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Business

India's Fertiliser Subsidy Rewards the One Nutrient It Wants Farmers to Use Less

Government appeals for balanced fertiliser use keep failing. Parliament's own committee has already explained why: urea's price is fixed and cheap while everything else went to market pricing.

August 1, 2026

A Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, the aircraft type IndiGo leased from Norse Atlantic Airways, taxiing on an airport runway at sunset

Business

IndiGo Doubled Its A350 Order, Then Grounded Its Wide-Body Fleet

IndiGo is handing back every wide-body jet it flies, more than a year before a single owned Airbus A350 lands. The international push was built entirely on borrowed aircraft.

August 1, 2026

Workers on a bright, modern textile factory floor in India sorting and packing folded fabric goods

Business

India's Industrial Boom Is Running Ahead of Its Consumers

India's factory output grew 5.1% in May 2026, but capital goods surged 12.9% while consumer non-durables managed just 3.6%. The boom is being built well ahead of the households it is meant to serve.

August 1, 2026

A hospital patient's arm resting on a pillow with an IV cannula taped in place, in a hospital bed

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

A cellular network tower with panel antennas rising against a blue sky with clouds

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

The nose cone and engine intake of a fighter jet, viewed head on from the tarmac, in black and white

Geopolitics

Turkey's Fighter Jet Flew Eight Years Before Its Real Engine Will

AMCA's stalled engine talks read like proof India is behind on fighter jets. The US's F-47 and Turkey's KAAN show the wait for a real engine is the industry norm, not an Indian problem.

July 31, 2026

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