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12/12/2025

✈️ Government Grounds Growth: IndiGo Ordered to Slash 10% of Flights! 🚨

India's Ministry of Civil Aviation has intervened dramatically, ordering the country's largest airline, IndiGo, to reduce its winter flight schedule by 10% following a crisis that saw thousands of cancellations and widespread passenger chaos. The disruption was directly linked to the airline's failure to adequately staff and roster pilots after the implementation of new, stricter Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms on November 1st, which mandate longer rest periods and limit night duties. The 10% cut, doubled from an initial regulatory order, was imposed to stabilize the network and ensure passenger convenience, despite the CEO's claims that operations had "fully stabilised."

10/12/2025

Valuing the Invisible: India's Sweeping Experiment in Paying Women

India is pioneering a complex experiment in recognizing the economic value of women's unpaid domestic work through various state-level unconditional cash transfer schemes (UCTs). These transfers, often explicitly framed as a "rights grant" or payment for household labor by states like Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, are an attempt to politically and financially empower women who spend up to ten times more time on domestic chores than men. While critics warn the policy may simply entrench existing gender roles and keep women out of the paid workforce, the transfers have proven to be a powerful political tool, successfully swaying female voters in recent state elections.

Read More: A wage for housework? India's sweeping experiment in paying women

10/12/2025

The 'Picasso of India' Finds a Permanent Home in Doha

The late Maqbool Fida Husain (M.F. Husain), India's most celebrated and controversial modernist, has been honored with a monumental institution in his adopted home of Qatar. The Lawh Wa Qalam: M. F. Husain Museum in Doha's Education City was inspired by the artist’s own sketch and houses over 150 works spanning his six-decade career. This world-first, single-artist museum cements his global legacy by showcasing his powerful fusion of Indian mythology and Arab iconography, honoring the man who spent his final years in self-imposed exile after controversy in India.

Read More: Doha’s new museum dedicated to M.F. Husain opens, featuring 150 artworks and his million-dollar horse masterpieces

09/12/2025

Goa Tragedy: Nightclub Inferno Kills 25 Due to Fireworks & Safety Violations

A devastating fire at the popular 'Birch by Romeo Lane' nightclub in Arpora, North Goa, resulted in the tragic deaths of 25 people, including staff members and tourists, shortly after midnight. The blaze was reportedly triggered by electrical firecrackers used during a live performance that quickly ignited the highly flammable wooden and temporary decor inside the venue. The high fatality count, with most victims succumbing to suffocation, is linked to the nightclub's severe fire safety violations, including having only one narrow exit and lacking emergency doors, which created a fatal trap for patrons.

Read More: A Fire at a Popular Nightclub in India's Goa State Kills 25

09/12/2025

Inflation Jumps in India: Fading Base Effects Push Prices Higher

India's consumer price index (CPI) inflation is forecasted to have risen modestly in November, hitting 0.7% compared to a recent multi-year low of 0.25% in October, according to a Reuters poll of economists. This uptick, which marks the first major jump after a prolonged decline, is primarily attributed to a fading base effect from the previous year, coupled with a broad-based increase in food prices. Despite the rise, the projected inflation figure remains well below the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) medium-term target of 4%.

Read More: India consumer inflation likely picked up in November on fading base effects

09/12/2025

Poaching Ring Dismantled: Interpol-Wanted Tiger Trafficker Arrested in India

In a major wildlife enforcement breakthrough, Indian agencies have arrested Yangchen Lachungpa in North Sikkim, an international wildlife criminal wanted under an INTERPOL Red Notice for over a decade. Lachungpa, described as a "key member" and "significant relay point" in an organized trafficking network, allegedly built smuggling corridors linking India’s tiger reserves to Nepal, Tibet, and China for tiger parts and pangolin scales. This high-security operation, conducted by the Madhya Pradesh State Tiger Strike Force and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, finally cornered the fugitive, marking one of the country’s most significant arrests against transnational wildlife crime.

