The global energy transition needs to average $5.6 trillion a year from 2025 to 2030 to meet net zero emissions by 2050; current investment levels are only 37% of what's required despite topping $2 trillion

Two Asian giants have agreed to resume direct flights and a range of other measures as ties finally warm after their deadly border clash

Nobel laureate now heading Bangladesh's interim govt said Hasina's government faked the country's growth data "and nobody questioned that".

Trump noted on his first day in office the de minimis law, which allows over a billion products to be mailed to the US every year, is unlikely to survive for long

Three of the five affected dams have been emptied since the big quake on January 7, a Tibet emergency management official told a news conference on Thursday

Tech giant says it may have to roll back or pause features if it faces a five-year ban on its data sharing imposed by India's anti-monopoly body

The likely disruption to Russian supply drove oil prices to their highest in months on Monday. Much will depend on whether Trump lifts the embargo and if China acknowledges it

Declaring an emergency would allow Trump to build a new tariff programme via the IEEPA law, which authorizes a president to manage imports during a national crisis

Foreign investors bought $26.6 billion worth of Asian equities in 2023, but last year they sold nearly $16 billion worth of equities in Taiwan, South Korea, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines

China is seen as a coercive neighbour that 'weaponizes' water projects to the detriment of neighbouring states. India and Bangladesh regard the Brahmaputra as a vital resource, but China refuses to abide by UN transboundary river rules

MNRE official says renewable energy projects will soon have to include storage capacity for 10% of their power output, as they do in China

The Modi government is looking to offer tariffs cuts on farm and other imports from the US in a bid to clinch a broader trade and investment deal once Trump takes office