Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has repositioned the social media giant as an AI company. Vincent Feuray | AFP | Getty Images Tensions are high between Meta Platforms and Indian regulators after the company came under fire in the country twice in short succession. The tech behemoth briefly restricted a Facebook post by Prime Minister Narendra…
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest-growing large economy. The Indian government has been rushing to sell stakes in state-owned companies this year. So far, it has pared its stake in 10 public…
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra speaks during a press conference after the monetary policy review at RBI headquarters in Mumbai on December 5, 2025. India’s central bank cut interest rates on December 5 as low inflation provided room to help cushion the world’s fastest-growing major economy against US President Donald Trump’s tariff…
The LIC logo looms above a couple of passersby in Mumbai in India last week. The IPO of the biggest payer in life insurance in the country is expected to fetch $2.7 billion in the country’s biggest IPO so far. Punit Paranjpe | Afp | Getty Images The Indian government will sell up to a…
The China Securities Regulatory Commission building in Beijing on July 20, 2026. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I’m seeing and hearing from local businesses. China’s tech advances may rile Washington…
NEW DELHI, INDIA – JULY 20: Security personnel carry out Lathi charge during CJP protest March to near the Parliament House on July 20, 2026 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) Hindustan Times | Hindustan Times | Getty Images India’s youth unemployment crisis has become one of the…
Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest-growing large economy. The success of Gen Z protests in India has handed a surprise victory to Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, cementing its position as the most influential…
U.S. and Chinese companies have come to dominate the global artificial intelligence race. Imen Ben Youssef | Afp | Getty Images Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a snapshot of what I’m seeing and hearing from local businesses. As Chinese startups build…
Protesters raise slogans, hold placards and wave Indian flags during a gathering organized by supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party after the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over exam paper leaks, in Mumbai, India, on July 26, 2026. (Photo by Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Prime Minister Narendra…
A visitor walks next to the logo of the Indian multinational pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories during the Bio Asia 2026 summit in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, on February 18, 2026. (Photo by Jwala Kotesh/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on generic drugs will increase the…
