Economy

The landscape near the copper and gold mine site in the Reko Diq district in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province.
Anjabai, center, has been forced to work in the fields of other farmers in Madhya Pradesh, India, to pay off her debts after unseasonably heavy rains ruined most of her own soybean crop. (Photo by Nipun Prabhakar)
Big in Asia

India's distressed farmers limit Modi's leeway in Trump trade talks

Poor harvests, falling crop prices and multiplying debts fuel rural discontent

1 November 2025
Workers install solar panels at Adani Green Energy's Khavda Renewable Energy Park in Khavda, India, in April 2024.
Energy

India's solar tariffs offset subsidies, push up energy prices

Despite strong rollout, higher costs from anti-China duties weigh on uptake

30 October 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top right, delivers a virtual speech to the ASEAN-India Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26.
International relations

Malaysia's Anwar says 'real progress' made in ASEAN-India trade deal review

With Modi attending summit virtually, experts see year-end deadline as likely to be missed

27 October 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington on Feb. 13.
Trump tariffs

Trump says he discussed 'world of trade' with India's Modi

US president says India is 'not going to buy much oil from Russia'

22 October 2025
For Tatsuo Yasunaga, chairman of the Japan Foreign Trade Council and chair of Mitsui & Co., it's important for Asia to show where it can contribute to what the U.S. president wants -- the revitalization of the American economy.  (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Yuki Kohara)
Big in Asia

Japan's trading houses to Asia: We'll help you grow in era of Trump turmoil

Chairman of industry group touts diversified business model as partnership solution

18 October 2025
India's goods exports to the U.S. were worth $5.44 billion in September, the first full month in which a punishing 50% U.S. import tariff, one of Washington's highest, was in effect.
Trade

India's exports to US down 21% in wake of 50% tariff

Overall goods exports up by over 3% in September

16 October 2025
Saurabh Agrawal, left, chairman of Tata Capital, and Rajiv Sabharwal, managing director and CEO of Tata Capital, at a press conference announcing the company's initial public offering in Mumbai on Sept. 29.
Your Week in Asia

Tata Capital IPO, KMT leadership election, US-China port fees

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

12 October 2025
India slashed the tax rate on small cars from 28% to 18%. (Photo by Takanori Okabe)
Economy

Indian consumer market booms as tax cuts ease pain of Trump tariffs

Auto sales spike and e-commerce transactions surge during Hindu festival season

11 October 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, greets his British counterpart, Keir Starmer, in Mumbai on Oct. 9.
Trade

Modi and Starmer to boost trade, defense ties in wake of deal

Indian companies to invest in UK, British universities to open Indian campuses

9 October 2025
For decades, the Indian logistics sector has been synonymous with fragmented trucking, manual paperwork and inefficiencies that inflated costs. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP)
Technology

Indian logistics get tech overhaul to support supply chain shift

Digital changes lowering cost growth as likes of Apple look to country

8 October 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during a joint press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Feb. 13. 
Opinion

The US-India romance is over

Relationship is at risk of collapse as Washington pushes New Delhi closer to Moscow

6 October 2025
Students receive treatment at a makeshift clinic in Indonesia's Bandung on Sept. 25. They are among thousands who suffered from food poisoning after eating government-financed free school meals.
Politics

Indonesia's Prabowo plows on with free meal program despite public backlash

President says poisoning has affected only a tiny proportion of 1bn servings

3 October 2025
A cargo ship lies at dock in the port of Chabahar in southeastern Iran in late 2017. The site gave India access to landlocked Afghanistan and allowed its companies to reach energy-rich Central Asia.
Trump administration

India mulls next step in wake of US sanctions on its port project in Iran

Experts say Washington's move could rein in Delhi's ambitions in Central Asia, aid China

2 October 2025
A Reuters poll of 61 economists conducted before the Reserve Bank of India meeting expected the bank to stand pat on the repo rate for the rest of the year.
Markets

