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India stands out as renewables overtake coal; ‘striking growth’, says global media

Electric bike upgrade in India and Keir Starmer's India visit also grab global attention.

Pilots’ body wants DGCA to ground all Boeing 787s & crypto stuck in ‘no man’s land’ in India

Optimists view Donald Trump’s H-1B application fee as an opportunity for India–to get its best & brightest back home. But a BBC report finds it is easier said than done

China advances into neighbourhood amid ‘India’s isolation’, American dream trips on social media hurdle

Global media reports on ‘China’s many diplomatic manoeuvres’, the latest trouble for Indians looking to study in the US and comics ruffling the feathers of ruling politicians.

100 years of RSS and its role in Indian politics, and the ‘Russian oil’ splinter in India-US ties

Global media also reports on the new ‘billionaires’ row’ on a single street in Mumbai, the Worli Sea Face.

Global media analyses India’s ‘animal problems’ & the right to a legible doctor’s prescription

Bloomberg looks at Indian govt's efforts to hasten approval of hydroelectric projects by 'outsourcing geological investigations'.

Social media popularity down, Bihar elections loom as a litmus test for PM Modi—global media

Spotlight of other publications on India's anti-Maoist strategy blurring lines between rebels & civilians, and Indian students stranded by steep H-1B visa fee hike.

Indian art market finds its footing at home & how Trump’s H-1B visa fee hike is fuelling anxiety

Economist looks at art collector Shalini Passi’s garden in Delhi, NYT probes H-1B visa fee damage & Guardian reports on power needs in India and clash with New Delhi’s climate goals.

Why India-China rivalry persists amid thaw & MiG-21 bows out after ‘decades of admiration & infamy’

Global media looks at how tech giants are generating opportunities for India to serve as the world's AI backbone.

Can India retain its skilled workers amid H-1B fee hike & the ‘boldness’ of Naveen Jindal

The New York Times reports on the struggles of apple farmers in Jammu & Kashmir as this year’s unrelenting monsoon destroyed their crops. 

Nepal uprising ‘distraction’ for New Delhi & India’s top buyer of Russian oil escapes Trump’s wrath

Trump’s USD 100,000 H-1B thunderclap & its impact on India keep getting global media attention. ‘Could accelerate shift by multinationals to expand operations in India’. 

On Camera

A new Indian foreign policy consensus is emerging. That India isn’t a great power yet

After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.

Geoeconomic confrontation top trigger for global crisis, cyber insecurity biggest risk for India—WEF

WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.