India's prime minister has urged locals to pause gold purchases for a year, an appeal aimed at defending the country's foreign-exchange reserves as geopolitical headwinds keep buffeting the rupee. Narendra Modi also urged people to cut back on petrol and fuel consumption.

Dhananjay Balakrishnan argues that SIPEC's lineup for the upcoming Stanford India Conference needs better representation.

India's rising life expectancy faces a longevity paradox, with increased years not always translating to good health, compounded by rising medical inflation and low insurance penetration. Standard Chartered is bridging this gap by integrating health and wealth management through partnerships with Niva Bupa and WHOOP,

THULASENDRAPURAM, India — At a small temple in southern India, a group of people has been praying every day since late last month: “May Kamala Harris win this election. May she visit this temple and do good for our village.” The community of 2,000 ...

HAVING JUST surpassed China as the world’s most populous country, India contains more than 1.4bn people. What’s more, its migrants are both more numerous and more successful than their Chinese peers. The Indian diaspora has been the largest in the ...

As concern grows around the hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius, Dr. Sunil Rana from Asian Hospital explains whether people in India should actually be worried and what symptoms travellers should watch out for.

Gold futures finished flat in volatile trading Monday, while silver surged in its strongest one-day gain since February as analysts said technical signals attracted new buying. Silver's rally was sparked by rising interest from hedge funds and other leveraged investors that had stayed on the sidelines in recent weeks,