'India should worry about Tariffs later and start worrying about Pollution first , it has far greater impact on India than any tariff’ : Gita Gopinathan, IMF #Environment

Harish Damodaran on why India's food inflation is low

India is in a rare “Goldilocks” agri-climate with surplus monsoon rains, moderate temperatures, and timely cooling lifting yields across cereals, pulses and vegetables.

Unlike 2023–24, heat stress was limited in 2025, aiding sowing, grain filling and tuber bulking. Supply buffers are strong. Rice and wheat stocks are well above norms, rabi acreage expanded, reservoirs were near-full pre-sowing, and groundwater recharge was robust.

The result. India has flat-to-negative prices in key food items, with sharp declines in potatoes and vegetables.

Risks & outlook: Only an abrupt extreme weather shock (late heat/El Niño) or localised crop stress could reverse this. Absent that, food inflation should continue to remain subdued providing macro stability #Agriculture

Telangana at DAVOS, WEF 2026:

Rashmi Group’s ₹12,500 cr steel plant
NUkler’s ₹6,000 cr SMR-clean energy project
L’Oréal’s ₹3,500 cr Hyderabad Beauty Tech Hub
AB InBev’s expansion
Sargad’s ₹1,000 cr aviation MRO
Unilever’s GCC
Blaize’s AI hardware/software MoU

#MakeinIndia

🇮🇳⚡🇵🇱 Poland FM Radosław Sikorski's India visit was so disastrous that India did not even issue a customary press release summing up the visit. A first in years. Sikorski's Pakistan visit & mentioning Kashmir-Ukraine in Poland Pakistan joint statement was a red line crossed. #ForeignAffairs

In a significant first, India, Canada #Education sector development, Universities Canada will lead a nationwide delegation of 21 Canadian university presidents to India from Feb. 2 to 6, 2026. They will visit #Gift city as well.

#ForeignAffairs 🇮🇳🤝🇨🇦

First Indian company to potentially achieve domestically mfg solar-grade silicon wafers — BLR-based RSPL, Raana #Semiconductor has raised $3M to support R&D for indigenously designed Czochralski (CZ) monocrystalline ingot pullers (10–12 inch) solar-grade silicon ingots. Key upstream gap that currently drives +$500M/year in wafer imports from China.

RSPL targets commercial rollout within ~18 months, aiming to support ~5 GW capacity over 5 years, with plans to expand into semicon-grade wafers. Effort builds on their proven crystal-growth expertise, including Nd:YAG defence projects under MoD’s iDEX.

Without scaling domestic ingots/wafers/polysilicon, India’s solar import bill will hit $30 bn/year by 2030 as capacity additions outpace upstream localisation. #aatmarnirbharbharat #Energy

India plans to recognise language proficiency as a formal skill under Skill India, with 30 new centres and pilot training in English, Japanese and German. Aligned to global standards like CEFR, the move aims to boost overseas job mobility to markets such as Japan and Germany. #ForeignAffairs #Jobs

Madhya Pradesh Govt plans to increase the Ladli Behna Yojana payout to ₹3,000 per month for eligible women by the year 2028: CM Mohan Yadav

Indian Air Force to fly the Sindoor formation at the Republic Day parade, in which the fighter aircraft that took part in the #OpSindoor would be flying. The formation would include two each of Rafales, Su-30s, and MiG-29s, along with a single Jaguar fighter.

JUST IN: Finnish President Alexander Stubb:

"We can’t even use our F-35 fighter jets without America’s permission." #InternationalNews

Odisha implements complete ban on all tobacco products. #Health #Policy

We are down to Ecuadorian Jaguars being pulled out from storage after 25 yrs, just to keep our Jaguar fleet flying. #Defence #nationalsecurity

Bangladesh Govt has announced their team is Boycotting the World Cup.

Sports Adviser says Bangladesh wants to play but only and only in Sri Lanka.

ICC will likely make the Formal Announcement of Bangladesh Exit tommorow.

#IndianSubcontinent #Sports

Bangladesh out of the T20 World Cup

President of Bangladesh Cricket Board confirms:

ICC had denied us our request to shift our matches away from India. We are not sure about the status of world cricket. It's popularity is going down. They have locked away 200million people. Cricket is going to Olympics but if a country like us is not going there, it is ICC's failure. We will continue to communicate with the ICC. We want to play the world cup. But we won't play in India.

#Sports

OpenAI is rapidly losing money and is projected to lose $14 billion in 2026 alone.

If they can't get another round of funding, OpenAI could run out of money as soon as 2027. #AI

Donald Trump officially launches his Board of Peace(BoP) with 23 founding members.

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•Argentina
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•Israel
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