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HDFC Bank's merger delivered scale. Can Anup Bagchi deliver better returns? - Published OnOct 26, 2026 | 17:32 IST - Last Updated OnOct 26, 2026 | 17:32 IST HDFC Bank's post-merger journey has brought a sharp contrast between business growth and stock market performance. While pr

AI - Humanity can't afford not to spend $800B on AI, Anthropic insists It's more important than chips, 'leccy and the net, after all - OpenAI rolls out budget-priced mid-tier GPT-6.1 Terra Not a bombshell, but it rivals pricier models on some tasks at a tenth of Astra's API price

On 15 and 16 October 2026, a crawler that said it belonged to Roblox walked through almost every project on Open3DLab, SFMLab and SmutBase, and proceeded to download complete copies of 1,027 files from 712 projects. 145.5 GB of our creators' work, downloaded for what we assume ar

PFC-REC merger moves closer as Centre weighs preference shares to retain 51% stake - Published OnOct 26, 2026 | 17:29 IST - Last Updated OnOct 26, 2026 | 17:29 IST The government is weighing preference shares to protect its majority stake while advancing the mega state-backed len

Stock Market Holidays November 2026: NSE, BSE, MCX holiday list, Muhurat Trading date and timings - Published OnOct 26, 2026 | 17:28 IST - Last Updated OnOct 26, 2026 | 17:29 IST Stock Market Holidays November 2026: Check the NSE, BSE and MCX holiday calendar, including Diwali cl

A customer browsing a brand’s Instagram page late at night may have questions about a product, need help choosing the right option or want to know when an order will arrive. If the business cannot respond immediately, that moment of interest could turn into a lost sale. For direc

Tata Consumer Products Q2 profit rises 18%, revenue rises 14% to ₹5,661 crore - Published OnOct 26, 2026 | 17:27 IST - Last Updated OnOct 26, 2026 | 17:27 IST Tata Consumer Products (TCPL) has announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter and half-year ended September

Bank expects advances to grow over 22% and deposits by over 20% in FY27; cybersecurity to account for a fifth of planned IT spending next year

BioStack, a healthcare technology startup, has raised $9.5 million in a seed funding round led by Peak XV, Afore Capital, DCVC, Emerson Collective, SV Angel, Verdict Capital, Streamlined Ventures and Y Combinator. The fresh capital will support its international expansion, techno

Pune Police have written to Google and Apple seeking the removal of Rapido’s app over its alleged unauthorised bike taxi operations The request escalates action against Rapido in Pune and could affect access to its app Police have registered an FIR against Rapido’s parent entity,

In a regulatory filing, the company said it has signed management agreements with Hyatt Hotels Corporation for two new hotels in Bengaluru-- Hyatt Regency Bengaluru at Brigade Global Park and Hyatt Regency Bengaluru at Brigade's upcoming township on Whitefield-Kadugodi Road. The

Aequs’ consolidated net loss widened to ₹52.4 Cr in Q2 FY27 from ₹20.6 Cr a year earlier, while operating revenue grew 45.3%. Deepening losses in its consumer business weighed on profitability despite higher revenue across both its manufacturing segments. Aerospace contributed ne

An open-source agent skill turns one photo into a finished AI talking-head video, with lip-sync, voice unification, and 48 packaging components.

Brent crude futures hovered near $115 a barrel, weighing on the bonds and currency of the world's third-largest oil importer. The rupee weakened for a third straight day, falling 0.3% to 95.1850 per dollar. Indian government bonds declined on Monday due to rising oil prices affec

Lack of staff and funding likely led to the recent PHP security snafu; project has only one full-time employee, but that's just the tip of the iceberg — a dreary situation caused by services running old versions with no support Never underestimate the power of complacency, the de

Meta Platforms plans to raise up to $95 billion through equity offerings. This includes $35 billion in immediate public offerings of common and convertible preferred stock and a separate programme to sell up to $60 billion in shares. The company said the financing would support i

India’s Global Capability Centres (GCCs) are projected to grow from approximately 2.3 million employees today to 3.3–3.7 million by 2031. They are expected to add 1–1.4 million net jobs during this period, generating 150–170 million sq. ft. of incremental office demand, according

