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India's SIM Cap Can't Reach Rings That Split Connections Across Many Buyers
A new circular blocks anyone who already holds nine connections from getting a tenth. A ring that spreads its SIMs across many separate buyers, each under the limit, never trips it.
August 21, 2026
Health
South Asians Are Almost Absent From the Databases That Calibrate Global Medicine
South Asians are close to a quarter of humanity, but the genomic databases that build disease-risk scores and drug-dosing guidance include almost none of them. The gap already shows up in a heart drug that fails more often and a risk score that reads worse.
August 21, 2026
Health
India Has No National Flu Vaccine Plan, So H1N1 Comes Back Every Year
Delhi's H1N1 cases are up sixfold this year, and an unreported death in Indore has triggered a state probe. Both trace back to a program that has never existed: India offers no subsidized flu vaccine to anyone.
August 21, 2026
Business
RBI's Governor Denied a Dollar Window Closure Nine Days Before Ordering One
On August 5, the RBI governor said no closure was under consideration. Nine days later the RBI moved up the deadline, and banks that had already committed dollars are now racing to refinance them on tighter notice.
August 21, 2026
Business
India's Sugar Price Fix Targets Stock Limits, Not the Ethanol Mandate
India kept raising its ethanol-blending mandate straight through a cane shortfall that sent sugar to a record price. The fixes on the table, a stock cap and a possible duty cut, leave the mandate itself untouched.
August 20, 2026
Business
Why LIC's HDFC Bank Stake Stops At 9.99 Percent
RBI approved LIC to raise its HDFC Bank holding to 9.99%, a single basis point under the line where its own rules get stricter. LIC hit the identical number at Kotak Mahindra Bank in 2021.
August 20, 2026
Business & Markets
Business
A Customs Hold in China Pushed a German Machine Maker Into India
India has proposed a $1.2 billion scheme to build tunnel boring machines at home. A German manufacturer already got there first, pushed in not by the promise of a subsidy but by a Chinese customs hold.
August 21, 2026
Business
RBI's Governor Denied a Dollar Window Closure Nine Days Before Ordering One
On August 5, the RBI governor said no closure was under consideration. Nine days later the RBI moved up the deadline, and banks that had already committed dollars are now racing to refinance them on tighter notice.
August 21, 2026
Business
India's Sugar Price Fix Targets Stock Limits, Not the Ethanol Mandate
India kept raising its ethanol-blending mandate straight through a cane shortfall that sent sugar to a record price. The fixes on the table, a stock cap and a possible duty cut, leave the mandate itself untouched.
August 20, 2026
Technology & Science
Technology
India's SIM Cap Can't Reach Rings That Split Connections Across Many Buyers
A new circular blocks anyone who already holds nine connections from getting a tenth. A ring that spreads its SIMs across many separate buyers, each under the limit, never trips it.
August 21, 2026
Technology
India Regulates What Meta Posts, Not How Meta Is Built
A 29-state trial against Meta rests on product-liability law, not speech law, the same route once used against tobacco companies. India's IT Rules and DPDP Act can order a takedown or fine a data violation, but neither can reach the algorithm itself.
August 19, 2026
Technology
A Law Built for Case-by-Case Review Now Blocks Accounts by the Thousand
Section 69A requires a committee to individually judge each blocking order 'justifiable,' with reasons recorded in writing. In practice, one 2025 order blocked 2,355 accounts inside an hour, and the government has not published an annual count since 2022.
August 18, 2026
Health, Culture & Geopolitics
Health
South Asians Are Almost Absent From the Databases That Calibrate Global Medicine
South Asians are close to a quarter of humanity, but the genomic databases that build disease-risk scores and drug-dosing guidance include almost none of them. The gap already shows up in a heart drug that fails more often and a risk score that reads worse.
August 21, 2026
Health
India Has No National Flu Vaccine Plan, So H1N1 Comes Back Every Year
Delhi's H1N1 cases are up sixfold this year, and an unreported death in Indore has triggered a state probe. Both trace back to a program that has never existed: India offers no subsidized flu vaccine to anyone.
August 21, 2026
Health
Congo's Worst Ebola Outbreak Ever Has No Vaccine Behind It
The Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak just became the deadliest ever recorded there. The virus behind it has never had a licensed vaccine, and the fastest candidate in testing is still months from proving it works.
August 17, 2026