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Starlink India launch stuck: Elon Musk lashes out, says delay is a ‘crime against the people…’ in X post

7 Oct 2026 · LiveMint Companies

Elon Musk expressed frustration over Starlink's delays in entering the Indian market, alleging obstruction by ‘oligarchs’ to maintain 'monopolies'. Despite recent regulatory approvals, the company still awaits final clearance from the Department of Telecommunications to begin operations.

Because the driver here is macro rather than company-specific, the read-through is to index-level positioning rather than to any single name — correlations tend to rise when the whole market faces the same signal.

  • This is a market-wide development — its reach goes beyond any single stock.