Our cover story in Asia this week is India's baby bust. Fertility rates are falling remarkably fast across the country-- in several states women are now having the same number of children as those in Scandinavia. That means we should think differently about India's future:

#Exclusive | 💸 The Indian rupee is not overvalued and may, in fact, be undervalued after the recent depreciation, @RBI Governor @SmalhotraRBI said in an exclusive interview with Mint. 💰This comes against the backdrop of the currency approaching the psychologically-significant hundred-per-dollar mark amid the ongoing war in West Asia. Read more🔗: livemint.com/economy/rbi-fee… Trust our hard work, subscribe to #MintPremium: livemint.com/premium⚡️ (@HarshKu200, @satishjohn, @SubhanaShaikh2 report )

Aziz Ansari just appeared as Kash Patel on SNL, and they went innnnn on him "I'm a trailblazer. I'm the first Indian person to suck at their job. Everyone says Indian people are smart, hardworking, incredibly intelligent. I prove without a shadow of a doubt that we can be just as incapable and incompetent as the whites."

The clip that's making a lot of news from Express Adda with Ruchir Sharma Why foreign investors are not interested in India.

Whoaaaaa ads on autos?????? In India????? Invented for the first time by a techbro in Bangalore????

“chief bark officer” in a company that already has rahul kanwal is crazy

A humble request to the ICC to upload full Test matches on YouTube so that we can enjoy cricket as it was meant to be.

After spending over a month reviewing the @OlaElectric Roadster X, we struggled to find anything good to say about the worst made-in-India bike we have tested! It’s shocking that Ola actually released such a bad product in the market. Full review ⬇️ autocarindia.com/bike-video-…

We live in a country where the two most dynamic, charismatic, eloquent politicians of this century have the first names Barack and Zohran. This is what bothers the white supremacists so much.

“The first written words started here” 📍Uruk, Iraq (Mesopotamia)

The Tata Group could well emerge from this phase stronger and more defined, provided those within the institution can see the problem clearly and act on it in time. @Sundeepkk ✍️ livemint.com/newsletters/div…

A rare and deadly “civil war” has broken out between two factions of chimps in Africa. The dispute erupted in what was once a cohesive group of about 200 chimps whose ties stretched back two decades. It took just 3 years for them to turn on each other. on.wsj.com/4czyLI3

What happens when you put Meryl Streep and Anna Wintour—the two Mirandas, as it were—in a room together? A wide-ranging conversation about fashion, family, friendship, and yes, the forthcoming sequel to “The Devil Wears Prada.” “In terms of Miranda, and coming back to that character 20 years later, I did think honestly about Anna, and tried to imagine what it was like to carry her responsibility and to be as interested in the world and curious as she must have to be,” Streep tells Greta Gerwig in Vogue’s May 2026 cover story. And what did Wintour do when she heard the rumours that “The Devil Wears Prada 2” was happening? She called Streep, of course. “I knew she would tell me if it was going to be all right,” Wintour says. “I trusted her implicitly.” Read the full story at the link below: vogue.com/article/meryl-stre…

#Statement | The Foreign Ministry expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s condemnation and denunciation in the strongest terms of the blatant storming of the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque by a minister in the Israeli occupation government, under the protection of occupation forces.

To imagine self determination—where one’s word is enough to call one’s identity into being—is to imagine a world where everyone, even those at the bottom of the hierarchy, has power, writes @dhamini in her ‘Ways of Seeing’ newsletter this week. Read: htnewsletters.substack.com/p… Subscribe: htnewsletters.substack.com/s…

“I would like to thank the teacher at last month’s Artificial Intelligence Summit who said something remarkable, your six can be my nine" At the RNG Awards, Raj Kamal Jha used this striking anecdote to reflect on truth and perception in today’s information landscape. What seemed like a simple, humorous remark became a powerful commentary on how rare it is to collectively acknowledge what is clearly false. #RNGAwards #IndianExpress #JournalismExcellence

After six consequential years building @restofworld into a global tech newsroom, I'm stepping down as Editor-in-Chief — and returning home to Nepal. My full note: restofworld.org/inside/anup-…

New Uttar Pradesh is embracing the power of Artificial Intelligence. A ₹25,000 Crore MoU with Puch AI will bring AI Parks, large-scale data center infrastructure, AI Commons, and an AI University to the state. This initiative will strengthen governance, drive innovation, and create future-ready opportunities for our youth.

NEW: Apple’s forthcoming foldable iPhone will include updates to the iOS operating system that enable iPad-like layouts and side-by-side apps for the first time, enhancing the device’s appeal for multitasking. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers has resigned, the country's largest airline operated by Interglobe Aviation Ltd. said on Tuesday, in the aftermath of the carrier's worst-ever flight crisis in December. Managing Director Rahul Bhatia has assumed management of the airline on an interim basis @tds19 ✍️ Know more 🔗 hindustantimes.com/business/…