White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring programme
BBC News - Indiaby Kali Hays·3d ago
- Published Microsoft and several other technology firms have been barred by the White House from hiring skilled international workers on a permanent basis through a widely used visa programme.
CEC Gyanesh Kumar: India's 'cockroach' protesters are back - this time asking poll chief to resign
BBC News - Indiaby Geeta Pandey·10d ago
- Published India's influential Gen Z-led "cockroach" protesters are set to get back on the streets - this time seeking electoral reforms and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)...
Captain Smit Machchhar: Friend on Indian pilot hailed as a hero
BBC News - Indiaby Soutik Biswas·10d ago
- Published When Captain Dharav Gosalia first heard what had happened to his old friend Smit Machchhar, he had one immediate reaction. "I had goosebumps."
Captain Smit Machchhar: The 'hero' India pilot who was stabbed on Israel-bound flight
BBC News - Indiaby Henry Moore; Sharanya Hrishikesh; Meryl Sebastian·11d ago
- Published The pilot who was stabbed on an Israel-bound flight on Wednesday has been identified as Indian national Capt Smit Machchhar.
Gyanesh Kumar: India's election chief at the centre of a growing political storm
BBC News - Indiaby Nikita Yadav; Zoya Mateen·12d ago
- Published For most of his 36-year career in India's bureaucracy, Gyanesh Kumar built a reputation for getting difficult things done.
Fat dogs of Delhi: The unusual election gripping the Indian capital
BBC News - Indiaby Zoya Mateen·12d ago
- Published An unusual election has gripped India's capital, drawing thousands of voters and enthusiastic campaigners to crown Delhi's "chonkiest" dog.
Why India is irked by a new Pakistan-China border pact
BBC News - India·21d ago
- Published For decades, India has refused to recognise a Pakistan-China boundary in territory it claims as its own.
Surinder Koli: Man acquitted in India's Nithari murder case found dead
BBC News - Indiaby Nikita Yadav·23d ago
- Published A man who spent nearly two decades in prison over one of India's most notorious murder cases has died, months after he was released, according to media reports.
India's hospital boom is improving access but pricing millions out of critical care
BBC News - Indiaby Nikhil Inamdar·24d ago
- Published On a recent visit to Miraj, a small town in western India where I grew up, I counted more than 50 multi-specialty hospitals, diagnostics centres and health clinics packed along a five...
Tata Sons extends N Chandrasekaran's term as chairman but a battle looms
BBC News - Indiaby Sharanya Hrishikesh·24d ago
- Published Tata Sons said that N Chandrasekaran will be reappointed as chairman "for a further term of five years", setting the stage for a showdown between the board and its majority shareholder.
NSE IPO: India's biggest stock exchange launches mega share sale
BBC News - Indiaby Rachita Prasad·25d ago
- Published India's main stock exchange is offering its shares to the public for the first time, ending a decade-long wait for one of the country's most closely watched stock-market listings.
India and Pakistan summon diplomats after ships collide in international waters
BBC News - Indiaby Anahita Sachdev·25d ago
- Published India and Pakistan have summoned each other's top diplomats in Delhi and Islamabad after two of their naval vessels collided in the Arabian Sea.
India faces 100% tariff threat over Russian oil after US House vote
BBC News - Indiaby Soutik Biswas·25d ago
- Published For four years, India, one of the world's biggest oil importers, has turned Russia's war-driven disruption of global oil markets to its advantage.
UPI: The small fee raising big questions for India's payments revolution
BBC News - Indiaby Nikita Yadav·26d ago
- Published India's decision to introduce a fee on some transactions made through its widely popular digital payments system has sparked a debate over its impact on businesses.
RUPPs: Inside India's little-known political parties that recieve millions of dollars
BBC News - Indiaby Shubhangi Misra·26d ago
- Published There was little to suggest that the locked flat in Anand, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, was the headquarters of a political party.
Meta to report child abuse material directly to Indian authorities
BBC News - Indiaby Divya Arya·26d ago
- Published Meta says it will begin reporting child safety cases directly to Indian authorities, following a BBC Eye investigation into paid advertisements promoting child sexual abuse material...
Gurugram hit-and-run case: Police detain driver for striking woman motorcyclist
BBC News - Indiaby Zoya Mateen·26d ago
- Published Police in India have detained a man after footage appearing to show a car striking a female motorcyclist in the city of Gurugram near India's capital Delhi sparked national outrage.
Asian Games: Why gold is within reach for India's women hockey team
BBC News - Indiaby Vandna·27d ago
- Published With the Asian Games in Japan beginning on Saturday, expectations are high for India's women hockey players to challenge for a medal - perhaps even gold.
Why cash continues to thrive even as India's digital payments grow
BBC News - Indiaby Soutik Biswas·27d ago
- Published Every year, more Indians tap, scan and swipe. Every year they also hoard more paper. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) - the country's central bank - now has 176 billion banknotes in...
Oxford museum agrees to return remains to Naga ancestral homeland
BBC News - Indiaby Ethan Gudge·11 Sept 2026
- Published More than three dozen sets of human remains taken during the British colonial rule of India and Myanmar are set to be returned to their ancestral home by a museum.
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