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Cursor introduces Cursor Start, a ~$7 monthly subscription exclusive to India, its third-largest market, priced below its standard $20 Pro monthly subscription (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/27/curs

Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing | TechCrunch
Cursor says India is now its third-largest market globally and plans to expand local hiring and enterprise sales.

Heat wave empties roads and markets in north India as some farmers turn to nighttime work #India

Heat wave empties roads and markets in north India as some farmers turn to nighttime work
Roads and markets have emptied during afternoons and some farmers have switched to nighttime work to avoid scorching temperatures as a heat wave grips large parts of India.

One morning, when Kascitcana awoke from a nightmare of religious authoritarianism, they found themselves transformed into an enormous cockroach. They were covered in armour. They could fly. They could digest anything, and infect the body politic with revolutionary ideas. Like the gods, they had many arms and legs! It was wonderful!!!!!
#India

OpenAI appoints ex-Uber India head Prabhjeet Singh as its first managing director for India, to scale its presence in its second-largest market after the US (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/26/openai-poach…

OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US | TechCrunch
The hire marks OpenAI's latest push into India, expanding offices, partnerships and hiring.

Hindutva activists use Eid to intimidate muslims in India - Canary
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2026/05/28/hindutva-activists-eid/

Netflix starts rolling out its new Clips vertical video feed as a separate tab in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, India, and four other countries (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/streaming/920179/netflix-vertical-video-feed-mobile-app-ui

Here’s what Netflix’s new vertical video feed is like
Netflix is starting to roll out a big revamp of its mobile app, and a central feature is a new vertical video feed called “Clips.”

Take advantage of a relatively calm news day to check out today's Metacurity for the most crucial infosec developments you should know, including
--UK spy chief warns of escalating Russian cyber aggression,
--India's banking and government institutions are testing Mythos,
--Charter confirms breach claimed by ShinyHunters,
--Play ransomware gang hit Mike Lindell's MyPillow,
--Fake UK visa portal exposes passports and selfies,
--CrowdStrike shutte…

UK spy chief warns of escalating Russian cyber aggression
India's banking and government institutions are testing Mythos, Charter confirms breach claimed by ShinyHunters, Play ransomware gang hit Mike Lindell's MyPillow, Fake UK visa portal exposes passports and selfies, CrowdStrike shuttered C2 for Glassworm botnet, much more

India eases foreign investment rules for e-commerce companies, a win for Amazon, which lobbied to buy goods directly from Indian sellers and sell them overseas (Aditya Kalra/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-relaxe…

"India adds 4.6 GWh of battery storage capacity in Q1"
#India #Energy #Batteries

India adds 4.6 GWh of battery storage capacity in Q1 - pv magazine Global
The country’s cumulative installed battery storage capacity reached 5.9 GWh as of March 2026.

More #icm2026 people, including the moderator from my short talk, and an AMS staff person at the #MathReviews and @… reception

U.S. lead in science is shrinking fast as China, India and even Iran catch up https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-06-03/united-states-science-investment-china-india-iran Easy under the current Trump-led US administration.

Contributor: U.S. lead in science is shrinking fast as China, India and even Iran catch up
As global competition intensifies, the United States risks driving away the world’s brightest minds rather than drawing them in.

India is making history as the first major nation to industrialize primarily with solar power. They're building the world's largest solar installation in the Rann of Kutch desert—280 square miles that will help solar meet half the country's electricity demand growth by 2030.
This is a complete departure from how every other major economy developed.

A First Among Major Nations, India Is Industrializing With Solar
While China's push to modernize sparked a surge in burning coal, India is turning to increasingly cheap solar to meet its booming energy needs. Though it faces big hurdles, including a rickety grid, India's solar buildout could soon be a model for other emerging economies.

India's monsoon rain depends on where air gets cleaner #India

India's monsoon rain depends on where air gets cleaner
Cleaning up pollution around the world could bring significantly more rainfall to India's monsoon than regional action alone, research from the University of Reading shows and highlights the value of international cooperation on air quality.

Transport von Nutzlast ins All: SpaceX als die East India Company unserer Zeit
Seit mehr als 60 Jahren sinken die Kosten für den Transport von Nutzlast ins All. Laut einer Analyse gibt es in der Geschichte keine vergleichbare Entwicklung.

