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India News Roundup: Google Begins $15B Vizag AI Hub, Prada Launches Kolhapuri Sandals, and More

On April 27, 2026, Google initiated construction of its $15 billion artificial intelligence hub—its largest outside the U.S.—in Visakhapatnam, India, while luxury brand Prada launched a limited-edition line of Indian-made Kolhapuri sandals following a 2025 cultural appropriation controversy. Other key developments include AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia recusing themselves from excise policy case proceedings over concerns of judicial bias, West Bengal preparing for the second phase of its assembly elections, Anant Ambani offering to relocate hippos descended from Pablo Escobar’s herd from Colombia to his Gujarat conservation center, UNGA President Annalena Baerbock holding talks with India’s Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar on AI and global conflicts, and two Indian crew members sustaining minor injuries in a Strait of Hormuz tanker incident.