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• Foreign investors withdrew capital from India-focused funds during the March quarter, redirecting investments toward AI-driven markets. • Capital flows shifted primarily toward technology hubs in Korea and Taiwan to capitalize on the global artificial intelligence boom. • This trend highlights a strategic pivot by global investors prioritizing high-growth AI sectors over traditional emerging market opportunities.

• The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered the state government to airlift influencer Jini Jhala, who was critically injured in an Indore PNG pipeline burst, to Zydus Hospital in Ahmedabad. • The court further mandated that the state cover all medical expenses for Jhala and any other victims affected by the fire. • Vijay Nagar police have filed an FIR against contractor Rajesh Chachra and boring machine driver Sella Muthu under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for negligence and endangering public safety.

• The Trump administration's Department of Health and Human Services notified hospitals and nursing homes on May 4, 2026, to prioritize 'real food' over sugary drinks and dietary supplements in patient meals. • The policy shift faced immediate backlash from healthcare providers concerned about implementation and patient preferences. • This agenda aims to combat diet-related diseases amid rising obesity rates, potentially affecting millions of inpatients annually.

Cable signed by Marco Rubio and seen by Guardian suggests staff work with Pentagon psychological operations unitThe United States has directed every American embassy and consulate across the world to launch coordinated campaigns against foreign propaganda and endorses Elon Musk’s X as an “innovative” tool to help do it.The cable, signed by secretary of state Marco Rubio on Monday and obtained by the Guardian, also suggests embassies and consulates work alongside the US military’s psychological operations unit to address the problem of rampant disinformation. It lays out a sweeping set of instructions for how embassy staff should push back against what it describes as coordinated foreign efforts to undermine American interests abroad. Continue reading...

New Mexico governor calls order ‘not serious’ as south-eastern counties note divisions with Democratic Santa FeThe speaker of Texas’s house of representatives says he is entertaining the idea of expanding the state by annexing some New Mexico counties.Dustin Burrows, who has been the chamber’s speaker since 2025, ordered a state legislative committee on 26 March to look into the legal and economic options to add “one or more contiguous counties” of New Mexico to the state of Texas. Continue reading...