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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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