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Jio Platforms listing: Jio Platforms, on Wednesday, made a blockbuster debut at the stock exchanges with a premium of over 21%. Backed by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Jio Platforms has now become the country's second most valuable firm by market capitalisati

On Wednesday, the benchmark Sensex fell 352 points to close at 73,246. Despite the market decline, five stocks from the BSE 500 index touched fresh 52-week highs, marking their highest price levels in the past year. A 52-week high represents the highest price at which a stock has

Birlasoft Q2 results: Profit jumps 37.5% to ₹160 crore, interim dividend recommended - Published OnOct 28, 2026 | 19:13 IST - Last Updated OnOct 28, 2026 | 19:13 IST Birlasoft reported a 37.5% YoY rise in net profit to ₹160 crore for Q2 FY2026-27, with revenue up 6.6% to ₹1,416 c

Revenue from operations rose 41% to Rs 22,066 crore from Rs 15,670 crore a year earlier. EBITDA increased 83% to Rs 10,192 crore from Rs 5,582 crore, marking the second consecutive quarter in which operating profit exceeded Rs 10,000 crore. On a sequential basis, net profit decli

Mum quits job as lawyer to voice Netflix cartoon - Published A mum says she left her late-night legal career behind for voiceover work from home where she can care for her children. Emily McGonagle started her working life as a lawyer in the capital, often finishing at 03:00, but

Listen to this article in summarized format At 10:01 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 73.40 points, or 0.14%, at 52,450.97. The S&P; 500 gained 0.09% to 7,729.20, while the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.03% to 26,470.68, according to Reuters. For live updates on US M

The rapid decline of Antarctic sea ice since 2016 has triggered a dramatic shift in a crucial part of Earth’s climate system, scientists say. In a paper published Wednesday, researchers documented a sharp salinity increase in a vast layer of the Southern Ocean, extending from 2,3

B2B quick commerce startup Zorit, formerly known as Bijnis, has raised nearly Rs 27 crore ($2.84 million) in a funding round led by Sparrow Capital. Existing investors Info Edge and WaterBridge participated in the round, along with Better Capital, angel investors and employees. T

Info Edge (India), which owns and operates internet-led businesses, delivered steady business growth in the second quarter ended September 30, 2026. Consolidated revenue from operations rose 12.2% year on year (YoY) to Rs 903.9 crore, while profit after tax was up 87% YoY at Rs 6

Titagarh Rail Systems bags ₹1,717 crore additional order for 4,955 wagons from Railways - Published OnOct 28, 2026 | 19:01 IST - Last Updated OnOct 28, 2026 | 19:04 IST Titagarh Rail Systems has nearly doubled its major freight wagon supply contract with the Ministry of Railways,

Shares of Ramky Infrastructure, the flagship company of the Ramky Group, surged 17.4% in Wednesday’s trade, settling at ₹300 apiece and recording their biggest single-day gain since August 2022. The sharp rally offered some relief to shareholders after the stock had been under su

All eyes would normally be on Riyadh this time of year, when the titans of finance make their annual pilgrimage to FII, pontificate on the global economy, and meet one of their most important clients: the Saudi monarchy. Then come the less buzzy stops in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, someti

US Marines join NATO mission in the Baltic Sea to protect undersea cables from sabotage as Russia continues to lurk — 'around four dozen' recon and intel specialists deployed to deter seabed threats The U.S. military is supporting a NATO mission to protect European undersea infra

Storage news ticker - 28 October ETL supplier Adeptia announced Automate 5.3, its latest agentic platform release. Automate 5.3 expands its native MCP capabilities, enabling users and AI agents to create data mappings using natural language and apply context-aware insights. This

Bahrain-based Investcorp has joined a group of Saudi investors to acquire industrial fire safety and security business REDA Gulf as it prepares for an initial public offering in the next few years. The deal was one of the first involving a foreign investor into the kingdom since

The agreement establishes a framework for cooperation between the two regulators on central counterparties (CCPs), in accordance with their respective laws and regulatory frameworks, according to SEBI’s latest circular. Under the MoU, the Bank of England can place reliance on SEB

AI - GitHub powering up four million extra cores to stop its service going down Re-architects site to cope with AI slop-pocalypse - Microsoft faces potential vote: Shareholders curious about its plans to tackle emissions Greenhouse gas output has risen dramatically since the comp

Chancellor begins to deliver his first Budget Chancellor begins to deliver his first BudgetClose Chancellor John Healey began his speech by calling his first Budget one for the "working people of Britain, for British businesses big and small". The Budget is built on "fiscal di

Project pivots from green hydrogen and ammonia to data centers

Even as the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz rankles supply chains, the UAE is still pitching itself as a trade gateway connecting Asia, Africa, and Europe. Its trade pact with Canada, signed Tuesday, is expected to boost exports to the emirates in aerospace, cereals, machinery

Blueleaf has a portfolio of around 1.2GW of solar projects in the Japanese market

When I started this Substack in 2021 it had one job: keep me writing by creating community, feedback, and energy. I wrote about tidyings, then coupling and cohesion, then the book took over and the newsletter took the book’s name, Software Design: Tidy First? I’ve been reflecting

New facility adds to existing, operational 30 MW centre as Vyoma.AI targets over 250 MW of data centre capacity across India

SK hynix-owned Solidigm is plotting a new $45 billion flash memory factory for the US, report claims — wants go-ahead to export equipment for China upgrades in return Solidigm's using the potential US investment as leverage in its attempt to export equipment to upgrade an existin

