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India.

Capital: New Delhi · Asia · Southern Asia

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Population1.46 billion2025 · World Bank

GDP, current US$$3.55 trillion2023 · World Bank

GDP per person$2,4692023 · calculated

Area3,287,590 km²Has a coastline

Inflation (consumer prices)5.0%2024 · World Bank

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Sports

India

Asian Games: India finish fourth with 85 medals, their second-best haul ever

India won 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze in Aichi–Nagoya. China topped the table with 341 medals; the next Games are in Doha in 2030.

4 Oct 2026·Rational Times Sports Desk·1 min read

AnalysisAgriculture

India

When the monsoon becomes unpredictable

Farmers who built their lives around a reliable rhythm are adapting to a season that no longer keeps its promises.

29 Sep 2026·Rational Times Editorial·1 min read

AnalysisCricket

India

Cricket’s long march toward a global game

A sport rooted in a handful of nations is reaching for new audiences, and finding both opportunity and resistance.

26 Sep 2026·Rational Times Editorial·1 min read

AnalysisPolitics

India

The logistics of the world’s largest election

A billion voters, a million polling stations, and weeks of voting: how India stages democracy at scale.

21 Sep 2026·Rational Times Editorial·1 min read

Data & history

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14 events · 1963–2025India in space: from Thumba to the MoonSix decades of the Indian space programme — from a borrowed sounding rocket fired from a church in a fishing village to…18 events · 1857–1951From revolt to republic: India, 1857–1952The key moments between the uprising of 1857 and India’s first general election.