
Science
The Night Sky Is Brightening Faster Than Satellites Can See
Citizen star counts show the sky brightening nearly four times faster than satellites can measure, because the instruments are blind to the exact light now spreading fastest, including through India's own streetlight rollout.
By The Signal Editorial
August 10, 2026 · 7 min read
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Business
India's Non-Fossil Power Capacity Overtook Coal, Not Its Generation
India's installed power capacity crossed the halfway mark for non-fossil sources in June 2026. Its electricity generation, and the CEA's own forecast through 2035-36, did not follow.
August 10, 2026

Business
For Every Chinese FDI Approval in India, Hong Kong Got Thirteen
India approved a single Chinese FDI proposal in FY26, worth Rs 1 crore. Hong Kong, spared the land-border screening China faces, cleared thirteen worth Rs 610 crore.
August 3, 2026

Markets
Only Six of the Original 1991 Sensex Companies Are Still Listed
IndiGo's parent replaced Tata Motors on the Sensex in December 2025, closing out a lineage that traced to the 1991 reforms. The index that keeps reshuffling toward finance has, on its own numbers, gone nowhere since.
August 3, 2026

Business
India Has Two Official Highway Death Tolls, and They Disagree by 12,000
One government tally says deaths on India's national highways fell for the first time since Covid. A second, older government tally, for the same year, says they hit a record instead.
August 3, 2026

Geopolitics
The $100,000 H-1B Fee Missed the Route Indian Graduates Already Use
OPT, the visa status most Indian STEM graduates use before they ever touch an H-1B, has never carried a fee at all. Washington's next $100,000 proposal is the first attempt to close that gap.
August 3, 2026

Business
Zepto's Revenue Doubled While Its Valuation Fell by Two Thirds
Zepto's revenue more than doubled this year, but mutual funds priced its shares at about a third of what late-stage investors paid. The gap traces to a SEBI-mandated valuation rule funds must follow, not to the business turning bad.
August 3, 2026
Business & Markets

Business
India's Non-Fossil Power Capacity Overtook Coal, Not Its Generation
India's installed power capacity crossed the halfway mark for non-fossil sources in June 2026. Its electricity generation, and the CEA's own forecast through 2035-36, did not follow.
August 10, 2026

Business
For Every Chinese FDI Approval in India, Hong Kong Got Thirteen
India approved a single Chinese FDI proposal in FY26, worth Rs 1 crore. Hong Kong, spared the land-border screening China faces, cleared thirteen worth Rs 610 crore.
August 3, 2026

Business
India Has Two Official Highway Death Tolls, and They Disagree by 12,000
One government tally says deaths on India's national highways fell for the first time since Covid. A second, older government tally, for the same year, says they hit a record instead.
August 3, 2026
Technology & Science

Technology
The Rule That Killed Free Basics Just Let a Paid Fast Lane Through
India's net neutrality rule was built to ban paid fast lanes after the Free Basics fight. A 5G plan just tested it, and the regulator's first read found no violation.
July 31, 2026

Technology
Pronto Pays Its Workers Double to Wear Cameras on the Job
Pronto pays its home-service workers double to let a camera record the job for AI training data. The wage premium, not a consent process, is what actually buys the worker's participation.
July 30, 2026

Technology
India's Solar Grid Still Runs on the Chinese Inverters Washington Just Banned
The FCC just banned new Chinese-made grid inverters over remote-shutdown risk. India's solar buildout already runs on them, and nothing requires that to change.
July 30, 2026
Health, Culture & Geopolitics

Health
Why Kerala's Dengue Patients Are Twelve Times More Likely to Die Than Tamil Nadu's
Tamil Nadu carries India's biggest dengue caseload and one of its lowest death tolls; Kerala runs the opposite trade, with far fewer cases but far more deaths. The gap is Kerala's population, not its outbreak.
August 1, 2026

Health
India Meets Just 0.2 Percent of Its Own Heart Transplant Need
A new Lancet analysis finds India covers just 0.2 percent of its own heart transplant need and 7.2 percent of kidney need. The shortfall traces to where transplant capacity sits, not to how many people need one.
July 30, 2026

Health
India's Dementia Risk Is Led by a Lack of Schooling, Not Diabetes
A Bengaluru cohort study points to diabetes and hearing loss as India's dementia risk profile. The country's own nationally representative study names a different leading factor by a wide margin, and diabetes does not even reach significance.
July 30, 2026