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What IndiGo Airline’s Meltdown Reveals About India’s Economy

A tangle of problems at IndiGo, the dominant carrier, resulted in gridlocked airports across the country. Worse, it was the symptom of an even bigger…

As Sanctions on Russian Oil Loom, India Prepares to End Its Buying Spree

India has been snapping up discounted Russian crude for three years, but U.S. sanctions that take effect on Friday are expected to end the lucrative…

An Escape From India’s Air Pollution for Those Who Can Afford It

Companies are offering much-needed, but expensive, air purification systems to shelter from the smog in one of the world’s most polluted cities.

India’s Most Valuable Export: Tens of Millions of Workers

India plans to send its vast work force abroad to countries with labor shortages, like Germany and Japan.

U.S. Sanctions on Russian Oil Could Push India to Stop Buying It

The sanctions could break a diplomatic deadlock by making it more difficult for India to continue buying from Russia, a point of contention between President…

India Reels From Trump’s H-1B Visa Fee

The H-1B visa lured a generation of Indian professionals to take part in the American dream. A $100,000 fee has forced a rethink of the…

The Fleeting Fantasy of a King Who Would Return to Save Nepal

Fury at the country’s politicians had led earlier this year to a failed royalist uprising, which may have been an unheeded warning of the popular…

Nepal’s Young Protesters Find an Unlikely Partner: The Army

After an explosion of popular rage tore through the country, its respected army was the only institution left standing. It’s now in talks with the…

India’s Investors, Defying Tariffs, Keep Pouring Money Into Stocks

Middle-class Indians have been plowing their savings into the stock market, making it far less vulnerable to the shocks of a trade war.

India Reels at Trump’s Highest Tariffs Yet

Businesses and policymakers are casting around for help from unlikely places, as the country’s exports to the United States are crushed by 50 percent tariffs.