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Good morning. Indian authorities have moved to revive order after deadly sectarian violence this week reached the outskirts of New Delhi’s premier enterprise hub.

Gurugram, positioned west of Delhi in Haryana state, is among the capital’s largest satellite tv for pc cities and homes places of work for main home and overseas firms together with Google, Meta and Hyundai. Nicknamed “Millennium City”, the world, beforehand named Gurgaon, can also be residence to a few of the nation’s priciest flats and villas.

Violence broke out on Monday in Nuh, a small metropolis south of Gurugram, the place a Hindu non secular procession handed via a Muslim-dominated neighbourhood.

Clashes unfold to close by districts, together with Gurugram, the place a mob set fireplace to a mosque and, in accordance with native media, killed its deputy imam. Rioters additionally torched outlets in a principally Muslim working-class a part of the town, alarming residents. Manohar Lal Khattar, chief minister of Haryana, mentioned on Wednesday {that a} complete of six individuals, together with two cops, had been killed.

“Bombay is the financial centre, but as far as many Indian corporates go, Gurgaon is the centre,” mentioned Shumita Deveshwar, chief India economist at GlobalData TS Lombard, who lives and works within the metropolis. “To see communal violence happening in an area that’s 15 to 30 minutes away from the business district is disconcerting.”

Authorities imposed a short lived web blackout and curfew in components of Haryana on Monday and arrested greater than 100 individuals, and by Wednesday afternoon the clashes appeared to have subsided. Some firms suggested workers to remain at residence, whereas outlets stay closed amid fears of the unrest stretching into a 3rd day.

Communal tensions have been escalating within the lead-up to nationwide elections subsequent 12 months wherein prime minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata celebration is searching for a 3rd time period. Critics and opponents of the Modi authorities have accused it of degrading civil liberties and weakening democratic establishments because it promotes the nation’s Hindu majority over India’s many minority teams.

• More India information: Indian authorities plan to introduce a new online gaming tax regardless of a fierce backlash from firms and buyers who warn that it’s going to kill the multibillion-dollar business for fantasy sports activities and different real-money video games.

Here’s what I’m protecting tabs on at the moment:

• Donald Trump in court docket: The former US president is because of make an preliminary court docket look in Washington after prosecutors charged him in connection together with his makes an attempt to overturn the outcomes of the 2020 election.

• Thailand: The constitutional court docket meets to contemplate whether or not to just accept a petition on the renomination of Pita Limjaroenrat as prime minister. Last month, Thailand’s nationwide meeting rejected the election winner’s bid to change into prime minister, and later suspended him from parliament and voted that he couldn’t be nominated for the premiership.

• Economic information: Turkey publishes July shopper value index inflation charge figures. Scroll right down to at the moment’s chart of the day for extra on inflation in Turkey.

• Results: Amazon, Airbnb, Apple, Mitsubishi and Nintendo report. See our Week Ahead newsletter for the complete record.

Five extra high tales

1. Donald Trump’s authorized workforce has pushed again in opposition to the US authorities’s push for a “speedy trial” over this week’s fees that the previous president conspired to subvert the 2020 election. John Lauro, considered one of his legal professionals, mentioned that any suggestion of taking the case to court docket in a matter of months was “absurd”, signalling Trump’s need to sluggish proceedings — probably till after subsequent 12 months’s presidential contest. Read the full story.

2. China has proposed new guidelines to restrict minors’ machine utilization and management the content material younger individuals can devour on-line, in a transfer that poses a recent problem to tech teams already tightly policed by the state. The new system requires machine makers, working methods, apps and app shops to incorporate a brand new operate known as “minor mode”. Here are more details on the rules.

3. The White House will ask Congress to fund arms for Taiwan as a part of a supplemental finances request for Ukraine, in an effort to hurry up the provision of weapons to the nation amid the rising menace from China. Read more on what the request, if passed, would mean for Taiwan.

4. Singapore’s prime minister has defended its status for clear governance after a sequence of scandals tarnished the city-state’s picture. Lee Hsien Loong addressed a high-profile corruption investigation and an “inappropriate” parliamentary relationship, admitting that the ruling People’s Action celebration has “taken a hit” forward of a management change. Read more on Singapore’s rare political drama.

5. Fitch Ratings’ downgrade of the US’s debt ranking from triple A to double A plus prompted outrage from the White House and relative calm amongst buyers out there for Treasury bonds assessed by the company. In its choice, Fitch cited the nation’s rising debt burden and an “erosion of governance”, together with on fiscal issues. But the downgrade was dismissed by some, together with JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon, who known as it “ridiculous”. Here’s more reaction.

The Big Read

The affect of Mexico’s army has grown dramatically below populist president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. To realise his imaginative and prescient of stamping out corruption and operating state-owned amenities effectively, the military and navy will handle greater than a dozen civilian airports, the nationwide customs company, maritime ports and two new practice strains. But critics say there has been no accountability or transparency.

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Chart of the day

Turkish equities have posted blistering gains this summer as an financial coverage overhaul and fears a couple of recent flare-up in inflation draw native savers and overseas buyers into the market. 

Take a break from the information

George Orwell’s warnings about state management and surveillance are sometimes invoked — particularly now, within the age of synthetic intelligence and massive information. But if the legacy is safe, his status is much less so. Two biographies supply contrasting perspectives on the author — and the invisible lifetime of his first spouse.

Additional contributions by Tee Zhuo and Gordon Smith