How Delhi cut electricity loss from 50 to 5 percent(spectrum.ieee.org)
571 points by rbanffy | 309 comments
IEEE Spectrum feature on how Delhi reduced electricity distribution losses from 50 percent to 5 percent through power-grid reforms.
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Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey(thehindu.com)
445 points by rootkea | 325 comments
The Hindu news report that India's government ordered GitHub to remove Jack Dorsey's Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat after protesters used it during internet restrictions.
India's first privately-developed rocket reaches orbit on debut launch(arstechnica.com)
662 points by sohkamyung | 198 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that India's first privately developed rocket reached orbit on its debut launch.
India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app(reuters.com)
849 points by jmsflknr | 640 comments
Reuters report that India has ordered smartphone makers to preload a state-owned cyber safety app on devices.
EVs are depreciating faster than gas-powered cars(restofworld.org)
394 points by belter | 866 comments
Rest of World article reporting that electric vehicles lose resale value faster than gas cars, threatening the global EV transition, with reference to BluSmart's collapse.
Preliminary report into Air India crash released(bbc.co.uk)
385 points by cjr | 781 comments
BBC News live coverage of the preliminary investigation report into the Air India crash that killed 260, which says fuel switches were cut off before the crash.
Jane Street barred from Indian markets as regulator freezes $566M(cnbc.com)
446 points by bwfan123 | 265 comments
CNBC news article reporting that India's securities regulator SEBI barred Jane Street from Indian markets and froze about $566 million over alleged manipulation.
Air India flight to London crashes in Ahmedabad with more than 240 onboard(theguardian.com)
407 points by Gud | 452 comments
Guardian live blog covering the crash of Air India flight AI171 to London Gatwick in Ahmedabad with 242 people onboard.
India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Jammu and Kashmir(reuters.com)
437 points by alephnerd | 499 comments
Reuters news report on India launching military strikes on nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir following the killing of tourists in Kashmir.
Indian court orders blocking of Proton Mail(techcrunch.com)
361 points by impish9208 | 173 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that an Indian court has ordered the blocking of the encrypted email service Proton Mail in the country.
How Kerala got rich(aeon.co)
360 points by lordleft | 270 comments
Aeon essay on how Kerala went from one of India's poorest states fifty years ago to one of its richest.
Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court(en.wikipedia.org)
644 points by intunderflow | 381 comments
Wikipedia article on the ANI vs. Wikimedia Foundation case, with its content suspended by the Wikimedia Foundation following a Delhi High Court order.
Indian entrepreneur, industrialist, and philanthropist, Ratan Tata, dead at 86(en.wikipedia.org)
331 points by Brajeshwar | 117 comments
Wikipedia article on Ratan Tata, former chairman of Tata Sons, flagged as being heavily edited following his recent death.
After my dad died, I ran and sold his company (2018)(anandsanwal.me)
747 points by ziptron | 104 comments
Personal blog post by Anand Sanwal recounting how he ran and sold his late father's chemical manufacturing company in Nasik, India, as a guide for others.
Indian startup 3D prints rocket engine in 72 hours(spectrum.ieee.org)
408 points by pseudolus | 231 comments
IEEE Spectrum news article on Indian startup Agnikul, which 3D prints a rocket engine in 72 hours and completed a successful launch toward on-demand rocket launches.
My Caste(cs.toronto.edu)
473 points by bsnnkv | 322 comments
A personal essay by a University of Toronto computer science academic about belonging to India's Other Backward Classes (OBC) caste category and his path into academia.
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Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video](isro.gov.in)
1881 points by osivertsson | 481 comments
ISRO page hosting the live telecast video of the Chandrayaan-3 lander's soft landing on the Moon, with links to mission details and brochure.
India ruling party's IT cell used AI to show smile on arrested protesters' faces(altnews.in)
653 points by throwaway384629 | 324 comments
Alt News fact-check showing that a viral image of detained Indian wrestlers Vinesh and Sangeeta Phogat smiling was digitally altered with AI.
Element is one of fourteen messaging apps blocked by Central Indian Government(element.io)
327 points by prhrb | 222 comments
Element blog post reporting that India's central government blocked the Element app, the flagship Matrix client, among fourteen messaging apps.
I wish GPT4 had never happened(chaudhry.notion.site)
380 points by adhocmobility | 742 comments
A personal essay on Notion lamenting GPT-4's impact on jobs, told through a colleague from a poor Indian farming family whose white-collar job may be automated.