Transport von Nutzlast ins All: SpaceX als die East India Company unserer Zeit
Seit mehr als 60 Jahren sinken die Kosten für den Transport von Nutzlast ins All. Laut einer Analyse gibt es in der Geschichte keine vergleichbare Entwicklung.

For centuries Delhi attracted scholars, saints and statesmen
hoping to influence the ruler of the day.
Once India achieved independence,
it was the natural place for the fledgling state to locate national institutions such as archives and universities.
Publishers and think-tanks soon followed.
The sheer density of serious thinkers makes Delhi the intellectual capital of India.
Or made, at any rate.
Since taking power in 2014 Narendra Modi and his …

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-co-founder-sergey-brin-donates-500000-to-california-group-leading-the-campaign-against-/articleshow/1312…

Google co-founder Sergey Brin donates $500,000 to California group leading the campaign against ... - The Times of India
The Times of India brings the Latest & Top Breaking News on Politics and Current Affairs in India & around the World, Cricket, Sports, Business, Bollywood News and Entertainment, Science, Technology, Health & Fitness news & opinions from leading columnists.

"India curtailed 2.1 TWh of renewable electricity in fiscal year 2025–26"
#India #Energy #Renewables

India curtailed 2.1 TWh of renewable electricity in fiscal year 2025–26 - pv magazine Global
Ember's analysis found that about 2.1 TWh of renewable electricity generation was curtailed in fiscal year 2025–26, equivalent to 1.3% of total renewable generation, to keep coal-fired power plants operating at their minimum technical load. The report estimates that around 10 GWh of energy storage, charged during peak midday solar generation hours, would have been sufficient to absorb this surplus renewable output, maintain coal plants above their minimum technical load, and avoid the curtail…

This is so awesome to see!
#Lenovo #firmware engineers are looking into both @… and

Open Source Summit India 2026: An Introduction To Coreboot and LinuxBoo...
View more about this event at Open Source Summit India 2026

Moin Leute, es ist wieder #SchiffsSamstag. Meine Zeichnung zeigt die S.S. "Enterprise", die als erstes Dampfschiff von England nach Indien fuhr.
#MastoArt

Set aside religion, faith,... and take in the #art and #imagination that produced this simple yet elegant #sculpture (centuries ago) and presentation (today).
Picture I received today of Anantapadmanabha (Wishnu reclining, Brahma in the lotus from his navel, consorts by his feet) in Karkala #India.

Attacks must end: India condemns US strike on vessel near Oman that killed 3 Indians (Shivani Sharma/India Today)
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/attacks-must-cease-india-condemns-strike-on-vessel-near-oman-calls-for-dialogue-after-3rd-incident-reported-2925121-2026-06-11
http://www.memeorandum.com/260611/p37#a260611p37

Flipkart says it plans to expand its network of micro-fulfillment centers in India to 1,500 by the end of 2026, as it also claims orders have grown ~400% YoY (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/23/walmar…

Walmart-backed Flipkart expands quick-commerce push as Amazon ramps up in India | TechCrunch
Walmart-backed Flipkart has crossed 1,000 micro-fulfillment centers as Amazon accelerates its own quick-commerce push in India.

Companies are using AI at their global capability centers in India to bring more creative work in-house, cutting turnaround times and reliance on ad agencies (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/global…

India’s Scorching Nights Strain Power Grid and Threaten Health | Today News
https://www.livemint.com/news/india/indias-scorching-nights-strain-power-grid-and-threaten-health-11779758832318.html

"The BJP was formed by members of what was basically a Hindu religious fascist party, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), an organisation modelled on Mussolini’s Black Brigades. Modi was a long-time member of the RSS who then moved seamlessly into the BJP. "
India: a further swing to the right – Michael Roberts Blog

India: a further swing to the right
In the recent state elections in India, the ruling BJP-led coalition government won resounding victories in some key states previously held by opposition parties. In the highly populated West Benga…

Taking stock: The Impact of the India AI Impact Summit 2026
https://fpf.org/blog/taking-stock-the-impact-of-the-india-ai-impact-summit-2026/
@…

Sources: India has ordered telecom companies to disable mobile data services in central Delhi, amid youth protests seeking the education minister's resignation (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-

