PoliticsIndia
The Indian ship that sank off Yemen, and why it keeps happening
All 14 crew came out alive. The ship went down in a stretch of water India has more people sailing through than almost any other country.
5 Aug 2026 — 4 min read
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PoliticsIndia
PM Surya Ghar: what the ₹78,000 solar subsidy gets you
The scheme promises 300 free units a month. The detail is in how the subsidy is tiered — and what happens after the panels go up.
4 Aug 2026 — 5 min read
FashionIndia
Fashion in two hours: quick commerce comes for your wardrobe
Myntra, Ajio and Blinkit are now delivering clothes in hours. The interesting part is what that does to how much gets sent back.
4 Aug 2026 — 4 min read
Pickleball's improbable takeover
A goofy sport with a silly name and a wiffle ball became the fastest-growing game on earth — and India went from zero courts to a national scene in under a decade.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
TechIndia
UPI: why India runs on a QR code
The chaiwallah takes it. The temple takes it. It moves over 21 billion payments a month and half the planet's real-time transactions. This is the quiet craze that changed everything.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
TechIndia
Quick-commerce: how 10-minute delivery rewired India
Groceries in eight minutes started as a gimmick. It's now a $7.6-billion habit reshaping how Indian cities shop — and what "convenience" costs.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
MoneyIndia
Gold's record run and India's gold love
Gold had its best year since 1979, smashing 50-plus record highs. In India — where gold is faith, dowry and savings account in one — the rush went into overdrive.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
LifestyleIndia
India's cafe boom and the coffee generation
A tea country is quietly falling for coffee. From Blue Tokai to a Third Wave outpost in every metro, India's café culture is having its moment — with filter coffee still quietly winning.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read
MoneyIndia
Wedding-flation: inside India's big-fat-wedding economy
India throws roughly 10 million weddings a year and spends around $130 billion doing it — a sector bigger than many industries. Here's how the big fat wedding got even bigger.
21 Jul 2026 — 1 min read