Executives spend so much time these days worrying about the businesses AI might destroy that we can overlook the new businesses it will create. Here’s one from Hasbro: Mr. Potato Head, voiced by the late Don Rickles, answering your customer-service calls. The toy and game giant i

Bajaj Auto vs Maruti Suzuki: Shares of Bajaj Auto and Maruti Suzuki ended in green on Wednesday, a day after the two auto majors announced their second quarter results for the financial year 2026-27. Bajaj Auto reported upbeat earnings with a 35.2% annual jump in its consolidated

For more than a year, Amazon has blocked outside shopping agents from its site while finding ways for its own customers to shop elsewhere. Now a new wave of AI assistants like Meta’s Muse is raising the stakes. In recent months Amazon has stepped up its Shop Direct initiative, wh

Featured Story HPE claims to have beaten Cisco to a proper self-driving network Marvis, described as an AI brain, now unifies all the various parts of the Aruba and Mist portfolios to create a truly autonomous system, says HPE. The tower companies (towercos) now own Dish Wireless

Spotting any kind of discount on storage as of late has been a bit of a monumental task, as the prices of HDDs and SSDs have only been going one way, and that's up. Seagate's 16TB Expansion Desktop External HDD is reduced to $399.99 at Newegg, a reduction of $150 from its $549.99

Source material: "BRAT" Art Director Brent David Freaney finds design inspiration from everyday life The designer takes us through his world of color theory, photography, graphic systems, and found ephemeral. Share Source material: "BRAT" Art Director Brent David Freaney finds de

Housekeeping: I’m on the road so the voiceover will be late. Hill-climbing is easy, knowing what to hill-climb is hard. Making scores go up is expensive, but we have a much clearer playbook for it than we do for creating meaningful benchmarks at the true frontier of AI today. Ind

United Spirits Q2 Results: Net profit falls 2%, misses estimates as Popular segment slumps - Published OnOct 28, 2026 | 18:28 IST - Last Updated OnOct 28, 2026 | 18:28 IST Higher promotional spending and a sharp slump in budget liquor sales dragged down the liquor maker's quarter

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Company takes over facility previously occupied by Oracle

Despite macroeconomic uncertainties and the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI), Dinesh Agarwal, Chief Executive Officer, IndiaMART, remains optimistic and expects IndiaMART InterMESH to continue growing profitably in the foreseeable future. In an interaction with Min

Alexis’s view The longstanding debate over whether African nations should view gas as a “transition fuel” in the shift to renewable energy has gone quiet. Western institutions in recent years refused to invest in gas infrastructure, arguing countries would be locked into fossil f

Rohan’s view The swift unraveling of one of the world’s most prestigious law firms has rattled corporate law firms wondering if it could happen to them. Many of them should be scared. Weil Gotshal, a restructuring guru that advised Lehman Brothers, General Motors, and other big c

Data centers have become a key issue in the US mid-term elections

The rare Voatsiperifery pepper, native to Madagascar and coveted by international chefs, is facing the depletion of its wild habitat through irresponsible harvesting, bush fires, and charcoal production. Madagascar’s natural forests shrank 27% between 1990 and 2025, according to

Potential power solutions include hydrogen, biomethane, vertical solar, and floating solar

AI - GitHub powering up four million extra cores to stop its service going down Re-architects site to cope with AI slop-pocalypse - Microsoft faces potential vote: Shareholders curious about its plans to tackle emissions Greenhouse gas output has risen dramatically since the comp

Hollywood actor Idris Elba launched a filmmaking program for African creatives using artificial intelligence, in the latest stage of his efforts to boost the continent’s movie industry. Backed by $1 million from Google, the star’s Akuna Group opened applications for a one-year tr

Russia is shifting its recruitment focus for its war in Ukraine to people from countries including Burundi and Zimbabwe, as it seeks to replace soldiers lost in the fighting, according to Ukrainian intelligence findings reported by Bloomberg. The move follows efforts by Kenya and

General Motors’ decision to up and move its stock listing from the NYSE to the Nasdaq — a bid for inclusion in the latter’s tech-heavy index, which would bring new investors to its stock — doesn’t mean it’s a tech company. The carmaker famously failed in its foray into self-drivi

Featured Story HPE claims to have beaten Cisco to a proper self-driving network Marvis, described as an AI brain, now unifies all the various parts of the Aruba and Mist portfolios to create a truly autonomous system, says HPE. Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: VMO2's Schüle

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu asked lawmakers to approve a $22 billion borrowing plan to fund infrastructure projects to be undertaken if he secures a second term in January’s election. The request came as the president and his chief rivals stepped up campaigning in major Nigeri

Will transition ownership to Oaktree Capital Management

The Dangote refinery’s $1.6 billion share sale drew investors from across the continent, Africa’s richest man said, in a rare demonstration that Africa’s savings can move across borders at the scale needed to fund its biggest companies without passing through London or Johannesbu

The benchmark 6.94% 2036 bond yield traded in a 7.42% to 7.49% range before ending little changed at 7.44%. The yield failed to hit 7.50% for a second straight session, triggering a bout of short covering, traders said. Indian government bonds experienced a significant decline af

Meesho Q2 results: Net loss narrows 68% to ₹132 crore as orders rise 17% - Published OnOct 28, 2026 | 18:03 IST - Last Updated OnOct 28, 2026 | 18:03 IST The e-commerce platform reported strong growth in transactions and sellers, fueled by premium demand and content commerce. Bet