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India’s consumer crisis: A shrinking middle class & a population that’s ageing before it can get rich

Global media also noted that India’s old may face a harsh and lonely retirement, with fewer working-age adults to support the elderly and very low savings.

How Indian pharma firms are creating a drug crisis in West Africa & the rural road ‘revolution’

Global media also looks at the contest between US & Russia to sell fighter jets to India.

The ‘subtext-laden Pak-India cricket rivalry’ & ‘raids’ at Kashmiri bookshops draw global media’s focus

International media also reports on how a tiny village has become India's YouTube capital, with the platform sparking an economic & social revolution.

Apple ‘the fruit company’s’ growing presence in India & challenges the country poses for Tesla

Global media also reports that Qatar, which supplied over 48% of India’s LNG imports in 2023, may see its share decline as India shifts toward US gas imports.

India’s top IT firm’s ‘misuse’ of US visa rules & Tesla’s cat-and-mouse game with India nears its end

Global media also reports how India’s biggest air carrier IndiGo plans to leave behind its budget image.

India an ‘unexpected’ role model for Europe & inside Maha Kumbh’s lost & found centre

International media continues to cover Trump & his announcement of reciprocal tariffs, which will hit India particularly hard and put further pressure on the rupee.

Modi reunites with ‘great friend’ Trump. The ‘MAGA + MIGA’ equation under global spotlight

PM Modi met US President Trump at the White House Thursday. Publications look at India-US ties against the backdrop of key issues pertaining to trade & immigration.

As 2 ‘friends’ meet, how Modi will walk Trump’s tightrope & still get what India wants

Global media reports on how both leaders view foreign policy as transactional & how the meeting will set the tenor for trade, immigration & threat of an increasingly assertive China.

Where is Modi and Trump’s ‘bromance’ headed & an ‘unusual’ caste hierarchy on India’s roads

Global media also reports on Paris AI Action Summit and how world leaders sought 'common ground' at the event where Modi & French President Emmanuel Macron were co-hosts.

Concerns over rising hate speech against minorities & mass turtle deaths find world media’s attention

International media is also focused on the upcoming Modi-Trump meeting, reporting that are likely to discuss the trade imbalance & illegal immigration among other issues.

On Camera

Trump tariff forces India to shed illusion. Stop conflating status with power

India’s future lies in pragmatism. Protectionism must be phased out gradually, not in disruptive shocks.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.