Indian universities strengthen research collaborations with Israeli academic institutions amid calls at Western schools for Israeli disinvestment.

Russia and India agree to significantly increase bilateral trade ties despite West’s sanctions on Moscow.

The Congress Party has formed the main opposition alliance.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi declares victory in parliamentary elections, however, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to secure an outright national majority.

The world’s largest, seven-phase general election in India has finally concluded and the vote count is currently underway with all indications that the ruling party will retain power.

Elections are being held for 58 seats in constituencies in the Union Territory of Delhi, and the states of Bihar, Bengal, Haryana, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir’s last constituency.

The high voter turnout in Kashmir in Monday’s general election is indicative of the resolve of Kashmiris to oust the BJP government in New Delhi, says a former Indian bureaucrat.