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Asia · Thursday, 5 November 2026

India

No written brief today: there’s too little data for one, or the draft didn’t pass our checks.


Rising

  1. 1PURI JAGANNADH

    Rising

    Celebrities & creators · Apple Podcasts · #17 in podcasts

  2. 2Akka: The Protectors

    Breakout

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  3. 3TamilRockers

    Breakout

    Other · Wikipedia · 51,706 reads

  4. 4HappyCow - Vegan Food Near You

    Rising

    Tech & AI · App Store · #4 in paid apps

  5. 5Dhindora

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #3 in TV


Top today

  1. 1Baththa

    Weekly

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

  2. 2Akka: The Protectors

    Breakout

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  3. 3TamilRockers

    Breakout

    Other · Wikipedia · 51,706 reads

  4. 4Dhindora

    New

    Movies & TV · Netflix Top 10 · #3 in TV

  5. 5The Ezra Klein Show

    Rising

    Society & beliefs · Apple Podcasts · #23 in podcasts

  6. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    6Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 46,565 reads

  7. 7Sai Abhyankkar

    Weekly

    Music · Apple Music · #2 in songs

  8. 8HappyCow - Vegan Food Near You

    Rising

    Tech & AI · App Store · #4 in paid apps

  9. 9Empire: World History

    Rising

    Books, arts & history · Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

  10. 10Democratic Party

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 17,921 reads

Everyday apps here: WhatsApp · Gmail · ChatGPT · Green SM: Electric Mobility · ProCamera. Raw+ Manual Camera. Apps that top the charts every day. They’re listed after what’s new or in the news.


Franchises and brands here

Topics that belong to the same franchise, brand, series or maker on Wikidata, among the topics on the country pages today.


What the news is talking about

How much of the news here is about each issue today, and how it sounds, compared with the past 4 weeks. From 13,771 articles by the country’s own news sites today. How we read the news

Share of the coverage

  1. 5.1% of the news · usually 4.2% · 697 articles
  2. 2.8% of the news · usually 2.1% · 384 articles
  3. 2.4% of the news · usually 2.3% · 335 articles
  4. 1.0% of the news · usually 0.8% · 135 articles
  5. 0.9% of the news · usually 0.8% · 121 articles
  6. 0.8% of the news · usually 0.8% · 113 articles
  7. 0.5% of the news · usually 0.4% · 72 articles
  8. 0.4% of the news · usually 0.4% · 48 articles

    Survey · 2023 85% Worried about climate change (Climate Change Opinion Survey (Meta, Yale), survey of Facebook users)

How the news sounds

Also in the news

News coverage in more than 100 languages, machine-translated and counted with English word lists, from The GDELT Project.

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Issues people are looking up

The top topics in politics, the economy, tech, science, health, climate, education and society that people here read and search about today.

  1. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 46,565 reads

  2. 2Democratic Party

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 17,921 reads

  3. 3United States midterm election

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 30,314 reads

  4. 4List of characters in the Ramayana

    New

    Business & economy · Wikipedia · 13,627 reads

  5. Daniel Torok, Public domain

    5Donald Trump

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 15,575 reads

  6. 62026 Israeli legislative election

    Rising

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 11,911 reads

  7. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza, Public domain

    7Barack Obama

    New

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 9,717 reads

  8. 82026 United States elections

    Weekly

    Politics & world affairs · Wikipedia · 14,028 reads

Rising on Google

Searches that grew the most in the week from Sunday, 25 October 2026, in most of the country’s regions.

  1. india vs uaeBreakout
  2. uae vs indBreakout
  3. hong kong sixes+3,650%
  4. shashank singh+3,250%
  5. chelsea vs man utd+2,950%
  6. jago.beer+2,850%
  7. t. natarajan+2,700%
  8. barcelona vs alavés+2,700%
  9. rahul tripathi+2,600%
  10. mayank yadav+2,500%

Google Trends


By category

Business & economy

  1. 1List of characters in the Ramayana

    New

    Wikipedia · 13,627 reads

  2. DNEG, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Namit Malhotra

    Weekly

    Wikipedia · 24,987 reads

  3. 3DNEG

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 14,944 reads

Cars & transport

  1. SurfAst, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1Iveco

    Wikipedia · 1,342 reads

  2. 2Sun Seeker - Tracker & Compass

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #11 in paid apps

Crime & justice

  1. 1Rotten Mango

    Apple Podcasts · #12 in podcasts

  2. 3Crime Junkie

    Apple Podcasts · #50 in podcasts

Books, arts & history

  1. 1Empire: World History

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #8 in podcasts

  2. Sahibdin, Public domain

    2Ramayana

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 8,990 reads

  3. 3The Stories of Mahabharata

    Apple Podcasts · #1 in podcasts

Education & careers

  1. 1FAR/AIM by ASA

    App Store · #35 in paid apps

  2. 2Grammaropolis-Complete Edition

    App Store · #36 in paid apps

  3. 3The Mel Robbins Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #33 in podcasts