Wouldn't an itinerary tracing various culinary stples be fun? I've often pondered a food-centric tour - either around the Mediterranean, or along a cost of the Mediterranean and then through the Middle East into India. (Working in a semiconductor company, with employees from pretty much everywhere, I remember the intense discussion between an Iraqui, an Indian (Mumbai) and a Korean on the right way to cook rice.)
Tracing one delicious snack around the Mediterranean showed m…

Tracing one delicious snack around the Mediterranean showed me that modern borders are absurd
Migration and cultural exchange have always been the norm between coastal European and African nations. We should celebrate this shared history, says Federico De Blasi, an Italian food writer based in Barcelona

Wouldn't an itinerary tracing various culinary stples be fun? I've often pondered a food-centric tour - either around the Mediterranean, or along a cost of the Mediterranean and then through the Middle East into India. (Working in a semiconductor company, with employees from pretty much everywhere, I remember the intense discussion between an Iraqui, an Indian (Mumbai) and a Korean on the right way to cook rice.)
Tracing one delicious snack around the Mediterranean showed m…

Tracing one delicious snack around the Mediterranean showed me that modern borders are absurd
Migration and cultural exchange have always been the norm between coastal European and African nations. We should celebrate this shared history, says Federico De Blasi, an Italian food writer based in Barcelona

Fascinated how space nerds insist on glorifying Musk's catastrophe factory.
"#SpaceX: Get used to failure being the most frequent option."
▶️ SpaceX Starship Super Heavy booster explodes mid-air after test launch from Texas - India Today
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Watch: Starship's Super Heavy rocket explodes mid-air minutes after launch
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster exploded mid-air while descending after a Starship test launch from Texas.

Stay ahead of the curve and check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Frontier AI beat: NSA locked out, Meta pressured, lawsuits begin,
--Dialog's "hack" looks more like a misconfiguration,
--Klue breach spills more LastPass customer data,
--Iranian banking services hit by fresh cyber disruption,
--India's Bajaj Auto hit by ransomware attack,
--KDDI warns 14m accounts may be ex…

Frontier AI beat: NSA locked out, Meta pressured, lawsuits begin
Dialog's "hack" looks more like a misconfiguration, Klue breach spills more LastPass customer data, Iranian banking services hit by fresh cyber disruption, India's Bajaj Auto hit by ransomware attack, KDDI warns 14m accounts may be exposed, much more

Cockroach Janta party began as online joke but is growing into one of the most unexpected challenges to India's rightwing government https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/08/cockroach-janta-party-youth-movement-india-politics

‘What if all cockroaches came together?’ The youth movement threatening to shake up India’s politics
Cockroach Janta party began as online joke but is growing into one of the most unexpected challenges to country’s rightwing government

India orders GitHub to remove Bitchat, the offline messaging app built by Jack Dorsey that is used by anti-government protesters amid internet blackouts (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/07/24/indi…

India orders takedown of Jack Dorsey’s bitcoin-linked messaging app Bitchat
The order targets Bitchat, an offline Bluetooth mesh app built to relay encrypted messages and bitcoin transactions, as 'Cockroach Janta Party' protesters in Delhi use mesh tools to communicate through internet shutdowns.

Judicial Overhaul in India Decriminalizes Hundreds of Offenses That Previously Landed You in Prison https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/judicial-overhaul-in-india-decriminalizes-hundreds-of-offenses-that-previously-la…

Judicial Overhaul in India Decriminalizes Hundreds of Offenses That Previously Landed You in Prison
Reporting generally, prison sentences have been amended to fines, while steep fines have been amended to warnings. 

India Raises Diesel, Gasoline Prices for Third Time in Eight Days | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/india-raises-diesel-gasoline-prices-for-third-time-in-eight-days

Spatio-Temporal Signatures of Intermittency in Helically Rotating Turbulence through Topological Data Analysis
Snigdhashree Mallick (International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India), Yashwanth Ramamurthi (International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India), Shiva Kumar Malapaka (International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India), Amit Chattopadhyay (International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17560 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.17560 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.17560
arXiv:2605.17560v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: A central challenge in hydrodynamic turbulence is identifying precisely when, and at which length scales, strong turbulent fluctuations (STFs) emerge and develop into intermittent events, which are often obscured by conventional statistical diagnostics. We address this problem by applying a Topological Data Analysis (TDA) framework to reveal the spatiotemporal signatures of intermittency in low-resolution ($128^3$) helically rotating turbulent flows. Vorticity magnitude and length-scale (eddy size) fields are used as scalar observables for TDA: vorticity characterizes rotational dynamics that generate multiscale flow structures, while length-scale fields encode the scales at which intermittent activity arises. Their evolving topology is quantified using persistence diagrams and Wasserstein-distance metrics. Compared with traditional statistical approaches, this framework is more sensitive to localized and short-lived flow variations, enabling clearer detection of intermittent behavior. Pronounced variations in Wasserstein-distance heatmaps provide direct signatures of STFs across space and time. Together, these results demonstrate that TDA offers an effective complementary tool for detecting STFs that lead to intermittency within turbulent regime.
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So, I can't eat any fresh greens when I #travel home to #America next week?
This is the type of advice I used to get when traveling to places like #India or

