India

Explore our coverage of India’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video


Asia

India’s Faustian pact with Russia is strengthening

The gamble behind $17bn of fresh deals with the Kremlin on oil and arms

Asia

What a 472-year-old corpse reveals about India

St Francis Xavier is both venerated and despised

Leaders

Smarter incentives would help India adapt to climate change

It is the biggest test case for how hot, hard-up countries can cope

Asia

How 1.4bn Indians are adapting to climate change

As heat, floods and drought get worse, people are getting creative

Finance & economics

Manmohan Singh was India’s economic freedom fighter

India’s most consequential finance minister, who later became PM, has died aged 92

Asia

Why you’re not on holiday in India right now

A fabulous destination for foreign tourists does little to lure them

Christmas Specials

Inside the RSS, the world’s most powerful volunteer group

Among the foot soldiers of Hindu nationalism, bored young men find purpose

Asia

Dommaraju Gukesh’s win will accelerate India’s chess ambitions

The youngest-ever world champion is part of a bigger country-wide trend

Asia

India wields cricket as a geopolitical tool against Pakistan

A spat over a big tournament highlights how bad relations have got

Asia

How to clean up India’s filthy cities

As the country gets richer it consumes more—and throws away more, too

Asia

Jay Shah is the most powerful man in cricket

He has been helped by family ties and India’s cricketing might

Middle East & Africa

Adani’s problems in Kenya undermine Narendra Modi’s ambitions for Africa

Competing with China will now be even harder for India’s prime minister

Asia

Suffering from the Bhopal disaster in India continues, 40 years on

So does the search for justice for victims of the world’s worst industrial accident 

Briefing

The Adani bribery case could upend Indian business and politics

The allegations against the corporate champion may end up being resolved diplomatically rather than in court

Asia

Is India’s education system the root of its problems?

A recent comparison with China suggests that may be so

Asia

Meet the outspoken maverick who could lead India

Nitin Gadkari, India’s highways minister, talks to The Economist

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