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India needlessly hurried into a trade deal: Unlike Canadia which decided to wait out Trump and the mid-term elections to get a better trade deal, the Modi dispensation was herded by the US govt into drafting an agreement that, in hindsight was unnecessarily hurried, and may not be all that benign as Piyush Goyal hinted, it is. The fact that Delhi could have secured better terms if only Delhi had bided its time, is not in doubt.
Now Modi and India find themselves in a pincer of US politics. The Democrat controlled US Congress will home in on India, nitpick its many weaknesses in its democratic functioning. And there is Stephen Miller now installed as the White House Chief of Staff, who wears his dislikes on his sleeve and drips contempt for countries like India. That means Delhi will hereafter get no hearing in the White House (unless Trump’s sons are promised more “Trump Towers” to make money off). - Turning into booze capital: 'India is go-to destination for alcobev MNCs'. Booze culture attracting MNCs.
- Why Did Indians Send $20 Billion Abroad In Just 8 Months? Indians sent nearly ₹1.91 lakh crore abroad in the first eight months of 2026. From overseas holidays and university fees to buying foreign stocks and property, individual residents are transferring increasing amounts of money overseas.
- AI data centers comprehensively defeated at US midterm elections: Voters passed 43 of 44 local measures to slow data centers down.
- 'America hates data centers': New database reveals more than 90% of 10,000 public comments are negative. Water is the number one concern
- 'We cannot drink DATA': Google's $15 billion India data centre is being fought in court. The city is already water deficient, and a wildlife sanctuary sits 860 metres from the site.
Broken promises, confiscated land: the hyperscale AI datacentre being built in a tiny Indian village - Google hit with criminal probe over unapproved AI data center deforestation — 816 acres of forest destroyed in Finland as wolves flee into local villages, facility threatens 40% power bill hikes
- BikAss: Building boom puts 300,000 people in the path of potential Himalayan disasters
- Huawei develops 'entirely Chinese' homegrown desktop PC system — features Kirin X90 consumer CPU and Huawei's own HarmonyOS operating system.
- AI both dents and supports growth: Indian IT at the crossroads
- The American view: The US will do everything in its capacity to stop India's growth
For India's IT giants TCS and Infosys, AI both dents and supports growth Overall revenues under pressure but AI-related quarterly income up as much as 29% https://t.co/4KHyTIjpXx https://t.co/lk1BeLLWDa
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) October 31, 2026
US🇺🇸 Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau: 'India🇮🇳 should understand that we're not going to make the same mistakes with India that we made with China🇨🇳 20 years ago, in terms of saying, 'Oh, we're going to let you develop all these markets.' And then the next thing we know, you're beating us in a lot of commercial areas. We're going to make sure that whatever we do is fair to our people because, ultimately, we have to be accountable to our own people, just as the Government of India has to be accountable to its people.' As the multipolar world deepens, expect the US to throttle India’s development more openly and forcefully.
— Afshin Rattansi (@afshinrattansi) July 5, 2026