As student protests spread across India, Narendra Modi turns to Reels, swapping his trademark cinematic videos for self-recorded messages aimed at Gen Z (Akriti Sharma/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07…

In this weeks round up of Asian tech we look at the woes afflicting India’s mighty technology sector, inconclusive outcomes at the Trump-Xi meeting over AI chips and rare earths, and SK Hynix’s expectations of joining the trillion-dollar club.

India’s tech juggernaut hits a wall - Asian Tech Roundup
Welcome to Computing's weekly roundup of tech news in Asia. This time we look at the woes afflicting India’s mighty technology sector, inconclusive outcomes at ...

The first record of the parable commonly known as the "Blind Men and the Elephant" showed up around 2500 years ago, in a Buddhist text from India. At this point it's pretty commonly known. I assume that most folks reading this will be familiar with some variation of it.
If not, it's essentially a story about people who have limited information making assertions about something: one man grabs a tail and says, "it's like a rope," another the trunk and says, "it's like a snake," a third the leg saying, "it's like a tree," and so on. Later variations are less kind to the men, having them not simply report their findings, but fight over them. The first English translation draws a parallel to religion.
This comes to mind for me, because social media has a tendency to incentivize us to make those hard assertions, to dig in, to argue our perspective as part of a spectacle. Free and federated social media isn't structurally that different from corporate media, so the incentive models built to maximize engagement by maximizing conflict tend to leak through the similarities in the user experience and the conditioning of other platforms.
I didn't really come here to critique the fediverse, but rather to remind everyone, "no one sees the whole fucking elephant." We are limited and there are necessarily some things so big they will never be individually comprehensible. Any system that relies on us all agreeing cannot possibly respond to those big things.
We can see that concretely if we look at the difference between "democratic unity" and "diversity of tactics." In the first model, everyone either agrees or gets forced to behave as though they agree (at least on some issues). That's how liberal democracy works. Diversity of tactics (which systematically described, for example, in the "St Paul Principles"), on the other hand, let's people align on goals without needing to agree on exactly how to achieve them. The reality being that often there are multiple "correct" paths, and sometimes those paths can only work if multiple paths are taken in unison.
No one sees the whole elephant. We won't even see the elephant later. People will still be arguing about the elephant long after it's gone. But if you want to get rid of the elephant, you're gonna need to accept that you can't comprehend it all and you're gonna have to figure out a way to work together that doesn't require a unified approach.

From Sputnik to Starship - estimating the experience curve of #SpaceLaunch technology: https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag217/8732400?login=false -> For more than 60 years, the cost of transporting payload into space has been falling: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Transport-of-payload-into-space-SpaceX-as-the-East-India-Company-of-our-time-11365594.html - according to an analysis, there is no comparable development in history.

Human Archive, which trains robots using first-person video from 1,000 camera-equipped caps worn by Indian home services workers, raised $8.2M from YC and more (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/26/human…

This startup is betting India's gig economy can train the world's robots | TechCrunch
Human Archive, a startup founded by UC Berkeley and Stanford researchers, is paying gig workers in India to wear camera-equipped caps and sensor devices to collect the real-world physical training data that AI and robotics labs are racing to acquire.

