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India launches 36 satellites into space with OneWeb

One of the world’s major communications companies, OneWeb, is working on creating a “satellite constellation” of 648 satellites for global broadband coverage. The company has gotten 426 of these satellites into orbit already. But, it sent those satellites into space using Russian-made Soyuz rockets run by the French company

Sri Lanka debt

What’s the next move in the Sri Lankan debt crisis?

Sri Lanka is dealing with a major debt crisis ranging from estimates of US$85 billion to over US$100 billion. The crisis has resulted in a depletion of essential imports like fuel and medicine. Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was also booted out of office after nationwide

India Adani

Gautam Adani, Asia’s richest man – and coal tycoon – is looking toward green energy?

Over the course of the pandemic, while most people experienced an intense recession, some billionaires saw their wealth multiply. By, like, a lot. For example, India suffered intensely, with millions of people pushed into poverty. In fact, India’s economic struggles made up more than half of the global poverty

Reliance Industries

The next phase of the Ambani legacy

If you’ve watched any TV, you know that fraternal feuds over the family business can get pretty ugly. Well, that isn’t just in Hollywood – it really does happen. One of the most famous examples in recent history was the Ambani family. See, when Dhirubhai Ambani, the founder of

India LGBTQ+

India’s Supreme Court says that families are families, no matter how “traditional” they are

India’s march toward LGBTQ+ equality has been, well, more of a trudge, to be honest. It took until 2018 for a court to decriminalize sex between men, and though same-sex marriage is still illegal, a challenge to this is working its way through the court system. (In fairness, it’

India population

India will overtake China in population figures by November, says UN report

In just four short months, by November, the earth will be home to 8 billion people, the highest global population yet. The UN says this growth hasn’t been going as quickly as it used to, and it’ll be another 60 years or so before it hits its peak

China India

Indian and Chinese stock markets could quadruple by 2050, says Abrdn CEO

China and India could become the world’s largest and third-largest economies, respectively, in the next decade, and their stock markets could grow a whopping fourfold by 2050, according to Abrdn CEO Stephen Bird. Previously, Asian countries were seen as “laggards," meaning they were falling behind other fast-growing markets. Now,