India
The world’s most populous country, building a tech and manufacturing base large enough to be discussed as the real China alternative.
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Aug- 2026 -17 AugustScience
China is racing to write the Moon’s rules before America lands
Chang'e‑7 launches this month to drill for water ice at the south pole, two years ahead of NASA's crewed Artemis IV landing, positioning Beijing to unilaterally set governance standards for…
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16 AugustPower
Bangladesh blocks Rahman’s India visit until Hasina is extradited
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will not travel to New Delhi unless India returns former premier Sheikh Hasina, who has lived in Indian exile since August 2024 and faces conviction for…
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14 AugustScience
India’s cancer screening gap just got a dog-and-AI solution to test
A Bengaluru startup is running a 10,000-patient Phase 3 trial to validate whether trained dogs detecting cancer in breath samples can serve as a low-cost prescreening tool where organized screening…
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14 AugustCapital
India’s central bank makes AI accountability non-negotiable for lenders
Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra told banks on August 12, 2026 that they cannot hide behind algorithms, requiring complete AI inventories, explainability, and board-approved governance before deploying credit…
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12 AugustCapital
India’s cheapest phones are disappearing. Memory costs made them unbuildable.
The sub-$100 segment collapsed 74.3% in Q2 2026 as DRAM and NAND prices quadrupled, pushing average selling prices to a record $315 and locking out hundreds of millions of first-time…
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10 AugustTech & AI
India is redefining what makes a platform a publisher
The government argues Meta's algorithmic recommendations constitute active publishing, a legal theory that could strip safe-harbour immunity from every ranked service operating in the country.
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10 AugustCapital
India’s $41 billion currency trick is reshaping how Asia defends reserves
The Reserve Bank of India pulled in $41 billion through a subsidised deposit window by July 31, setting a benchmark for incentive-based defense that other central banks are now copying—but…
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10 AugustPower
Maldives and Bangladesh can’t fix SAARC’s India-Pakistan veto
On July 26, President Muizzu offered to mediate the bloc's revival, but the consensus rule that governs SAARC gives either rival state effective power to block any summit.
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8 AugustSociety
The young Indians who stopped trusting their institutions
After forcing the education minister to resign over exam leaks, India's youth movement has broadened into a sustained challenge to institutional credibility that the government is trying to suppress with…
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8 AugustSociety
The young Indians who forced a minister to resign aren’t stopping
India's Cockroach Janta Party has positioned itself as a permanent pressure group on Modi's government, with nearly three years until the next election to test whether digital mobilization can sustain…