Entrackr’s D2C community initiative, The Spur, held its second edition in Bengaluru on October 23, bringing together direct-to-consumer (D2C) founders to discuss the challenges of building and scaling consumer brands. Held at The Bier Library and supported by PhonePe Payment Gate

Anjali Sardana, founder and chief executive of Indian household services startup Pronto, has launched Provision Labs, a San Francisco-based venture focused on data infrastructure for artificial intelligence (AI) systems that perform physical tasks. Sardana will continue to lead P

Dividend-paying stock Supreme Industries has a strong history of returning cash to its shareholders. After the ex-date to finalise the list of eligible shareholders for the payment of the ₹25-per-share final dividend in June 2026, the company board today declared an interim divid

AI - Humanity can't afford not to spend $800B on AI, Anthropic insists It's more important than chips, 'leccy and the net, after all - OpenAI rolls out budget-priced mid-tier GPT-6.1 Terra Not a bombshell, but it rivals pricier models on some tasks at a tenth of Astra's API price

HCLTech has launched an AI-powered vehicle software testing offering that uses NVIDIA’s simulation tools and AI models to validate software-defined vehicles. The offering targets vehicle manufacturers and tier-1 suppliers. The Verification and Validation (V&V) offering uses virtu

Why does someone who claims to love you also make you feel afraid, guilty, or unworthy? In Why Does He Do That? Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men, author Lundy Bancroft explores the behaviour of abusive and controlling men, challenging common misconceptions about abus

Healthcare technology company BioStack has raised $9.5 million in a seed funding round led by Peak XV, Afore Capital, DCVC, Emerson Collective, SV Angel, Verdict Capital, Streamlined Ventures, and Y Combinator. The round will support BioStack's continued expansion across the Unit

Inc42 announces the sixth edition of FAST42, its annual ranking of India's 42 fastest-growing D2C brands, based on verified revenue CAGR between FY24 and FY26 Eligible brands must have generated at least ₹1 Cr in FY24 and ₹10 Cr in FY26, with annual revenue not exceeding ₹150 Cr,

The Scene China is key to global manufacturing across a range of sectors, but foreign capitals — increasingly worried about domestic industry being hollowed out in the face of cheap, high-quality goods from the country — are cracking down. Few are doing so more aggressively than

Dalmia Bharat Q2 results miss estimates, swings to ₹205 crore loss on exceptional charge - Published OnOct 26, 2026 | 16:47 IST - Last Updated OnOct 26, 2026 | 16:59 IST Dalmia Bharat Q2 results: Cement maker reported net loss of ₹205 crore in the September quarter against a prof

Tata Communications plans $450 million investment for India's 'AI Super Highway' - Published OnOct 26, 2026 | 13:57 IST - Last Updated OnOct 26, 2026 | 16:56 IST The project will be rolled out by Tata Communications in a phased manner. The first phase will be the Mumbai-Pune-Hyde

Aequs Q2 results: Loss widens to ₹52 crore despite 45% revenue growth - Published OnOct 26, 2026 | 16:56 IST - Last Updated OnOct 26, 2026 | 16:56 IST Strong aerospace order book growth and long-term contracts are being offset by widening losses in the consumer segment due to slo

Modder turns NES into a Windows-like desktop with original hardware — emulates a full retro experience with a CD drive and slow internet It's a surprisingly complete and functional system. YouTube retro gaming experiment channel Throaty Mumbo created a Windows-like desktop enviro

Electric two-wheeler maker Ather Energy reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 1.26 crore in the second quarter of FY27, reversing a net loss of Rs 154 crore in the year-ago quarter. Revenue from operations rose 63% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 1,464.24 crore in Q2 FY27, compared w

Tata Communications plans to invest $400 million to $450 million to build around 10,000 kilometres of fibre infrastructure connecting India’s data centres and AI hubs. The network will provide high-speed, low-latency connectivity between data centres and link them to the company’

Investors are readying for a big week ahead, with an array of Big Tech and central bank announcements likely to shape long-term expectations for global growth. Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft are all set to report earnings this week — analysts are particularly focused on their ca

