Area Total | 3,287,263 sq km |
Climate | varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north |
Natural Resources | coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), antimony, iron ore, lead, manganese, mica, bauxite, rare earth elements, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land |
Imports | China 16.3%, US 5.5%, UAE 5.2%, Saudi Arabia 4.8%, Switzerland 4.7% (2017) – crude oil, precious stones, machinery, chemicals, fertilizer, plastics, iron and steel |
Exports | US 15.6%, UAE 10.2%, Hong Kong 4.9%, China 4.3% (2017) – petroleum products, precious stones, vehicles, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, cereals, apparel |
Government | federal parliamentary republic |
Capital | New Delhi |
Population | 1,326,093,247 (July 2020 est.) |
Ethnicity | Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian 25%, Mongoloid and other 3% (2000) |
Language | Hindi 43.6%, Bengali 8%, Marathi 6.9%, Telugu 6.7%, Tamil 5.7%, Gujarati 4.6%, Urdu 4.2%, Kannada 3.6%, Odia 3.1%, Malayalam 2.9%, Punjabi 2.7%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.1%, other 5.6% (2011 est.) |
News about India
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a two-day visit to Kuwait, marking the first such visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 43 years. During his visit, Modi met with 101-year-old former IFS officer Mangal Sain Handa and individuals who translated the Ramayana and Mahabharata into Arabic, further strengthening cultural ties between India and Kuwait.
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Delhi's Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena granted permission to the Enforcement Directorate to prosecute Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the liquor policy case. AAP leaders expressed shock and called the reports fake, while the BJP labeled Kejriwal the "kingpin" of the scam. The high court granted the ED more time to respond to Kejriwal's challenge of the […]