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 -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.
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8 SeptemberEarth
Nepal’s flood recovery becomes a China-India influence test
With 1,341 dead and 5,000 missing after an August 26 avalanche, Nepal is accepting Bailey bridges from Beijing, New Delhi, and London—each delivery a geopolitical marker along the Himalayan border.
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7 SeptemberEarth
Nepal’s $2.5 billion flood bill exposes the UN climate fund’s fatal flaw
A rock-ice avalanche killed 1,300 people on August 26, but the fund's board won't meet until December—and it has less than $500 million to cover $2.8 billion in existing requests.
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7 SeptemberCapital
India’s economy is booming. Its graduates cannot find jobs.
India produces 5 million new graduates annually but creates only 1.7 million salaried positions for them, leaving 11 million degree-holders aged 20–29 unemployed and reversing the structural shift that should…
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Aug- 2026 -31 AugustEarth
Nepal delayed foreign rescue teams as survival window closed
The government reversed its position on August 29, two days after the glacial flood killed nearly 800, requesting specialist tunnel rescue and DNA forensic help as diplomatic pressure from countries…
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31 AugustEarth
China flew 47 drones to Nepal’s border. Nepal asked for foreign ones.
A glacier collapse killed 669 people in Nepal on August 26. By August 30, China had deployed 47 drones and an airborne cell tower across the border in Tibet, while…
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30 AugustEarth
A glacier collapse left 41 Australians missing in Nepal. A second flood is coming.
Nearly 3,000 people remain unaccounted for after August 26 floods across the Nepal-China border, with a barrier lake holding 2 million cubic metres of water now threatening a second destructive…
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29 AugustEarth
A debris dam now threatens Nepal and Tibet more than the flood itself
Rescue teams paused operations after a 3 million cubic-metre barrier lake formed upstream, while over 1,400 people remain missing across the Nepal–Tibet border and monsoon rains continue.
