About 1.4 billion people live in India, and the country is predicted to top China as the world’s most populous country by mid-2023, the United Nations reports.The report estimates that India ...

As of February 2025, India has 30 Chief Ministers—27 from States and 3 from UTs, including Rekha Gupta (Delhi) and Omar ...

A giant screen displays India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G-20 summit in New Delhi on Sept. 9. (Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters) A country’s name often is imbued with centuries of history ...

India has etymological roots in the Indus River, which was called Sindhu in Sanskrit. Another popular but not legally recognized name for the country is Hindustan, which means “land of the Indus ...

Some estimates put the cost of changing the name from India to Bharat at over 143 billion rupees (S$2.3 billion). Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

India, to that extent, is the more popular name of the country we live in. Look at government usage for one. Firstly, we are the ‘Government Of India’ and not ever the ‘Government of Bharat’.

The world's most populous country is officially called the Republic of India. While the nation also has many other unofficial names and nicknames, its formal moniker remains "India" — at least ...

India’s interior minister Amit Shah has said southern states would not suffer due to delimitation, without explaining how. Note Population figures for period after 2011 are based on population ...