Speaking after talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the G20 in Delhi, Biden said President Xi "has his hands full" because of China's economic "crisis"

The sweeping deal aims to link South Asia and the Middle East to help the flow of energy and trade from the Gulf to Europe

While India and the US are not formal treaty-bound allies, Washington wants New Delhi to be a strategic counterweight to China

The Indian telecoms-to-energy conglomerate is looking to protect its supply chains after shortfalls scuppered its plans in recent years

Foreign envoys complain of lack of access to officials and scholars as geopolitical tensions simmer and officials become wary of contact amid a ramped up security drive and rising anti-Western sentiment

Opposition politicians say the Bharat reference – a pre-colonial name for India – was ‘foolish’ despite it being used informally by both the public and officials

Beijing's decision to send Premier Li Qiang to the September 9-10 summit instead of Xi is another blow to already tense relations between the two countries

The Indian Space Research Organisation said the craft had completed its mission and had now been put to ‘sleep'

Aditya-L1 is designed to travel 1.5 million km over four months, far short of the sun, to a kind of parking lot in space where objects tend to stay put because of balancing gravitational forces

Officials from the US Department of Energy are working with their counterparts in India to enhance collaboration on renewable and emerging energy technologies

No reason was given on why Xi will not attend these events, but India and many ASEAN nations are upset over claims Beijing continues to make about land on its borders or in the South China Sea

New Delhi and Kuala Lumpur have protested after a newly published map included disputed areas within China’s borders