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Manmohan Singh, leader who unleashed India’s economy, dies
The Oxford and Cambridge-educated former prime minister paved the way for the transformation of the South Asian nation’s economy.
- Anup Roy
November
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
How to Trump-proof foreign policy
Don’t panic, don’t relax, look for opportunities, and stay close to our other allies. That’s a way to deal with a confronting new Washington.
- Rory Medcalf
October
Canada accuses Indian minister over Sikh murder plot
The Canadian government has accused Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah over a campaign targeting Sikh separatists on Canadian soil.
- Kanishka Singh
Putin welcomes Xi, Modi to BRICS summit as he seeks to counter West
Vladimir Putin sees the meeting with world leaders as a powerful way to demonstrate the failure of US-led efforts to isolate Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Trudeau describes failed bid at quiet diplomacy with Modi over murder
The Canadian prime minister told a judicial inquiry into foreign interference that he tried to avoid a diplomatic blow-up over the killing of a Sikh activist last year.
- Brian Platt
September
They have 31m followers - but you’ve never heard of these YouTube superstars
Bounce Patrol has more followers than Beyonce, operates out of a quiet Melbourne street, and is helping YouTube transform from the home of DIY videos to a major TV broadcaster.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Albanese to press Modi on Indian ‘nest of spies’ at Quad summit
The prime minister will hold talks with outgoing US President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and India during the weekend’s Quad summit.
- Tom McIlroy
August
India’s doctors strike nationwide over colleague’s rape and murder
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to crack down on sexual violence against women, but incidents are rising.
- Subrata Nag Choudhury and Jatindra Dash
Bangladesh protesters back Nobel laureate for government role
Protesters have called for Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to be named chief adviser of a new interim government after PM Sheikh Hasina fled the country.
- John Reed, Benjamin Parkin and Lucy Fisher
July
India’s have-nots are expressing their displeasure
While Mumbai’s super-rich show off their wealth, a chastened Narendra Modi moves to shore up support among the poor.
- Hamish McDonald
Rinehart boosts stake in $5b WA magnetite project linked to India
Australian richest person, Gina Rinehart, is set to strengthen ties with India as the case for a new magnetite mine starts to stack up.
- Brad Thompson
Kardashian, Blair, Tyson: Global elite flock to Ambani mega-wedding
A pantheon of global celebrities, politicians and CEOs are descending on India’s financial capital for the wedding of the son of Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani.
- George Johnson
Putin is meeting a lot of world leaders for a ‘global outcast’
In the two months since he began his fifth presidential term in May, Vladimir Putin has held more than 20 meetings with leaders. He has also made six foreign visits.
- Henry Meyer
Zelensky blasts Modi’s visit to Russia as blow to peace
The Ukrainian president said the visit was a “devastating blow to peace efforts”. His comments came on the same day as a missile strike on Kyiv hit a children’s hospital.
- Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Dan Strumpf
- Opinion
- World politics
On any measure, India has disappointed
It was never meant to be this way. India was to be in the corner of the democracies in the contest with the autocracies.
- Geoff Raby
June
Why markets like to see new political faces
Whether a government is weak or strong, left or right, doesn’t seem to matter much for economies, but new leaders are associated with higher growth and returns.
- Ruchir Sharma
Poll toll: election shocks stun investors from India to Mexico
After surprises in elections around the world, nervous traders are looking to the UK and US where pre-vote polling has also been unpredictable.
- Ezra Fieser
A win for democracy as Modi’s BJP is taken down a peg
The surprising result should put to bed claims that India’s democracy is under threat, says former high commissioner Barry O’Farrell.
- Emma Connors
Modi is still the boss
Readers letters on the taxation system; Narendra Modi’s win in the Indian election; migration cuts; and tensions in Australia over the Gaza war
- Analysis
- World elections
Modi must bow to India’s new kingmakers to retain power
Narendra Modi will need to compromise as he starts his third term as prime minister after failing to secure an outright majority at India’s general election.
- Updated
- Krutika Pathi