Starlink vs Jio: Can Elon Musk make satellite internet affordable in India’s cheap data market?

Mint - Oct 12, 2026

Elon Musk says he will bring affordable Starlink satellite internet in India, challenging Reliance Jio’s dominance in the country’s low-cost data market ahead of its proposed IPO. 

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China’s manufacturing sector is leapfrogging straight into the era of agentic artificial intelligence and is now exporting that playbook to global supply chains, according to the CEO of Black Lake, a Chinese provider of cloud-based AI tools for factories. “Just as China skipped credit cards and jumped directly to mobile payments, many factories are skipping full traditional digitalisation and jumping directly to AI agents,” Zhou Yuxiang said in a recent interview with the South China Morning...

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After four days touring the frontlines of China's economic evolution, from Xinyu, an age-old manufacturing hub reinventing itself with advanced industries, to the bustling entrepreneurial engine of Wenzhou, the cradle of the country's private sector, a group of former international political leaders and scholars converged in Beijing on Sunday for the Mingde Strategic Dialogue 2026.

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Oct 12, 2026

China’s top securities regulator has signalled fresh support for the domestic A-share market, convening a symposium over the weekend as authorities sought to shore up sentiment following a sharp sell-off in technology shares driven by concerns over US sanctions. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) brought together executives from listed companies and experts from securities firms and fund managers at a meeting in Beijing on Saturday to “discuss the country’s capital markets and...

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Many farmers in states that backed the president say they are being hit from all sides, with the crucial midterm elections just weeks away.

AI is less regulated than milk, says Microsoft president

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