Trump Says India Trade Deal 'Very Close,' Hails Modi as 'Tough' (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-17/trump-says-india-trade-deal-very-close-hails-modi-as-tough
http://www.memeorandum.com/260617/p56#a260617p56

The Cockroach Janta party (CJP)
might have started out as an online joke, but
– driven by millions of discontented young people in India
– it has swiftly grown into one of the most unexpected challenges to the powerful rightwing government of Narendra Modi.
The CJP was founded in May by Abhijeet Dipke, 30,
an Indian national who recently graduated from university in the US.
Enraged to hear comments made by the chief justice of India,
who compared the…

Who are India’s Cockroach Janta party and why are they staging protests?
Explosion of anger over education system and youth unemployment has led to movement’s rapid rise

India just got a major energy breakthrough: geothermal could power everything from data centers to urban cooling systems while providing 24/7 baseload energy.
A new study shows states like Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh have strong deployment potential. With better drilling tech and policy support, this isn't just theoretical—commercial-scale projects are now viable.

Geothermal emerges as scalable energy source for India - Power Technology
A new study says geothermal could play a major role in India’s future energy needs, with vast untapped potential identified nationwide.

Filing: Jio Platforms, India's largest wireless operator with 526M subscribers, files for an IPO; the deal is expected to be one of India's biggest IPOs ever (Priyanka Salve/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/19/india-jio-platforms-ipo-mukesh-ambani.html…

India's largest telecom and digital service Jio Platforms files for IPO
India's largest wireless operator and digital service provider, Jio Platforms files for IPO

Bad news from Kerala.
But it's happened before and the left will be back.
India loses its last left-wing government after five decades | Politics News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/4/in…

India loses its last left-wing government after five decades
Kerala in India, which gave the world its first democratically elected communist government, has voted the left out.

Appfigures: daily downloads of major VPN apps in India rose 49% on June 16 after India announced its Telegram ban; Proton and Turbo recorded largest increases (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/telegram-ban-in-india-sparks-a…

Telegram ban in India sparks a rush to VPNs, rival apps | TechCrunch
Telegram argues India should block specific content, not an entire platform used by millions.

Growing dear leader's profile overseas at US taxpayer expense. "To celebrate USA's 250th."
Unrelated: If you know anything about the quality and content of any "snack at a roadside stall" in Delhi, you'll see the irony of a *dietician* eating there.
#NYT #misuse

Never, ever, is there a slow day in cybersecurity, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the crucial developments you should know, including
--Hackers post alleged blueprints and supplier data from India nuclear project,
--TfL hackers sentenced to 5½ years in prison,
--Hacking suspect once worked at Kaspersky,
--OpenAI unveils AI-powered red teaming tool,
--Ransomware attack disrupts Japan’s food supply chain,
--Qantas cleared after social-engineeri…

Hackers post alleged blueprints and supplier data from India nuclear project
TfL hackers sentenced to 5½ years in prison, Hacking suspect once worked at Kaspersky, OpenAI unveils AI-powered red teaming tool, Ransomware attack disrupts Japan’s food supply chain, Qantas cleared after social-engineering breach, Health provider criticized for delayed breach disclosure, much more

"Earth Prize 2026 part I: teenage teams tackling big global problems"
#EarthShotPrize #Environment

Earth Prize 2026 part I: teenage teams tackling big global problems | The Optimist Daily
The Earth Prize 2026 named four regional winners this week. Teenagers from Ireland, Kenya, Gaza, and India are solving problems in incredibly innovative ways.

Climate change triples chance of deadly 2026 South Asia pre-monsoon heatwave: Report https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/05/climate-change-triples-chance-of-deadly-2026-south-asia-pre-monsoon-heatwave-rep…

Climate change triples chance of deadly 2026 South Asia pre-monsoon heatwave: Report
From mid-April through May 2026, India and Pakistan were gripped by a heatwave that's resulted in deaths.

India’s New ‘Good Samaritan Laws’ Reward Any Citizen Who Stops to Help with Traffic Injuries https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/indias-new-good-samaritan-laws-reward-any-citizen-who-stops-to-help-with-traffic-injuries/

India's New 'Good Samaritan Laws' Reward Any Citizen Who Stops to Help with Traffic Injuries
Ambulances are routinely required to cover large distances and may not arrive within this golden hour of treatment.

Companies are using AI at their global capability centers in India to bring more creative work in-house, cutting turnaround times and reliance on ad agencies (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/global…

One reason it’s been so hot in India and Pakistan this year is due to persistent high-pressure weather systems.
When these systems sit in place, they make heatwaves more likely
by suppressing cloud formation and reducing the chance of cooling rain.
This year, strong high-pressure systems have lingered over parts of India and Pakistan, trapping hot air near the surface and allowing temperatures to build over many days.
With less rain, there’s more heat at ground level a…

Too hot, too humid: why the sustained heatwave in India and Pakistan is so dangerous
Sustained, sweltering heat is hitting India and Pakistan hard – and humidity is making the situation even more dangerous.

