India’s Monsoon Deficit Is More Than a Rainfall Story: How Water Stress Could Reshape Food Prices in 2027 India’s 2026 southwest monsoon ended with rainfall 12.6% below normal, but the consequences are far from uniform. Low reservoir storage in southern…
UPI Merchant Fees Deferred Until After Diwali: What India’s New Payment Rules Mean for Shoppers and Businesses India’s planned merchant discount rate on selected high-value UPI payments has been postponed from 15 October 2026 until after Diwali, with the revised…
Can AI Help India’s Small Businesses Create Jobs? Nandan Nilekani’s Optimistic Bet Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani argues that artificial intelligence will create new opportunities for businesses rather than simply eliminate jobs. India’s millions of micro, small and medium enterprises could…
India’s Gold Habit Is Changing: When Tradition Meets Record Prices For generations, Indians have treated gold as jewellery, inheritance, emergency wealth and cultural memory. Now, with prices at historically high levels, the country is learning a new way to own…
Musk vs Ambani: The Starlink India Row Raises Bigger Questions About Competition, Security and Internet Access Elon Musk’s public criticism of Mukesh Ambani over Starlink’s delayed launch in India has turned a regulatory dispute into a high-profile test of the…
WHO’s New Childhood Obesity Guidelines: Why India Needs Healthier Homes, Schools and Food Environments Standfirst: The World Health Organization has issued its first dedicated global guidelines for managing obesity in children and adolescents, emphasising structured care, family involvement and support…
India’s Pickle Revolution: From Grandma’s Jar to the Global Gift Box India’s pickle is leaving the kitchen shelf. Regional recipes are becoming packaged foods, D2C products and premium gifts—but the real opportunity lies in turning culinary memory into sustainable businesses…
Tansen Samaroh 2026: Can a 16th-Century Musical Legacy Still Speak to the Streaming Generation? Gwalior’s 102nd Tansen Sangeet Samaroh returns from December 14–19, 2026. But its real significance is not simply that India is remembering a legendary musician. It is…
The Winter Plate of India: How Punjab and Rajasthan Turn Landscape Into Food From Punjab’s mustard fields to Rajasthan’s dry landscapes, two very different regions developed winter foods that reveal something larger than taste: how agriculture, climate, ingredients and community…
Pawan Kumar Chandana: The Indian Space Entrepreneur Taking Private Rockets Global After spending years inside ISRO, Pawan Kumar Chandana helped build Skyroot Aerospace into a private launch company capable of reaching orbit. Vikram-1’s July 2026 success has now turned that ambition into a commercial proposition…