India central bank pauses amid prospects of higher growth, lower inflation

RBI's decision comes as markets watch how tax cut may 'play out' in festive season and on

1 October 2025
A man feeds his cattle in a flooded neighborhood following heavy rain in the Kheda district of the western state of Gujarat, India, on Sept. 8.
Natural disasters

India's flood response exposes cracks in system, experts warn

Two months of rain and flood disasters have killed livestock, left harvests to rot

30 September 2025
After news broke of the court's ruling, JSW Steel shares gained 0.4%.
Business deals

India's top court approves JSW Steel's takeover of Bhushan Power and Steel

In reversal, court sites JSW's investment and its safeguarding of jobs at BPSL

26 September 2025
(Nikkei montage/Source photos by Suzu Takahashi, Getty Images and Reuters)
International relations

India, EU stick to year-end trade deal goal amid Trump's tariff onslaught

Analysts see timeline as 'ambitious' but view Europe as 'cushion' to absorb tariff shocks

24 September 2025
Workers load bars onto a truck at a steel factory in Punjab, India, on Aug. 14.
Economy

Indian private sector growth slows in September on US tariff impact

Hit to expansion somewhat offset by cuts to consumption taxes

23 September 2025
Rescue workers conduct operations near the site of a recent cloudburst in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on Sept. 5. (Photo by Sajad Hameed)
Energy

India's increasing cloudbursts put Himalayan hydropower at risk

Intensifying extreme rains are damaging and disrupting key clean energy source

23 September 2025
Geetanjali Kirloskar, co-chair of the Japan Council at the Confederation of Indian Industry, speaks at the Nikkei India-Japan Economy and Investment Forum in Bengaluru on Sept. 18. (Photo by Satoshi Iwaki)
International relations

Trade wars boosting India-Japan cooperation, business lobby figure says

Drive for 'self-reliance' is growing, Confederation of Indian Industry rep tells Nikkei event

19 September 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump greet each other at the White House in Washington on Feb. 13.
Trump tariffs

India says trade discussions with US 'positive,' 'forward looking'

Modi, Trump speak by phone in first known direct discussions in 3 months

17 September 2025
Shipping containers at Thar Dry Port in Sanand in the western part of Gujarat, India, on Aug. 27.
Trade

India's August merchandise trade deficit narrows, exports to US dip

Full impact of Washington's tariffs expected in September

16 September 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025.
Opinion

India's muddled diplomacy rings hollow

Modi's bid for 'strategic autonomy' looks fragile under Trump's erratic second term

15 September 2025
Known to often intervene against sharp speculative bets on the rupee, the Reserve Bank of India recently started letting the currency cross a long-held psychological barrier of 88 against the dollar. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Akira Kodaka and Reuters)
Trading Asia

Record-low Indian rupee risks further weakening if US trade tiff persists

Market goes out of favor with foreign investors as 50% 'reciprocal' tariffs take hold

15 September 2025
India's current four-tier goods and services tax system will make way for two main tiers, starting Sept. 22.
Economy

India overhauls consumption taxes to cut rates and spur spending

Move to two-tier system could partially offset hit from US tariffs

4 September 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in February.
International relations

Trump-Modi ties hinge on sealing high-stakes September meeting

Summit on UN sidelines seen as key to fixing frayed India-US relationship

4 September 2025
Washington's implementation of total duties as high as 50% on Indian goods have raised questions about the future of the U.S.-India relationship
2 September 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin on Aug. 31.
International relations

Xi tells Modi that China and India should be partners, not rivals

Tense neighbors reengage amid shared concerns over Trump tariffs

31 August 2025
Prime ministers Shigeru Ishiba and Narendra Modi travel to the northeastern Japanese city of Sendai on a bullet train on Aug. 30. (Photo by Cabinet Office of Japan)
Semiconductors

Modi, Ishiba visit Tokyo Electron facility to deepen semiconductor ties

Analysts call collaboration in the critical sector a win-win for India and Japan

30 August 2025