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July 11th, 2024

India's climate crisis

Communities face the spread of new coal mines as heat waves drain hydro dams

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The Big Story

India's climate crisis: New coal mining spreads as heat waves drain hydro dams

Remote communities desperate to protect nature take up bows and arrows to scare off mine officials

Breaking down coal at a yard in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Nov. 23, 2021. Climate change, worsening heat waves and parched dams are cutting India's hydroelectricity production and leading to the encroachment of coal mining projects on rural communities.
Sports enthusiasts are increasingly choosing to watch highlights on smartphones, bypassing live TV broadcasts.
Datawatch

Olympics faces drop in TV viewing as fans switch to social media clips

Selling broadcast rights is main revenue source for organizer of Games

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi on July 4.
Opinion

The road ahead for Modi and India

Nation of 1.5bn people faces enormous challenges over the next decade

Cars for export are seen at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China.
Opinion

Asia is set to embrace protectionism in face of China's overcapacity

Pressure growing across region as West imposes more tariffs on Beijing

U.K. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria greet supporters at a reception to celebrate his election win in London on July 5.
The Nikkei View

New U.K. government faces challenge in reviving economy

Labour must offer details on policy while mending domestic, global divisions

Quick-delivery providers are mounting a challenge to local shops' long-standing dominance of India's $590 billion grocery market. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Getty Images and AFP/Jiji)
Business Spotlight

India's fast-delivery apps take bite out of mom-and-pop stores

Long-dominant local grocers struggle to compete with orders at doorstep in minutes

Years of bogus sales and accounts receivable, combined with rising input costs, left the company unable to repay its debts in early 2023. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Stark website)
Market Spotlight

Fraud trial exposes shortfalls in Thai corporate governance

Wire maker Stark's scandal ensnares Kasikornbank, Deloitte and Credit Suisse

Submitting to facial recognition could become more widespread in Vietnam as digital bank transfers grow. (Source photo by Shinya Sawai)
Technology

Vietnam requires facial recognition for digital payments

Security and privacy are at issue as one-party state rolls out biometric technology

Chinese Premier Li Qiang speaks at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 4. (Photo by Tomoko Wakasugi)
China tech

China showcases AI prowess at Shanghai forum

Premier Li calls for ensuring tech is 'safe, reliable and controllable'

Technicians work on solar panels installed on the roof of a house in Karachi on June 8. Solar panels, mostly from China, are spreading across Pakistan as residents seek solutions to outages and hefty bills.
Asia Insight

Pakistan's rooftop solar boom shines spotlight on power crisis

Blackouts, soaring electricity bills spur urban, rural residents to install own panels

A garment factory in Hanoi. The minimum wage in the capital has increased about 80% over the past decade. (Photo by Atsushi Tomiyama)
Economy

ASEAN wage hikes worry industries benefiting from supply chain shift

Vietnam implements 6% nationwide raise; Thailand plans 'unrealistic' 14% increase

The Taiwan Stock Exchange partnered with the Singapore Exchange for the first time to host a pitch event for institutional investors in the city-state, held at SGX in April. (Singapore Exchange and Taiwan Stock Exchange)
Taiwan tensions

Singapore hooks Taiwan companies shunning China's investors

Taiwanese firms chase funds in city-state as cross-strait tensions rise

Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization -- including China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin and the Kazakh host Kassym-Jomart Tokayev -- pose for a group photo in Astana on July 4.
International relations

China and Russia's security bloc tightens bonds as it expands

Belarus the latest to join SCO as group aims to counterbalance the West

Dalisa Pigram, left, and Miranda Wheen perform during "Cut the Sky," a production from Australian dance company Marrugeku. (Photo by Marina Levitskaya)
Arts

Australian contemporary dance eyes center stage

Nationwide, troupes embrace the languages of the body in motion

Noodle master Tan Kue Kim, wearing his trademark Rolex watch, fries up fare for a customer in January. He died the following month. (Photo by Dylan Loh)
Tea Leaves

Singapore hawkers highlight generational challenge to famed culinary traditions

Young cooks dip spoons into street food trade as older chefs pass on