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Business
Adani's Charges Were Dropped, Not Disproven
A US judge dismissed the criminal case against Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain on a Justice Department motion, not a trial verdict. The reasoning behind it rides the same enforcement pullback that has shelved other foreign-bribery cases.
August 11, 2026
Business
India's Flagship Skilling Scheme Missed 90 Percent of Its Own Target
PMKVY 4.0 set out to certify 30 lakh candidates in FY2025-26. It certified 2.87 lakh, and it had spent only 14 percent of its budget.
August 11, 2026
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.
August 10, 2026
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
Markets
India's Domestic Investors Bought Nearly Five Times What Foreign Investors Sold
Domestic funds now own more of India's stock market than foreign investors do, and they bought nearly five times what foreign investors sold in FY26. The index still fell.
August 10, 2026
Markets
SEBI Opened a Manipulation Probe Into the Closing Rule It Just Rolled Out
SEBI built its new Closing Auction Session to replace the mechanism Jane Street was found to have exploited for Rs 4,843 crore. Within two trading days, the replacement had opened one of India's widest closing gaps on record, and SEBI is now checking why.
August 10, 2026
Business & Markets
Business
India's Rural Female Employment Rate Fell Sharply Even as Participation Held Steady
Rural women's participation in India's labour force held roughly steady this year. The share who actually found work collapsed anyway, and by June 2026 female unemployment had climbed to a 13-month high.
August 11, 2026
Business
Adani's Charges Were Dropped, Not Disproven
A US judge dismissed the criminal case against Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain on a Justice Department motion, not a trial verdict. The reasoning behind it rides the same enforcement pullback that has shelved other foreign-bribery cases.
August 11, 2026
Business
India's Flagship Skilling Scheme Missed 90 Percent of Its Own Target
PMKVY 4.0 set out to certify 30 lakh candidates in FY2025-26. It certified 2.87 lakh, and it had spent only 14 percent of its budget.
August 11, 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