Indian News API

SkillSearch

Get real-time Indian news headlines and articles using NewsData.io API. Supports category filtering, language filtering, and search.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Indian News API skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by ankitjh4/indic-ai-skills in skills/indian-news/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Get real-time Indian news headlines and articles using NewsData.io.

Required: API Key

You need a free API key from NewsData.io

  1. Go to https://newsdata.io/
  2. Sign up for free account
  3. Get your API key
  4. Add to Zo secrets: Settings → Advanced
  5. Add secret: NEWSDATA_API_KEY = your-api-key

Usage

# Get latest Indian news
python3 scripts/news.py latest

# Get news by category
python3 scripts/news.py category technology

# Search news
python3 scripts/news.py search "artificial intelligence"

# Get Hindi news
python3 scripts/news.py latest --language hi

Categories

  • business
  • crime
  • domestic
  • education
  • entertainment
  • environment
  • food
  • health
  • politics
  • science
  • sports
  • technology
  • top
  • tourism
  • world

Languages

  • en - English (default)
  • hi - Hindi
  • bn - Bengali
  • ta - Tamil
  • te - Telugu
  • ml - Malayalam
  • kn - Kannada
  • mr - Marathi
  • gu - Gujarati
  • pa - Punjabi
  • ur - Urdu

Environment Variables

VariableRequiredDescription
NEWSDATA_API_KEYYesYour API key from newsdata.io

API Reference

Signals

GitHub stars
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Forks
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Last commit
Apr 2026
Advanced
Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
indian-news
Source
github.com/ankitjh4/indic-ai-skills