"India, the world’s second-largest sugar producer, has banned exports for more than four months, according to an official notice, as the government seeks to protect local supplies."
India Bans Sugar Exports for Four Months to Protect Supply | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/india-bans-sugar-exports-for-four-months-to-protect-supply

Swiggy CEO Sriharsha Majety says his company plans to stay out of the spending war as Amazon and Flipkart ramp up their quick commerce efforts across India (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

"Trail cameras show elephants, leopards, and more embracing India's 7-mile wildlife crossing months ahead of schedule"
#India #Animals #Nature

Elephants, leopards, and more use India's 7-mile wildlife crossing months ahead of schedule
Researchers observed over 60 instances of the elephants safely utilising the corridors beneath the six-lane highway in India.

Amazon plans to merge MX Player into Prime Video in India, combining free and paid streaming catalogs on a single platform over the next few months (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/amazon-mx-player-merges-prime-video-india-1…

Amazon MX Player Joins Prime Video in India Streaming Merger
Amazon MX Player is merging with Prime Video to create a large Indian streaming service, spanning free, paid, and ad-supported content.

India Says U.S. Strike on Tanker in Iran Blockade Killed Three Nationals (Shan Li/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/india-says-u-s-strike-on-tanker-in-iran-blockade-killed-three-nationals-1c323b12
http://www.memeorandum.com/260611/p25#a260611p25

As student protests spread across India, Narendra Modi turns to Reels, swapping his trademark cinematic videos for self-recorded messages aimed at Gen Z (Akriti Sharma/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07…

Norwegian journalist says Meta suspended her accounts after challenging Modi | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-journalist-helle-lyng-india-modi-press-freedom-b2980851.html

Movie star demands the gov launch state-owned OTT platform.
Because watching "cinema, docs at affordable, subsidised rates" is the people's most pressing need. 🙄
Not roads, bridges, water, toilets, food, personal safety,...🤦‍♂️
#priorities #sarcasm #tunnelVision

India issues a notice to Telegram, asking it to curb the spread of pirated films and other copyrighted content, and seeks an action-taken report within 15 days (Sejal Sharma/Hindustan Times)
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/

15-day govt notice for Telegram to act on piracy channels
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) issued a notice to Telegram on Saturday, asking the messaging platform to take stronger action against the spread of pirated films, OTT content and other copyrighted audio-visual material on its platform | India News

"Rice feeds billions of people—but its role in fueling climate change is growing"
#Rice #Food #Climate #ClimateChange

Rice feeds billions of people—but its role in fueling climate change is growing
Rice feeds more than half the world. From terraced paddies in Southeast Asia to irrigated fields in China and India, it underpins daily meals for billions of people.

Billionaire Gautam Adani Met Donald Trump Jr. in India While Facing US Bribery Charges (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-23/billionaire-gautam-adani-met-donald-trump-jr-while-facing-us-bribery-charges
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p45#a260623p45

Analysis: the share of entry-level hiring in India's tech sector fell to ~15% in 2025 from 28% in 2024 as companies shifted focus to AI and automation roles (Tanya Pandey/The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.i…

India’s tech sector grows with fewer freshers as AI reshapes hiring
The share of entry-level hiring in the sector has fallen to around 15% in 2025 from 28% in 2024 as companies focus more on AI, cloud, cybersecurity and automation-focused roles. Emerging technology roles account for nearly 52% of hiring demand and are expected to touch 60% by the end of 2026, signalling a broader shift away from campus-led pyramid hiring model, experts said.

Days after a high school student found serious flaws in India's Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which handles university entrance exams, among other things, its portal was hit by a barrage of DDoS attacks.
https://www.deccanhera…

After multiple delays, CBSE opens revaluation portal; claims cyber-attacks
Cyberattacks: CBSE opened its revaluation portal after multiple delays, but students reported login issues and missing scanned copies. The board said cyber-attacks targeted the site, while applications for verification and re-evaluation remain open till June 6.

