South Asia
Nearly a quarter of humanity lives here, and its politics, economy, and climate risk are recalibrating in real time. From India’s technology ambitions to the fragile peace holding a nuclear-armed border, the scale alone makes this impossible to ignore.
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Sep- 2026 -21 SeptemberTech & AI
India’s semiconductor bet hinges on one factory hitting 2028
ASML has opened a local office and committed lithography tools to Tata's Dholera fab, a ₹91,000 crore project designed to produce 50,000 wafer starts monthly at mature nodes—but execution risk…
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20 SeptemberTech & AI
India warns chipmakers: expect cyberattacks as fabs go live
Technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the semiconductor industry to prepare for geopolitical sabotage as Applied Materials, Lam Research, and Fujifilm commit billions to Indian manufacturing.
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19 SeptemberEarth
Nepal’s young face climate dread after glacier collapse kills 1,446
A 21-year-old forestry student couldn't focus on exams as the August 26 disaster displaced 33,000 people, triggering psychological crisis among a generation learning their futures aren't separate from the mountain's…
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19 SeptemberPower
Trump arms tariff weapon against China’s Russian energy imports days before Xi arrives
A new US law signed September 18 lets Trump impose up to 100 percent tariffs on the five largest buyers of Russian oil and gas—China and India absorb 85 percent…
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17 SeptemberCapital
India’s $30 billion chip bet is mostly policy, not deployed capital yet
Applied Materials and Lam Research pledged $5 billion and Rs 10,000 crore respectively, but operational guidelines determining subsidy rates and eligibility have not yet been released.
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14 SeptemberTech & AI
Trump meets Xi with no US safety rules for AI racing ahead
Eleven days before the White House summit, the U.S. government has explicitly declined to impose mandatory pauses or licensing on frontier AI development, leaving safety decisions to Anthropic, OpenAI, and…
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13 SeptemberPower
The Hague ruled against India. India rejected the court.
A unanimous tribunal found India's suspension of the 65-year-old Indus Waters Treaty has no legal basis, but New Delhi rejected the award's legitimacy, leaving enforcement to politics alone.
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13 SeptemberCapital
India and Russia build a digital currency bridge to fix their lopsided trade
A $50 billion trade deficit is pushing the Reserve Bank of India and Russia's central bank to develop a CBDC settlement channel, disclosed at the New Delhi BRICS summit this…
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12 SeptemberCapital
Xflow and HSBC unlock India checkout without local incorporation
A new PA-CB licence arrangement routes international merchants through UPI and local rails, lifting payment success rates from below 70% to above 95% for foreign sellers.
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11 SeptemberCapital
India’s digital rupee now settles corporate bonds in a single day
Three issuers raised ₹1,025 crore on a distributed ledger connected to the RBI's wholesale CBDC, eliminating the two-to-three-day settlement gap that previously exposed counterparties to risk.