Read More: Woman wanted by Interpol over trafficking of tiger parts arrested in India

08/12/2025

Growth Focus: RBI Cuts Repo Rate to 5.25% Amid "Goldilocks" Economy

The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) unanimously voted to cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 5.25%, the fourth rate cut this year. This decision comes despite strong headline GDP growth, as the central bank flagged unevenness and potential weakness in key indicators, particularly risks to exports from global trade tensions and high US tariffs. Citing a "rare Goldilocks period" of subdued inflation and strong growth, the RBI used its policy space to provide a pre-emptive counter-cyclical push to ensure economic momentum continues.

Read More: India cuts rates to 5.25% as expected as central bank flags weakness in some key economic indicators

08/12/2025

Regulatory Retreat: DGCA Eases Pilot Rest Rules After IndiGo Meltdown

Following a severe crisis where IndiGo was forced to cancel over a thousand flights due to acute crew shortages, India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has temporarily eased a key pilot rest requirement. The DGCA has withdrawn the rule that prohibited airlines from substituting a pilot’s accumulated leave for their mandatory weekly rest period, allowing airlines greater flexibility in rostering. This widespread disruption was triggered by the full implementation of new, stricter Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms, which increase the weekly rest period and restrict night duties to combat pilot fatigue. The rollback provides immediate relief to stabilize operations, though critics warn it dilutes safety safeguards achieved under the new FDTL rules.

Read More: India Withdraws Pilot Restrictions After Largest Airline Cancels Flights and Disrupts Airports

07/12/2025

Huge Partnership: Modi & Putin Unveil $100 Billion Trade Plan by 2030

Prime Minister Modi and President Putin met for the 23rd India-Russia Annual Summit and adopted an ambitious Economic Cooperation Programme until 2030, aimed at expanding and diversifying bilateral trade. The leaders set a massive goal to boost annual trade volume to $100 billion by the end of the decade, signing deals across strategic sectors like energy, fertilizers, health, and critical minerals. Putin also assured India of uninterrupted fuel shipments, and both sides agreed to accelerate the use of national currencies for settlements to shield trade from external geopolitical pressures.

Read More: Putin and Modi hold talks and announce expansion of Russia-India trade ties

07/12/2025

Trade Headwind: India's Factory Growth Slows to Nine-Month Low on US Tariffs

India's manufacturing activity decelerated to a nine-month low in November, with the HSBC/S&P Global Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) falling to 56.6 from 59.2 in October. This slowdown is primarily attributed to the impact of steep US tariffs imposed on Indian goods, which caused the new export orders PMI to drop to a 13-month low. While the sector remains in expansion territory (above 50), the headwind from these trade barriers and the fading impact of recent GST cuts led to softer growth in new business and the lowest level of business confidence since mid-2022.

Read More: India's factory growth slows to nine-month low as US tariffs dent demand, PMI shows

06/12/2025

Quad Anxiety: Majority in Australia, Japan & India View Trump Presidency as "Bad" for Their Nation

A major new poll of key Indo-Pacific allies reveals widespread concern, with a majority in Australia (56%), Japan (59%), and India (54%) viewing the current US administration as detrimental to their national interests. This anxiety stems from fears of protectionist trade policies, potential disruptions to critical security arrangements like the AUKUS partnership, and a perceived move away from a rules-based global order. Despite these negative perceptions, a significant plurality in all three countries still favors strengthening Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue) economic ties and defense cooperation, signaling a commitment to a shared security framework.

Read More: What Australians think about the US, China and November's presidential election

06/12/2025

India's $100 Billion Data Boom: The Hidden Cost in Water and Power

India's massive $100 billion investment surge in data centers, fueled by the AI revolution, is creating an economic opportunity but is simultaneously pushing the country's essential resources to the brink. These facilities, especially those using traditional evaporative cooling systems, are projected to more than double water consumption by 2030, putting severe strain on already water-stressed urban hubs like Mumbai and Bengaluru. Furthermore, the dramatic increase in power demand risks locking India into a greater reliance on fossil fuels, complicating its climate goals unless sustainable solutions like mandatory renewable energy and treated wastewater use are rapidly adopted.

Read more about the resource crunch in India's data centre boom.

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