By YP Rajesh, Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Nikunj Ohri NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the country on Friday to move towards more self-reliance, manufacture everything from fertilisers to jet engines and EV batteries,

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to build a “self-reliant India” and announced tax and regulatory reforms to benefit businesspeople and the middle class in his first major speech since the US imposed 50 per cent tariffs on the country.

India’s defense ties with Washington remain on track with a US delegation set to visit New Delhi this month, even as the South Asian nation grapples with President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs.

Credit rating agency S&P Global upgraded India's long-term unsolicited sovereign credit ratings to "BBB" from "BBB-" on Thursday, citing economic resilience and sustained fiscal consolidation.

Global ratings agency S&P has upgraded India's credit rating for the first time in nearly two decades, bumping the country from BBB to BBB- with a stable outlook, and invaliding Donald Trump's eyebrow-raising 'India is a dead economy'.

By bno - Kolkata Office S&P Global Ratings has raised India’s sovereign credit rating to BBB from BBB-, with a stable outlook, marking the first upgrade in 18 years, The Indian Express reports. The move positions India closer to the coveted ‘A’ category,