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Troovy, a food and snacks brand, has raised Rs 100 crore in a Series B round of funding led by Fireside Ventures, with participation from Sharrp Ventures and other investors. The Gurugram-based brand will use the funding for R&D, expanding its manufacturing capacity, and scaling

Tim’s view The balance of power in Ukraine’s energy war is shifting. In Washington, bipartisan blowback is mounting against the Trump administration’s dangling of lucrative energy prizes for the Kremlin. Senate Democrats issued a stern warning on Monday that they plan to investig

Japanese internet company GMO Internet is investigating a data leak after suspected unauthorized access to its Onamae cloud desktop service, which provides virtualized desktops to financial traders. The IT and internet services giant said on its blog that it believes the attacker

Dating back to around 400 CE and made of dichroic glass, the Lycurgus Cup is notable for exhibiting different colors depending on the light. (It gets its name from the scene depicted on its surface, of King Lycurgus of Thrace.) Light it from the front, and the cup looks green; li

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PTC India Financial Services Q2 results: Net profit rises 9.5% to ₹44 crore, NII up 2.5% - Published OnOct 27, 2026 | 19:01 IST - Last Updated OnOct 27, 2026 | 19:01 IST The lender successfully restored its mandatory infrastructure finance asset threshold to secure its specialize

On Tuesday, the benchmark Sensex ended nearly flat, slipping 8 points to close at 73,598. Despite the subdued market sentiment, six 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 highes

Apple adds M6 to 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac — starts at $1,999 for the new clamshell notebook Apple's latest chip is in two more machines Apple is updating two more computers to its M6 system-on-chip. The base 14-inch MacBook Pro and the iMac lineup are getting the company's la

The company recorded a net profit of Rs 368.81 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in an exchange filing. Its total income rose to Rs 1,669,47 crore against Rs 1,372.31 crore a year ago. Total expenses surged to Rs 1,238.34 crore from Rs 909.02 crore in the same quarte

Mbappé sorry for 'ill-judged' Mao remark after backlash in China - Published Kylian Mbappé has apologised for "ill-judged" comments he made about late Chinese leader Mao Zedong which led to him being dropped by several Chinese brands. Mbappé had reportedly told French talk show T

Listen to this article in summarized format Under Regulation 9C of the Sebi (Debenture Trustees) Regulations, 1993, a debenture trustee holding a valid certificate of registration is required to transfer activities not regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi

Featured Story Verizon revamps FWA with mmWave 'breakthrough' to match fiber speeds Verizon reveals 1-Gig FWA service using millimeter wave to add 10 to 15 million high-speed broadband premises as overall Q3 subscriber growth surges. Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: UK mini

Two Democratic senators who have long overseen US intelligence say the Trump administration is illegally withholding a secret court’s findings from Congress until lawmakers renew a program that lets federal agents read Americans’ communications without a warrant. Seven months ago

Hacker awarded $50k bounty for reporting bug to Sony that allowed PS5 Linux exploit — move sparks backlash from jailbreaking community The security researcher who originally discovered the hypervisor bug held off reporting it to Sony, intending to disclose it only after the launc

The company now expects comparable currency-neutral earnings per share to grow at least 9% in 2026, up from its previous forecast of 7% to 8%. Coca-Cola's third-quarter revenue rose 7.4% to $13.38 billion, beating analysts' estimate of $12.92 billion, according to data compiled b

FLASH Spectra Logic reclaiming under-used storage Storage Reclaim is a Spectra Logic offering that identifies the least-used files and objects in a customer’s SSD and disk drive data estate and can move them to lower-costs storage to free up space. Several other storage suppliers

Gandhar Oil Refinery Q2 Results: Net profit jumps over 4-fold, revenue surges 73% - Published OnOct 27, 2026 | 18:47 IST - Last Updated OnOct 27, 2026 | 18:47 IST Gandhar Oil Refinery boosted its operational earnings and widened profit margins on the back of surging quarterly rev

AI - UK ministers had plenty of time for AI datacenter bosses, but none for environmental groups Investigation finds businesses dominated govt meetings while communities were left out of decisions about AI Growth Zones - Humanity can't afford not to spend $800B on AI, Anthropic i

At The Hindu Semiconductor Summit, V.K. Saraswat, A. Sivathanu Pillai and Deleep Nair warn that imported chips leave network-centric weapons vulnerable, and that waiting until 2030-35 for advanced nodes would be too late

Kamaljeet Singh flags foreign dependence on critical inputs; calls for stronger R&D, manufacturing infrastructure and specialised skills

JSW Infrastructure Q2 profit falls 12% to ₹318 crore on forex losses - Published OnOct 27, 2026 | 18:38 IST - Last Updated OnOct 27, 2026 | 18:38 IST Currency depreciation dragged down net profit despite double-digit revenue growth and higher cargo volumes. To offset margin compr

Muthamizhchelvan calls for closer industry-academia collaboration to develop semiconductor talent and translate university research into commercial products

Consul-General of the Federal Republic of Germany identifies opportunities in power semiconductors, manufacturing technologies, research and skills development, citing Tamil Nadu’s automotive and electronics industries

U.S.–China tensions underscore need for domestic technology capabilities and resilient supply chains; industry flags gaps in materials, manufacturing expertise and specialised talent

At The Hindu Semiconductor Summit, industry and government agree the shortage is of industry-ready talent and exposure, and that success should be measured by intellectual property and products, not certificates.

