Arish Talwar

A spat over in-flight wifi spirals into a viral feud, as Ryanair and Elon Musk trade insults, polls and promotions.

The Indian rupee’s slide past 91 per dollar reflects global pressures, trade uncertainty, capital outflows and limited central bank defence. Consequences follow.

When half the internet flickers out in an instant, you expect a sophisticated cyberattack or some cataclysmic event. Yet, this week’s disruption, triggered by a major Cloudflare outage, was something far more mundane and far more alarming.