Raghuram Rajan: An Indian path will entail risks and the government will make mistakes. A strong opposition and a free press will help point these out, enabling it to correct course. ft.com/content/c4631d…

Elon Musk launches global battle over government ‘censorship’ of X:
'In #India , where he is seeking to build a Tesla plant, X has walked a delicate line of highlighting takedown requests while complying with government demands.'
ft.com/content/bedde0… Benjamin Parkin Hannah Murphy

Power struggle in India over green energy threat to rare bustard via Financial Times
⁦Chris Kay⁩ and ⁦Benjamin Parkin⁩ on.ft.com/3UWWr0s

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We are looking to hire a talented journalist to launch a new Financial Times #India 🇮🇳 newsletter. Details below —> boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtimes…

How India’s navy changed tack ⁦John Reed जॉन रीड⁩ ft.com/content/466e65…

“Buyout funds are piling into Indian hospital chains and medical firms, lured by rising spending on healthcare in the world’s most populous nation, with the sector providing a rare bright spot amid a downturn in deal activity.” ⁦Chris Kay⁩ ft.com/content/335558…

Top headline in newspapers this morning

Air India Express cancels flights after hundreds of crew call in sick on.ft.com/3wrJ6Ub

Arthur Laffer: ‘Free trade is a way not only of having good economic relations and prosperity. It’s also the way of solving global crises.’ ft.com/content/23ddac…

…in a contentious attempt to galvanise marginalised voters it says have been left behind by Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party. Benjamin Parkin

India’s caste census becomes election faultline as opposition targets Narendra Modi—India’s opposition political alliance has vowed to conduct the first nationwide census of caste groups in nearly a century if elected… ft.com/content/900da4… Financial Times jyotsna singh

Why is the opposition in India rallying around a caste census? This figure in the Financial Times story below explains the ground they're desperate to make up: ft.com/content/900da4…

India’s caste census becomes election faultline as opposition targets Narendra Modi ft.com/content/900da4… w/jyotsna singh Andy Lin 林佳賢

#India ’s caste census becomes election faultline as opposition targets Narendra Modi. Benjamin Parkin and jyotsna singh report in today's @ft #India Elections2024 ft.com/content/900da4…

India’s caste census becomes election faultline as opposition targets Narendra Modi via Financial Times
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Deepfake ‘menace’ hurting retail investors, warns head of India’s BSE bourse via Financial Times
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Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, interviewed Congresswoman and 52nd Speaker Nancy Pelosi at #ftweekendfestival just now. They discussed the upcoming presidential election, being a woman in politics and lots more.

You can still register to watch on demand: usftweekendfestival.live.ft.com

Canada charges three Indian nationals with murder of Sikh separatist ft.com/content/f2faea…

A novel”, he said, “is the only place in the world where two strangers can meet on terms of absolute intimacy.”
Paul Auster, novelist, 1947-2024 ft.com/content/fe7dc2…

Narendra Modi increases anti-Muslim rhetoric in India election campaign-deploying some of the most extreme language of his decade in power to attack opponents and mobilise Hindu voters as his party seeks a historic third term. ft.com/content/43a6d2… Financial Times jyotsna singh