President Trump's Board of Peace has appointed Shelley Greenspan, who served as the White House's Jewish community liaison during the Biden administration, to lead its outreach to Congress and the Washington think tank community. Why it matters: Greenspan's selection is part of a

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s reelection could reshape geopolitics for years to come. Challenger Flávio Bolsonaro vowed to pursue closer ties with the Trump administration if elected and had looked set to confirm a regional conservative tilt. Instead, Lula’s victory means already t

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 94.92 against the dollar, then lost ground to touch an intra-day low of 95.26 and finally settled for the day at 95.22 (provisional), registering a decline of 29 paise over its previous close

China’s Communist Party began a secretive four-day meeting that will likely pave the way for Xi Jinping to secure a new term as the country’s leader, further a long-running anti-corruption drive, and intensify his transformation of the world’s second-largest economy. The Fifth Pl

Israel’s parliamentary polls looked neck-and-neck ahead of voting on Tuesday, with opposing camps painting apocalyptic images of what the future holds if they lost. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who won a renewed endorsement from US President Donald Trump over the we

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won reelection in a stunning turnaround. A tougher message on crime, a savvy social media strategy, and a boost to welfare payments helped the 80-year-old leftist secure an unprecedented fourth term and stymie a rightist shift that ha

Imarticus Learning plans to file draft papers confidentially for a ₹1,000 Cr IPO within two to three months, up from its earlier planned ₹750 Cr issue. The proposed fundraise would support the edtech startup’s expansion through acquisitions, new learning centres, and a stronger e

Bank of Maharashtra Q2 Results: Net profit jumps 41% as NII rises 22%; asset quality improves - Published OnOct 26, 2026 | 16:07 IST - Last Updated OnOct 26, 2026 | 16:31 IST Strong core interest earnings and sharp loan expansion drove a robust surge in quarterly profit, backed b

By Kyle Jeziorski Ilit Raz, founder and former CEO of the AI startup Joonko, raised roughly $27 million after telling investors the company had customers it never had and revenue it never actually earned. When an investor later asked for proof, she sent a forged bank statement an

California companies have scooped up more than three-fourths of all U.S. startup funding this year. That, per Crunchbase data, is an apparent record share. But that’s not all. As investment hit unprecedented levels in 2026, Golden State companies alone raised more than all U.S. s

The M-Vave FM-1 is exactly the kind of device I have a weakness for. I may not have an intended use for the frequency-modulation synthesizer, but when a low price meets a high coolness factor, I’m powerless to keep it out of my cart. Initially billed as a pocket cousin of the fam

AI - Humanity can't afford not to spend $800B on AI, Anthropic insists It's more important than chips, 'leccy and the net, after all - OpenAI rolls out budget-priced mid-tier GPT-6.1 Terra Not a bombshell, but it rivals pricier models on some tasks at a tenth of Astra's API price

Nvidia RTX 20, 30, and 40-series GPUs hacked to remove a half-speed AI throttle — firmware exploit doubles RTX 4090's peak tensor rate, lifts RTX 3090 Ti matrix math up to 80% Real workloads gain less than peak tensor rates, and chatbot token speeds stay about the same. Modders h

The Indian stock market closed Monday’s session, October 26, with solid gains, snapping a four-day losing streak as key indices recovered sharply from their intraday lows. A strong rebound in financial stocks, along with a rally in technology and metal stocks, supported market se

Share of Indian households' investment in stock market may grow 4x by 2035 - Published OnOct 26, 2026 | 16:11 IST - Last Updated OnOct 26, 2026 | 16:21 IST BlackRock expects the share of Indian household investments flowing into capital markets to rise fourfold by 2035, with abou

Salon owners urge Budget VAT cut as staffing pressures grow - Published After 22 years running a salon, Marcus Perkins says he is increasingly worried about the future of the hair and beauty industry. Rising costs are making it harder for businesses to employ staff and invest in

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Hello, this is Leonie Kidd with today's edition of Morning Squawk. Two shocks - one busy morning. The early election result in Brazil has sparked an overnight sell-off in the countr