Fashion & beauty

  1. Verghese TK, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Kajal Aggarwal

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 6,212 reads

  2. 2DayGrid: Hourly Daily Planner

    App Store · #46 in paid apps

  3. Aditya sharma83, CC BY-SA 4.0

    3Sonia Balani

    Wikipedia · 4,726 reads

Food & drink

  1. Original uploader was TalShiar at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

    1XXXX

    Wikipedia · 24,577 reads

  2. 2toing - Food Delivery

    Falling Everyday app

    App Store · #18 in free apps

  3. 3Zomato: Food Delivery & Dining

    Everyday app

    App Store · #29 in free apps

Gaming

  1. 1Rube Works: Rube Goldberg Game

    App Store · #37 in paid apps

  2. 2XXX

    Wikipedia · 2,646 reads

  3. 3Grand Theft Auto VI

    Wikipedia · 1,447 reads

Health & wellness

  1. 1WorkOutDoors

    App Store · #28 in paid apps

  2. 2Huberman Lab

    Falling

    Apple Podcasts · #18 in podcasts

Money & crypto

  1. 1Moneyview: Personal Loan App

    App Store · #92 in free apps

  2. Digamber, CC0

    2State Bank of India

    Wikipedia · 1,417 reads

  3. 3PhonePe UPI, Payment, Recharge

    Everyday app

    App Store · #19 in free apps

Movies & TV

  1. 1Baththa

    Weekly

    Netflix Top 10 · #2 in films

  2. 2Akka: The Protectors

    Breakout

    Netflix Top 10 · #1 in TV

  3. 3Dhindora

    New

    Netflix Top 10 · #3 in TV

Music

  1. 1Sai Abhyankkar

    Weekly

    Apple Music · #2 in songs

  2. ColliderVideo . Uploader cropped., CC BY 3.0

    2Hans Zimmer

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 8,636 reads

  3. https://silverscreen.in, CC BY-SA 3.0

    3Anirudh Ravichander

    Apple Music · #5 in songs

Celebrities & creators

  1. 1PURI JAGANNADH

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #17 in podcasts

  2. 2Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #26 in podcasts

  3. 3Wild South Raiders Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #27 in podcasts

Politics & world affairs

  1. Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0

    1Abdul El-Sayed

    New

    Wikipedia · 46,565 reads

  2. 2Democratic Party

    New

    Wikipedia · 17,921 reads

  3. 3Daybreak

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #11 in podcasts

Science & space

  1. 1StarTalk

    Apple Podcasts · #47 in podcasts

  2. 2Hidden Brain

    Apple Podcasts · #74 in podcasts

  3. 3The Rest Is Science

    Apple Podcasts · #82 in podcasts

Society & beliefs

  1. 1The Ezra Klein Show

    Rising

    Apple Podcasts · #23 in podcasts

  2. Alokjain19883105, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Diwali

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 7,423 reads

  3. 3Osho Hindi Podcast

    Apple Podcasts · #14 in podcasts

Sports

  1. 1Jack Edwards

    New

    Wikipedia · 17,804 reads

  2. Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0

    2Cristiano Ronaldo

    Breakout

    Wikipedia · 10,280 reads

  3. 3Virat Kohli

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 18,409 reads

Tech & AI

  1. 1HappyCow - Vegan Food Near You

    Rising

    App Store · #4 in paid apps

  2. 2Amazon India Shop, Pay, miniTV

    Rising

    App Store · #7 in free apps

  3. 3PhotoUnlocked

    App Store · #3 in paid apps

Travel & places

  1. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0

    1Afghanistan

    Google Trends · 50,000+ searches

  2. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0

    2Zimbabwe

    Google Trends · 50,000+ searches

  3. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), CC BY 3.0

    3United States

    Rising

    Wikipedia · 3,176 reads


Industries here

Media & entertainment 51Government & public sector 13Music 9Sports & fitness 3Tech & software 3Travel & tourism 2Fashion & beauty 1


The numbers behind the mood

The latest official figures, with the period each one covers. Yearly numbers can be a year or more old.

