As India competes in the global economy, new challenges arise for its aging population, who once relied on their children to help them through old age. Morning Edition commentator Sandip Roy explains.

On World Population Day, India remains the world’s most populous nation and celebrates global recognition through ...

While China has been the world’s most populous country since 1950, India is expected to take the title by ... The U.N. report said India will have about 2.9 million people more than China ...

India and China are the world's two most populous countries and share a more-than-2,000-mile border. And they have fought wars over it in the past, with skirmishes breaking out just two summers ago.

State-issued invitations sent to guests of this week’s G-20 meeting in New Delhi referred to India as 'Bharat,' sparking rumors of a national rebrand.

Even as India reports record COVID-19 cases, the country's richest people have only gotten richer in the past year, according to Forbes' ranking of India's billionaires.

A giant screen displays India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G-20 summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9. (Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters) A country’s name often is imbued with centuries of history ...

"India is on the Moon!” The Vikram lander, measuring more than 6 feet (2 meters) high, launched from India on July 14 with a propulsion module to guide it out of Earth orbit on a course to the Moon.