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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Aug- 2026 -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…
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26 JulySociety
The place where Buddhism began just got UNESCO’s seal
Sarnath's inscription as India's 45th World Heritage site ends a 28-year wait, but fragile ruins now face the risk of being loved to death by the crowds it will attract.
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25 JulyScience
Three broken systems lock oral cancer stem cells in place
A convergence model in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences reveals that bioelectric signaling, gap junction communication, and Hippo-YAP pathway dysregulation act as redundant safeguards, each capable of maintaining treatment…
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22 JulyEarth
Afghanistan’s monsoon floods kill 23, leave 100 missing across South Asia
Flash floods in Nuristan province on July 21 killed at least 23 people and left over 100 missing, part of a regional monsoon system that has claimed at least 25…
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21 JulyCompass
India’s pilots demand flight ban Europe already imposed on Gulf routes
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency ordered carriers to avoid UAE airspace through July 29 citing missile and drone risks, but India's regulator has not yet matched that directive despite…
