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 -5 AugustEarth
A Super El Niño is arriving on a warmer planet. The worst is still months away.
The World Meteorological Organization projects sea-surface temperature anomalies will exceed 2.9°C above normal by October, amplified by a simultaneous positive Indian Ocean Dipole that reshapes drought and flood risk across…
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4 AugustSociety
The young Indians who made Modi’s government listen
A youth-led satire movement called the Cockroach Janta Party forced Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation in July, signalling that digital-native protests can now move India's government.
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4 AugustCapital
Qantas is quietly building two labor strategies at once
The airline is hiring 400 tech roles in Adelaide while exploring a deal to move 1,000 back-office jobs to India by year-end, signaling a restructuring play investors may reward but…
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4 AugustSociety
Indian job seekers trafficked to Southeast Asia face systematic torture in scam compounds
A multi-nation investigation found that young men lured from nine Indian states are enslaved in Myanmar and Cambodia, forced to run fraud operations generating up to $114 billion in annual…
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4 AugustEarth
El Niño is now a solar developer’s credit risk
India's solar generation surged 37% year-on-year, yet 473 million units were curtailed in one quarter as grid infrastructure lagged behind renewable build-out, forcing developers to price weather volatility into project…
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2 AugustCapital
India’s largest refiner just abandoned its Gulf playbook
Indian Oil sourced 84% of crude from spot markets in Q2 as US–Iran tensions disrupted Hormuz traffic, forcing a permanent shift toward Russian barrels and away from decades-old Gulf contracts.
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2 AugustEarth
South Asia’s heat will cost 31 million jobs a year by 2050
A World Bank report projects the region's economy could shrink nearly 7% by mid-century as extreme heat erodes productivity across 280 million new workers entering its cities.
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Jul- 2026 -29 JulyEarth
Delhi’s EV ban arrives before the grid can handle it
Starting January 2027, India's capital will prohibit new petrol three-wheeler registrations, but transmission bottlenecks and insufficient charging infrastructure threaten to strand lower-income riders without viable alternatives.
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29 JulyCompass
Thailand’s tourism bet waits for a visa that hasn’t arrived
With the baht down 5.9% and Indian visa-free entry cabinet-approved but not yet published, Thailand is banking on policy levers that remain half-engaged—even as July arrivals fell 3% year-on-year.
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27 JulyTech & AI
India’s IT giants are splitting into AI winners and traditional losers
HCLTech's Advanced AI unit grew 62.1% year-on-year to $171 million in Q1, while telecom and retail verticals contracted sharply, forcing the entire sector to bet that AI pipelines will scale…
