The US-Iran war is over, signed on Wednesday night by Donald Trump and Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian over dinner at the Palace of Versailles. But what's actually inside the deal, and does it hold?

Nelson John breaks it all down: the 60 day ceasefire, the billions in frozen Iranian money, the disputed $300 billion "rebuild Iran" fund, and the nuclear catch everyone's arguing about. Plus the part the celebration photos skip, the Strait of Hormuz, where a fifth of the world's oil flows, is still mostly shut, with around a thousand ships stranded. And why this lands straight at your doorstep: India's oil bill, the rupee, the Gulf diaspora, and the three Indian sailors killed in that strait last week. Clear, fast, and with a point of view.

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For two decades, the smartest thing an ambitious Indian engineer could do was leave. In 2026, that's no longer obviously true. In this episode, we unpack the quiet reversal in the India US tech talent corridor: the year on year rise in engineers moving back home, the H-1B turbulence pushing them out of America, and the booming Global Capability Centre ecosystem pulling them toward India. It's not a simple "India wins" story.. it's a trade, and we walk through both sides of it honestly.

Nelson John covers:

• Why returnee numbers jumped from ~9,800 (2024) to ~15,100 (2025) — and could overtake departures in 2026
• The H-1B visa shock, the $100k fee, and the court reversal that came too late to undo the anxiety
• How Global Capability Centres turned India from "back office" to engine room
• The honest costs of coming home that nobody puts on a spreadsheet

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the biggest ever: 48 teams, 104 matches, three host nations. But off the pitch, this might be the most controversial tournament in memory. In this episode of Nelson John 360, Nelson John breaks down three stories the highlight reels are skipping, and finds the India thread running through each one.

First, the broadcast firesale: how a country of 1.4 billion almost had no World Cup broadcaster, why FIFA's asking price collapsed from $100 million to around $40 million, and what cricket, ad inventory, and midnight kickoffs have to do with it. Then the ticket scandal: dynamic pricing, $33,000 face-value final seats, resale listings in the millions, the New York and New Jersey investigations, and FIFA president Gianni Infantino's now-infamous hot dog quip. And finally the border: travel bans, fans turned away despite holding tickets, the FIFA Pass, and what it all means for the Indian diaspora living inside America's tightening immigration system.

A clear-eyed, multi sourced look at who the World Cup is really for now, with conviction and a take you can argue with.

Chapters:

The country that almost couldn't watch

Why India's rights collapsed

$2 million seats and the hot dog

The fans turned away at the border

The take: growth vs access

Listen to the full audio episode wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes regularly on India and the world, explained.

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