Mehboob Jeelani

My colleague @ItikaSPunit & I spoke with tech pioneer @NandanNilekani. He told us he's working on AI that understands Indian languages - not just text, but voice, dialect & colloquial speech. He also weighed in on the open vs closed model debate restofworld.org/2025/nandan-ni…

nigeria is modeling after india and the philippines to be the next global [tech] outsourcing hub. but with the advent of ai, hiring slowdown and stricter immigration rules, is the country joining the party too late? deets in from me and @StephanyWangari restofworld.org/2025/nigeria-o…

"One thing that tariffs alone will never do is make the United States an attractive place to innovate. Yes, tariffs belong in our trade arsenal — but as precision munitions, not as land mines that maim foes, friends and noncombatants equally." nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opi…

Chinese dependency in India's EV sector holds true beyond 2-, 3-, and 4-wheelers. E-bus maker #Olectragreentech, with #BYD as a partner, is now snapping at the heels of #TataMotors. In 3rd place is #PMI, which works with #Foton restofworld.org/2025/india-ev-… @ResearchJmk @restofworld

Six of the top 10 EV brands are Chinese. In Brazil and Thailand, they own 85% of the market. This isn’t just exports, it’s a sprawling empire. While BYD takes the spotlight, other Chinese automakers are redrawing the global car map. Good one by @_ananyaaa restofworld.org/2025/chinese-e…

Sharing my interview with ⁦@restofworld⁩ in which I argue that the future of AI will not be shaped by who builds the bigger model but by small systems designed to resolve real-world problems. restofworld.org/2025/nandan-ni…

Global ride-hailing giants Uber, Grab, Bolt, and others have pledged fleets of clean vehicles, but adoption remains staggeringly below 1%. Their financial plans for going green are out of step with their commitments. Read @_ananyaaa's latest one: restofworld.org/2025/ride-hail…

‘South Asia’s two nuclear armed neighbors are now more dangerously cut off from one another than the United States and the Soviet Union were during the Cold War.’ @SamDalrymple123 in @TIME time.com/7302108/linger…

As TikTok looks to change course to comply with U.S. laws, a similar experiment in its second-largest market is unraveling restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-in…

TikTok’s messy merger in Indonesia could be a preview of what’s to come in the U.S.... year after merging with local giant Tokopedia, TikTok’s business model is alienating sellers, forcing many to join rival platforms. restofworld.org/2025/tiktok-in…

In 25 years covering the oil market, I have never seen anything like this: OPEC has widened its media ban, this time excluding the WSJ, NYT, FT, Reuters and Bloomberg (including myself) from attending its biennial industry conference in Vienna. #OOTT bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The EV revolution has sparked a dangerous boom in illegal lithium mining in countries like Zimbabwe. @restofworld's latest feature is about a deadly example of one such case. Read it here: restofworld.org/2025/zimbabwe-…

“Even after the cap was lifted, WhatsApp didn’t do anything fundamentally different…” Read @_ananyaaa's latest on why WhatsApp has lagged behind its competitors in the digital payments sector.

With billions poured in, the satellite internet sector remains oddly abstract. Check out @khadijaalam_’s really cool visual map of the industry restofworld.org/2025/satellite…

Great news! Congratulations @BasharatPeer! Excited for the clarity and nuance you'll bring to @TIME.

Hello world, I am happy to report my first byline in @restofworld today! I profile India's EV King, Tata Motors, and what its battle to retain market share in the world's third largest car market says about India’s unique path in the global EV race. restofworld.org/2025/tata-indi…

I’m so, so honored and thrilled to be a recipient of a SOPA award this year. Riders in the Smog was a team effort and wouldn’t have been possible without our incredible editors, @the_bongrel and @VickiTurk, as well as @CengizYar and the visuals team at @restofworld.

Excellent piece by Narges Bajoghli on the dangerous fallacy of regime change in Iran time.com/7295877/issues…

A Chinese entrepreneur built a global logistics empire, venturing into tough terrains where Amazon stayed away. The company rode the wave of the Chinese e-commerce boom, with platforms like TikTok, Temu, and Shein. A must-read by @LamLe52 restofworld.org/2025/j-t-expre…

"Indian firms opt for joint ventures with global players — mostly Chinese — to gain both capital and shortcuts for R&D timelines." Check out why India cannot immediately decouple from Chinese supply chains in the EV sector, just like the U.S. has: restofworld.org/2025/india-ev-…