The appeal is evident across India’s trains, buses and workplaces, where commuters spend their journeys and lunch breaks scrolling through short videos. Viewers of micro-dramas in India spend about 30 minutes each day watching the shows, according to a survey published by Meta and Mumbai-based consultancy Ormax Media in February.

China's role in India's military conflict last year with arch-rival Pakistan has also complicated ties. Although ⁠Beijing was not directly involved, Pakistan relied heavily on Chinese-made fighter jets and missiles during the four-day fighting.

This year’s summit comes amid the US-Israel war on Iran, Russia’s war on Ukraine and global economic challenges.

Trade between India and China has nearly doubled in five years, leaving New Delhi with a widening deficit and a difficult choice over how to build its industrial future.

In an exclusive interaction at the Semiconductor India Summit at Yashobhoomi, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that India has successfully laid the groundwork for its semiconductor industry under the Semicon India initiative.

Unprepared and in flip-flops, the 47-year-old widow ran 3km to try secure her daughter's future.

Air India has taken the top spot in Skytrax’s 2026 India's Best Airline Ranking, followed by Indigo and Akasa Air

According to the commerce ministry data, exports to the four core Brics economies grew by 34 per cent, rising from $14.9 billion in April-August 2025-26 to $19.9 billion in April-August 2026-27