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Climate chaos | Why is it happening?
Rajinder Negi, an apple grower in Kotkhai, Himachal Pradesh, can only shake his head in disbelief. His crop is rotting in warehouses or stranded on broken roads. Life itself seems broken in this Himalayan state: it has seen 45 cloudbursts, 91 flash floods and 105 major landslides so far this season, leaving over 660 road…
EV infra | Battling range anxiety | India’s Electric Vehicle infrastructure
Bengaluru-based Zoravar Ali (name changed), an executive with a telecom firm, had just bought himself a BYD Atto 3, a compact SUV electric vehicle, and was really looking forward to a road trip with best pal Rahul Bajpayee (name changed) last July. Rahul, who had just come down from Delhi, had a work meet in…
Nepal | Gen Z rebellion
Rage over corruption, nepotism and joblessness ends in a regime change in Nepal and demands for a radical reset. What does it mean for India? A CAPITAL AFLAME: Demonstrators in front of the Federal Parliament complex, Kathmandu, Sept. 9. (Photo: Reuters) ISSUE DATE: Sep 22, 2025 | UPDATED: Sep 12, 2025 18:51 IST A powerful…
Handicrafts & Furniture | Standing on wobbly legs
THE FALLOUT: India has 744 handicraft clusters and employs 212,000 artisans directly, offering 35,000 kinds of products, according to the India Brand Equity Foundation. The value of exports in FY25 was $3.48 billion (Rs 30,624 crore) and, in the previous fiscal, 41 per cent of it—the largest chunk, valued at $1.72 billion (Rs 15,160 crore)…
Toys | The long game
THE FALLOUT: India exported toys worth $79 million (Rs 695 crore) to the US in FY25. This accounts for 47 per cent of India’s global toy exports. Therefore, the 50 per cent tariffs have landed these exports in grave uncertainty, with job losses a possibility for some of the estimated three million people who work…
Food & Agriculture | A harvest of hard choices
THE FALLOUT: India’s rice exporters had reason to be optimistic until recently, with annual shipments surging past 6 million tonnes after years of stagnation. While the US accounted for only around 5 per cent of this volume, it had been a prized destination where branding, visibility and margins mattered as much as volumes. But now…
Leather | Painful shoebite – India Today
THE FALLOUT: India’s leather industry, valued at $5.7 billion (Rs 50,160 crore) in exports during 2024–25, faces a sharp setback with the Trump administration’s punitive tariffs. The US, which absorbed 21.7 per cent of Indian leather exports in FY25, has overnight become a difficult market to access. The numbers highlight how crucial the US is…
Seafood | That sinking feeling
THE FALLOUT: As the tide of trade tensions rises, it has pulled in India’s $7.45 billion (Rs 65,560 crore) seafood exports industry. Roughly $2.8 billion (Rs 24,640 crore) of this seafood heads to the US. Trump’s tariffs have now ensured they stay stuck in cold storage. Source link
Auto Components | Wheel of misfortune
THE FALLOUT: India’s auto component exports will be only partially exposed to the blow of Trumpian tariffs. Of its $6.6 billion (Rs 58,100 crore) worth of auto parts exports to the US in calendar year 2024, as much as $3.58 billion (Rs 31,504 crore), or 55 per cent, will face 25 per cent tariffs. These…