of multiple self-regulatory organisations (SROs).

Indian govt tightens screws on online gaming, bans betting and wagering

The daughter of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti has accused the Government of India of curbing her fundamental rights by issuing a conditional passport after a year of court litigation.

India: Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter slams government over issuance of conditional passport

China made another claim to India's Arunachal Pradesh by releasing a list of “standardised geographical names” which included 11 places present in the frontier state that actually turned out to be random names given to nondescript peaks, isolated forest tracts, non-existent rivers and towns superficially bound together as part of Medog, Zayu and Cona counties in Tibet's Nyingchi prefecture.

China renames non-existent ‘piece of land’, rivers in India's Arunachal Pradesh

Indian police in the northeastern state of Assam have arrested five men in connection with the alleged sacrifice of a woman at a Hindu temple in the capital city of Guwahati in 2019.

India: Police arrest five over decapitating woman at temple as sacrifice in 2019

Ahead of External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar’s visit to the Dominican Republic, the country’s Ambassador to India, David Puig has said that visit will give a “big boost” in ties between the two countries.

EAM Jaishankar's visit to Dominican Republic to boost bilateral ties, says Ambassador David Puig

India and Malaysia have agreed to settle trade-related payments in Indian rupees, the New Delhi government has announced. The Indian foreign ministry made the announcement on Saturday and follows the directive of the country’s central bank—the Reserve Bank of India—which has been pushing for the settlement of international trade in Indian currency.

India and Malaysia dump dollar, to settle trade in Indian rupee

Bhutan King Jigme Wangchuk landed in India’s capital New Delhi on Monday, commencing this three-day visit to the nation. India’s External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar received him at the airport.

Bhutan King Jigme Wangchuk arrives in India, kicks off three-day visit

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