Ars Technica
Europe funds startups, Louisiana becomes SpaceX's new playground, India's launch crisis deepens, and China delays its lunar mission - because space is never boring.
BBC World
In drought-stricken Bundelkhand, India's caste system makes getting a drink of water even more of a scorching ordeal.
BBC Business
India's beauty market is booming, with Gen Z spending double what millennials did, and global giants like Estée Lauder and L'Oréal scrambling to get a piece of the $23bn pie that's set to nearly double by 2030.
TechCrunch
Accel raises a $550M India fund in weeks, despite having 55% of the last one left, betting on AI apps and consumer startups.
The Guardian Europe
New Zealand's wool industry is bouncing back as synthetics get pricier, with sheep numbers down but prices up - and Chanel, Patagonia, and India all wanting a piece.
BBC World
Women who joined India's anti-Modi 'Cockroach' protests face a relentless online barrage of slut-shaming, doxxing, and threats - because apparently, disagreeing with the PM is now a gender-based sport.
TechCrunch
India's UPI payments network, after years of free service, is finally getting a business model - because even the government can't run on good intentions forever.
The Guardian
India's Gen Z protesters, armed with memes and rage over a leaked exam, forced a minister's resignation and cracked Modi's 12-year narrative control.
The Guardian Europe
Pirelli calendar goes to India, features all-Indian cast, and finally acknowledges that brown people also exist in fashion - a groundbreaking concept, really.
The Guardian Europe
India's education minister quits after a cockroach-themed youth movement forces his hand over an exam leak scandal, proving that even the most loyal ministers can be squashed.
NPR Economy
Trump slaps tariffs on 60 countries for forced labor enforcement failings, because nothing says 'human rights' like making Americans pay more for everything before midterms.
BBC World
Sonam Wangchuk ends 26-day hunger strike after government promises not to arrest protesters; Cockroach Janta Party continues demanding education minister's resignation.
The Guardian Europe
Modi proposes fast-track courts for exam leak cases, but the 'cockroach' protesters aren't buying it - they still want the education minister's head on a platter.
BBC World
India's Gen Z, fed up with a broken education system and an exam scandal, launches a cockroach-themed protest movement that goes from Google form to street showdown faster than you can say 'NEET.'
BBC World
From Gandhi to Wangchuk: India's hunger strikes prove that an empty stomach can still be a potent political weapon, even if the results are as mixed as a buffet.
BBC World
Sonam Wangchuk's hunger strike enters day 16 with alarming health stats; the government remains unmoved, so protesters plan to march to parliament.
TechCrunch
India approves Vivo-Dixon joint venture, giving Chinese phone giant a local partner and a regulatory workaround, while Apple watches from its export throne.
SpaceNews
Indian startup Skyroot prepares to launch its first orbital rocket, Vikram-1, with plans for monthly launches and a $1.1 billion valuation, because space is the place to be.
The Guardian
Dowry deaths in India have risen to over 6,500 a year, but public outrage has gone silent - because murder has given way to coerced suicide and sex-selective abortion, turning collective grief into private shame.
BBC Health
Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips, India's most polarising liver doctor, is a soft-spoken healer in person and a fire-breathing troll-slayer online - all in the name of evidence-based medicine.
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