Politics in the news

  • Protests in the news37reports of events, mostly in English5 Nov 2026 · usually 62 a dayThe GDELT Project
  • Violence in the news103reports of events, mostly in English5 Nov 2026 · usually 112 a dayThe GDELT Project

Economy

  • Inflation4.4%Jul 2026 · +0.0 pts since Jun 2026World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
  • Unemployment6.0%Dec 2021 · ±0.0 pts since Nov 2021World Bank GEM · CC BY 4.0
  • Consumer confidence102.4100 = long-run averageMar 2026 · −0.4 since Feb 2026OECD
  • Central bank rate5.25%Sept 2026 · ±0.00 pts since Aug 2026BIS
  • Real house prices-0.3%Q2 2026 · −1.6 pts since Q1 2026BIS
  • GDP growth7.6%2025 · +0.5 pts since 2024World Bank · CC BY 4.0
  • Youth unemployment16.0%2025 · +0.3 pts since 2024World Bank (ILO estimate) · CC BY 4.0
  • Currency vs the euro106.0INR per euro5 Nov 2026 · euro +0.0% since 29 Oct 2026European Central Bank · available free of charge from the ECB

Business

  • Business confidence99.6100 = long-run averageNov 2025 · −0.2 since Oct 2025OECD

Research

Most-published fields last month

  • Plant Science
    1,647 papers
  • Artificial Intelligence
    1,325 papers
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    1,190 papers

OpenAlex

    Society


    Charts

    Netflix · TV

    1. 1Akka: The Protectors

      Breakout

    2. 2The Great Indian Kapil Show

      Falling

    3. 3Dhindora

      New

    4. 4Roadies Rebirth

      Falling

    5. 5Dead-End Job

    6. 6Lupin

    7. 7Matargashti

      Falling

    8. 9Least Eligible Bachelor

      Falling

    9. 10Shaque

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Netflix · Films

    1. 1Manoj Bajpayee

    2. 2Baththa

      New

    3. 3The Paradise

      Falling

    4. 4Dorothy

    5. 5Dhoomakethu

    6. 6Sigma

    7. 7Don't Trouble the Trouble

    8. 8Avaraachan & Sons

    9. 9Sub-Inspector Yugandhar

    10. 10Vishwanath & Sons

    Netflix Top 10 · 2026-11-01

    Apple Music · Artists

    1. 1Karan Aujla

    2. 2Sai Abhyankkar

    3. 3Sachin-Jigar, Arijit Singh, Ed Sheeran, Madhubanti Bagchi & Kumaar

    4. https://silverscreen.in, CC BY-SA 3.0

      5Anirudh Ravichander

    5. 8Shashwat Sachdev, Arijit Singh, Irshad Kamil & Armaan Khan

    Apple Music · 2026-11-06

    Apple Podcasts · Shows

    1. 1The Stories of Mahabharata

    2. 2Figuring Out with Raj Shamani

    3. 3Global News Podcast

    4. 4The Daily Brief

    5. 5Finshots Daily

    6. 7Teental

    7. 8Empire: World History

      Rising

    8. 93 Things

    9. 10The Morning Brief

    Apple Podcasts · 2026-11-06

    App Store · Free apps

    1. 1ChatGPT

      Rising

    2. 2Green SM: Electric Mobility

      Rising

    3. 3Rapido: Bike-Taxi, Auto & Cabs

    4. 4Blinkit

      Rising

    5. 5Edits

    6. 6Google Gemini

    7. 7Amazon India Shop, Pay, miniTV

      Rising

    8. 8Meesho: Online Shopping

    9. 9Flipkart

    10. 10Instagram

      Breakout

    Show the top 100

      App Store · 2026-11-06

      App Store · Paid apps

      1. 1Chromagraph Camera

      2. 2Money Manager (Remove Ads)

      3. 3PhotoUnlocked

      4. 4HappyCow - Vegan Food Near You

        Rising

      5. 5AnkiMobile Flashcards

      6. 6ProCamera. Raw+ Manual Camera

        Rising

      7. 7Shadowrocket

        Falling

      8. 8Tiny Computers

        Falling

      9. 9Driving Theory Test 4 in 1 Kit

        Rising

      10. 10Goblin Tools

      Show the top 50

        App Store · 2026-11-06


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