India
India Deploys AI-Powered Flood Prediction System Across Ganges Basin
India deployed an AI flood prediction system across the Ganges basin, providing 72-hour advance warnings to 500 million people with 88% accuracy at 90-meter resolution.
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Pakistan
Pakistan and India Resume Cross-Border Bus Service After Four-Year Halt
The Lahore-Delhi bus service resumed after four years as Pakistan and India pursue a diplomatic thaw, with trade also restarting through the Wagah border crossing.
India
India Launches Chandrayaan-4 Moon Sample Return Mission
ISRO launched Chandrayaan-4, India's first lunar sample return mission targeting the Moon's south pole, with instruments from NASA, ESA, and JAXA aboard the $245 million spacecraft.
ASEAN
ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement Upgraded After Five Years of Talks
ASEAN and India finalized an upgraded free trade agreement cutting tariffs on 90% of goods, with simplified rules of origin expected to triple FTA utilization rates.
India
India Overtakes Japan as World's Fourth-Largest Economy by GDP
India officially surpassed Japan as the world's fourth-largest economy with $4.18 trillion GDP, though per capita income remains a fraction of Japan's at $2,850.
India
India's Air Quality Crisis: Delhi Records Worst AQI in Five Years
Delhi's air quality index hit 497, the worst in five years, as crop burning fires and a temperature inversion created dangerous pollution levels 30 times above WHO limits.
India
India-Japan Bullet Train Project Completes First 100-Kilometer Section
India's first bullet train project completed 100 kilometers of civil works between Surat and Bilimora, with trial runs planned for late 2026 on the Japanese-funded corridor.