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Health

Fiji Declared an HIV Emergency Months After India's Largest Drug Gift

India just sent Fiji its largest-ever medicine gift for HIV. Ten months later Fiji declared a national emergency anyway, because the epidemic runs on needles, not on drug shortages.

September 18, 2026

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Technology

AI Wearables Only Ask One Person in the Room for Consent

Apple's Watch, Meta's Ray-Ban and pendant AI recorders capture everyone nearby, but consent law, from India's DPDP Act to the EU's GDPR, only ever asks the wearer. California just wrote the first law for the rest of the room.

September 17, 2026

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Health

Blood Pressure Risk in Indian Women Triples Years Before Menopause

By their early thirties, Indian women's odds of raised blood pressure have already tripled. The average Indian woman does not reach menopause for another decade or more, and much of clinical practice still waits for her to get there.

September 17, 2026

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Geopolitics

Australia Refuses 40 Percent of Indian Student Visas and 3 Percent of China's

Australia's new migration overhaul exempts Pacific and ASEAN nationals from a ban on student dependants, but not India, its second-largest student cohort, which already faces far higher visa refusal rates than China does.

September 17, 2026

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Geopolitics

Congress Built a 100 Percent Tariff Trump Can Simply Waive

The House just sent Trump a bill that can tariff Indian goods up to 100 percent for buying Russian oil. The same bill lets him cancel that tariff with one signature.

September 17, 2026

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Business

Tata Trusts Own Two Thirds of Tata Sons and Still Lost the Vote

Two Tata Sons board votes went against the Tata Trusts on the same afternoon, a chairman's reappointment and a stock listing, despite the Trusts owning roughly two thirds of the company.

September 17, 2026

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