Nirmala Sitharaman

The Indian Railways conducted the first trial run of the Vande Bharat Express between Patna and Ranchi on Monday morning in Jharkhand.

Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several new clean energy initiatives in the government’s annual federal budget speech on Wednesday, saying “green growth” is a top priority for the country.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi told US climate envoy John Kerry that India was committed to meeting its climate change pledges.