India blocks Telegram until June 22 citing its use by organized "cheating rackets" to "defraud candidates" taking a national medical entrance examination (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-…

Sources: India drives 50% of WhatsApp's revenue, generating $1B annually, largely via business messaging, likely helping Kunal Shah get WhatsApp's top job (Moneycontrol)
https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/ho

At a conference, an Amazon Prime Video exec says Prime Video works with 600 content partners, including 70 in Japan, 50 in Australia, and 30 in India (Patrick Brzeski/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

APOS: Prime Video Bets Its Future in Asia-Pacific on Building the “Entertainment Hub”
At Asia's leading media conference, held this week in Bali, Amazon regional entertainment leaders touted its radical localization strategies, 600-plus distribution partners, and the new ad-supported tier in India built on Amazon MX Player.

Talking of #birthdays, in #India they're celebrated on one of three days:
- day and month on Gregorian calendar; most common
- day and month on lunar calendar; "traditional folks"
- day when moon aligns with birth star in the lunar birth month; "traditional west coast folks, in the south"
#trivia

Modi says Iran war poses severe risks to India, urges cuts in fuel use and gold purchases
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/11/india-modi-fuel-gold-foreign-travel-middle-east-oil-shock.html

Amazon plans to expand Amazon Now to 300 Indian cities and towns, up from 100 at present, as CEO Andy Jassy visits India; a source says he is set to meet Modi (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Indian streamer Zee5 pulls human rights drama Satluj, at the center of a government censorship battle since 2022, after two days, citing "current developments" (Stewart Clarke/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/07/satluj-diljit-do…

Human Rights Drama ‘Satluj’ Starring Diljit Dosanjh Pulled From Streaming In India Days After Launch
Satluj, Honey Trehan’s human rights drama starring Diljit Dosanjh, has been pulled days after its launch in India.

"India installs 15.3 GW of solar capacity in Q1"
#India #SolarPower #Energy #Renewables

India installs 15.3 GW of solar capacity in Q1
India installed 15.3 GW of solar capacity in the first quarter of 2026 – the highest quarterly addition on record – representing a 143% year-on-year increase, according to Mercom India.

Sources: FIFA officials are visiting India, where no World Cup broadcast deal is agreed; Reliance-Disney JV offered just $20M and Sony refrained from bidding (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/fifa-me…

US export controls on Anthropic reignite debate in India over the country's AI ambitions, which are increasingly tied to tech developed and governed in the US (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/13/as-anthrop…

As Anthropic suspends access to new models, India debates its AI future | TechCrunch
Tech leaders debate whether the Anthropic episode is a wake-up call for India’s AI ambitions.

"Rhinos reintroduced to Indian park are breeding, but still need support"
#Rhinos #India #Animals

Rhinos reintroduced to Indian park are breeding, but still need support
Manas National Park in India’s Himalayan foothills was once home to some 100 Indian rhinos, almost all of which were wiped out by poaching by the late 1990s. After a campaign to reintroduce them, the population is growing and several calves have been born. But their recovery still needs active support, reports contributor Sneha Mahale […]

Meta partners with Reliance to lease its first AI data center in India, with 168 MW capacity; separately, Meta says it has contracted ~1GW of renewable energy (Meta Newsroom)
https://about.fb.com/news/2026/06/meta-partners-with-reliance-on-ai…

Meta Partners With Reliance on AI-Enabled Data Center in India
We've enetered an agreement with Reliance Industries to lease our first ever AI-enabled data center in India.

Amazon Music Prime is including ads starting July 2 in India, as the company launches a paid subscription tier for Music Unlimited for roughly $1 per month (Mandy Dalugdug/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusines…

Amazon Music goes standalone in India with $1 Unlimited tier for Prime members – as they lose ad-free
Amazon Music Unlimited offers ad-free, on-demand access to more than 100 million songs, along with podcasts.

India's Telegram ban until June 22 over exam paper leak concerns is a terrible look for the country, sets a precedent, and could happen again if unchallenged (Nikhil Pahwa/@nixxin)
https://x.com/nixxin/status/2067100573648953610

Nikhil Pahwa (@nixxin) on X
A few additional thoughts on the Telegram ban in India: 1. Is this a permanent ban? It's unusual for the Indian government to issue a press release about the telegram ban: the precedence that I remember is when Chinese apps were banned in India in June 2020 including tiktok. A

Amazon plans to merge MX Player into Prime Video in India, combining free and paid streaming catalogs on a single platform over the next few months (Naman Ramachandran/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/amazon-mx-player-merges-prime-video-india-1…

Amazon MX Player Joins Prime Video in India Streaming Merger
Amazon MX Player is merging with Prime Video to create a large Indian streaming service, spanning free, paid, and ad-supported content.

