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India among targets as China-linked hackers 'exploit' VPNs, firewalls

Cyberattackers grew faster and harder to detect in 2025, increasingly slipping through trusted systems rather than breaking in with obvious malware, claims U.S.-based  cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike's 2026 Global Threat Report . The report says adversaries "grew more evasive than ever before," exploiting trust in supply chain partners, legitimate software, internal systems and employees. CrowdStrike now tracks 281 adversaries after naming 24 new ones in 2025, plus 150 activity clusters and emerging threat groups.
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Proposed UPI merchant charges risk driving small vendors back to cash, warns new ISB study

  A new study by the Indian School of Business (ISB) warns that the proposed Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) framework for UPI transactions could inadvertently reverse digital payment adoption among India’s street vendors, pushing them back toward cash-based transactions and threatening recent gains in financial inclusion.
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'Captured the democratic process': How rural elites sustain inequality in postcolonial Punjab

A groundbreaking new ethnographic study published by Cambridge University Press is challenging optimistic narratives about rural democratic empowerment in India. In "Democracy against Equality: Caste, Institutions and Power in Postcolonial Punjab", Nicolas Martin, Associate Professor of Modern Indology/South Asian Studies at the University of Zurich, argues that formal democratic mechanisms are frequently co-opted by rural elites to perpetuate, rather than dismantle, deep-seated systemic inequality.
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Asbestos found in 60% rangoli powder tested in India, Malaysia, England: Civil society sounds alert

  Asbestos , a substance known to cause cancer, has been detected in 60 per cent of rangoli powder samples tested in a laboratory in South Korea, raising concerns about the safety of products used during Diwali and other festivals. Indian samples recorded particularly high contamination rates, according to an investigation released by environmental and public health organisations.
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'India bears brunt of global humid heat stress surge': Study warns of severe productivity losses

  A new study published in the "Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres" reveals that global potential productivity loss from humid heat stress has increased abruptly since the mid-1980s, with India contributing to over half of this total global increase. 
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Choking on dust: How U.S. corporate immunity echoes a silent crisis for India’s ceramic workers

  A progressive and potentially fatal lung disease is tearing through the global workforce involved in stone cutting and polishing, sparking international bans and mounting lawsuits in the United States. Yet, while American politicians debate corporate liability, the crisis remains a deadly, underreported reality for millions in India, particularly among agate and ceramic workers.
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Govt claims India’s industrial output rose 6.7% in September; doubts over data authenticity persist

Official quick estimates say SME-heavy sectors drove growth in tier 2 and 3 cities, but the figures remain unverified amid wide apprehensions over the reliability of Government of India data — and a one-month festive-season bump cannot be generalised as a durable industrial recovery. 
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