A profile of incoming WhatsApp CEO Kunal Shah, who studied philosophy in Mumbai, advised Sequoia India, and joins a growing pool of Indian-born tech executives (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/442bdba8-6f7e-4ddf-a99b-a8ba102d247f

India issues a notice to Telegram, asking it to curb the spread of pirated films and other copyrighted content, and seeks an action-taken report within 15 days (Sejal Sharma/Hindustan Times)
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/

15-day govt notice for Telegram to act on piracy channels
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) issued a notice to Telegram on Saturday, asking the messaging platform to take stronger action against the spread of pirated films, OTT content and other copyrighted audio-visual material on its platform | India News

Blackstone-backed data center operator AirTrunk commits to investing $30B in India by 2030, with plans to develop 5GW of new data center capacity in the country (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/05/airtrunk-commits-30b-…

AirTrunk commits $30B to build 5GW of AI data centers in India | TechCrunch
The Australian data center operator plans to set up 5GW of capacity in India.

India's IT secretary said the country is investigating a data breach at Apple supplier Tata, which exposed files that included photos of iPhone 18 Pro models (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-investiga…

Customer engagement service MoEngage acquires Aampe, whose AI agents help brands personalize messaging, for "tens of millions", per a source; Aampe raised ~$28M (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/23/indias-mo…

India's MoEngage bets that the future of marketing is millions of AI agents | TechCrunch
The all-cash deal gives MoEngage access to technology that assigns AI agents to individual customers.

Rising DRAM prices are driving "forced premiumization" in the smartphone market in India and Africa, as consumers in the sub-$200 segment risk being priced out (David Oks)
https://davidoks.blog/p/ai-is-killing-the-cheap-smartphone

AI is killing the cheap smartphone
The global memory crunch and the great repricing of consumer electronics

Polymarket and Kalshi continue to operate in India despite a government advisory on April 25, directed at VPN providers, labeling prediction markets "illegal" (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05…

ASML will partner with Tata Electronics to help it bring an $11B 300mm chip factory online in Gujarat, expanding India's ability to produce chips domestically (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-16…

Doc: Apple agreed in May to submit the financials of its India business to the country's antitrust body as part of an investigation over alleged market abuses (Aditya Kalra/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/apple-

India pledges $13.3B to boost domestic chipmaking, building on a $10B incentive program from 2021, which attracted investments from companies like Micron (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-0…

Indian AI startup Sarvam raised $234M in the first close of a $300M Series B at a $1.5B valuation, with HCLTech acquiring a 10.5% stake for ~$150M in cash (Urvi Dugar/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-hcltech…

Bengaluru-based Scapia, which offers travel-focused co-branded credit cards and an app, raised $63M led by GC, a source says at a $500M post-money valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/indian…

General Catalyst just led a $63M bet on India's travel payments market | TechCrunch
Scapia, an Indian startup that combines travel booking with co-branded credit cards and mobile payments, said the deal doubles its valuation.

Opendoor says it is shutting down its India operations and laying off nearly 250 employees, replacing them with smaller, AI-enabled teams in the US (Moneycontrol)
https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/op

India scraps import duties on some parts used to make phones and other devices until March 2029, removing 7.5% and 5% levies, in a move that might help Apple (Nikunj Ohri/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-tel

Sources: India froze Starlink approvals to begin commercial operations due to concerns over the use of its terminals in Iran despite not being licensed there (Bloomberg)

Indian quick grocery delivery startup Zepto files for an India IPO, planning to raise ~$836M by selling new shares; Zepto was valued at $7B in its last round (Rajesh Mascarenhas/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06…

Industry data: India's six largest IT companies grew combined revenue from $95.9B in FY23 to $103.1B in FY26, while headcount remained broadly steady at ~1.9M (Tanya Pandey/The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.c…

Jobless growth in IT: Revenue grows, headcount stagnates
India's top IT companies are achieving revenue growth with stable employee numbers. This trend highlights a shift towards automation and improved productivity. Job openings have decreased, indicating a more selective hiring approach. Companies are focusing on delivering integrated business outcomes rather than expanding teams for individual projects. This strategy allows for more efficient operations and growth.