AI inference infrastructure startup Simplismart has raised $14 million in a Series B funding round led by Dallas Venture Capital, with participation from NVIDIA, Accel, Shastra VC and Micromax. The company will use the funds to further develop its AI inference platform, expand it

Featured Story Verizon revamps FWA with mmWave 'breakthrough' to match fiber speeds Verizon reveals 1-Gig FWA service using millimeter wave to add 10 to 15 million high-speed broadband premises as overall Q3 subscriber growth surges. Marvis, described as an AI brain, now unifies

SoftBank Group plans to make $50 billion of investments in Malaysia, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said, according to a Bloomberg report. Anwar said Saturday that Son had identified locations in Kuching, Sarawak, and peninsular Malaysia for the planned investments following a vide

Ray Kurzweil does not want to die, but at the age of 78, he has been thinking more about it, a preoccupation that he describes as a “major motivating force of human beings.” So over the past year, Kurzweil, whose keen observations and 2005 bestseller “The Singularity Is Near” hav

Palmer Luckey has been a California billionaire since he was 21 years old, when he sold his first company, virtual reality headset maker Oculus VR, to Facebook for $2 billion in 2014. His current company, defense tech firm Anduril, is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, not

China’s industrial profits grew at their strongest pace in months as AI-related manufacturing surged, though analysts warned of a growing economic divide. Earnings at large industrial companies jumped by more than 15% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2026 as China flooded

AI - UK ministers had plenty of time for AI datacenter bosses, but none for environmental groups Investigation finds businesses dominated govt meetings while communities were left out of decisions about AI Growth Zones - Humanity can't afford not to spend $800B on AI, Anthropic i

Gemini Robotics Embodied Reasoning 2 is now available on Google Cloud Carolina Parada VP and Head of Deepmind Robotics Adrian Jones Applied AI Blackbelt Earlier this year, we introduced Gemini Robotics 2 — our next-generation intelligence layer enabling robots to think, act, and

The Netherlands said it would cut 25,000 government jobs as part of AI-related savings, among the more aggressive moves yet set out by states seeking to adapt to the technology. The cuts, which represent more than 15% of the overall Dutch civil service workforce, come alongside s

The project will meet the 90 MW power requirement of BPCL's Petro Resid Fluidised Catalytic Cracking Unit (PRFCCU) project at its Mumbai refinery, Tata Power said in a statement

MTF book drops to two-month low as Mid, Smallcap stocks face selling pressure - Edited byAjay Vaishnav - Published OnOct 27, 2026 | 18:27 IST - Last Updated OnOct 27, 2026 | 18:27 IST A recent sell-off in mid- and small-cap stocks triggered margin calls, pulling the combined NSE

Raymond Realty Q2 Results: Profit falls despite strong sales momentum; booking value jumps 98% - Published OnOct 27, 2026 | 18:23 IST - Last Updated OnOct 27, 2026 | 18:23 IST A surge in existing project sales nearly doubled booking values and lifted collections significantly, of

Four Senate Democrats are pressing Trump officials to begin restoring billions of dollars in clean energy grants before a key vote on the permitting deal. Why it matters: The path for the bipartisan bill in the lame duck session just got steeper. The big picture: Before the first

China, reluctant to pick a side in the Iran war, is reportedly being urged by its diplomats to protect relations with Gulf states as competition with the US for influence in the region heats up. The world’s second-largest economy depends on Gulf crude, including Iranian supplies,

AI inference infrastructure startup Simplismart has raised $14 million in a Series B funding round led by Dallas Venture Capital, with participation from NVIDIA, Accel, Shastra VC and Micromax. The fresh funds will be used to strengthen its inference engine and orchestration plat

Caryle Murphy, who won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting for The Washington Post from Kuwait during Iraq’s 1990 invasion and went on to cover the intense battles of the Gulf War, died on Oct. 19 at the age of 79. Though thrust into conflict reporting, filing dispatches on tactic

The UAE is strengthening economic ties to Canada as Dubai ports giant DP World moves forward on a potential deal to link its global logistics network to Manitoba’s Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay. The partnership agreement would explore linking Churchill and its railway to DP Wor

Parsec Aerospace is in talks to raise around $10 Mn in a round led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors, including Lightspeed Venture Partners. The talks reflect investor appetite for early-stage aerospace ventures, even as their technologies and

Live2.ai raised ₹130 Cr in a pre-Series B funding round led by IvyCap Ventures comprising a mix of fresh capital and secondary stake sale It plans to use the capital to develop its agentic intelligence platform, deepen enterprise deployments, and expand globally Live2.ai operates

QatarEnergy agreed to buy up to 4 million tons a year of US LNG from Houston-based Cheniere, the latest deal to further the company’s aim to become the world’s largest gas trader. State-owned energy producers in the Gulf have been on a deal spree this year, securing gas supplies

Maya Research has released Maya 2 Native, an open-weight text-to-speech model that generates speech in 12 languages, including 11 Indian languages and English. The model supports real-time audio streaming and voice cloning, allowing developers to build multilingual voice applicat

Shares of Ola Electric surged on Tuesday, October 27, rising 16.3% to close at ₹34.80 apiece. The rally marked the stock’s biggest single-day gain since April. Although there was no immediate fundamental trigger behind the rebound, a sharp spike in trading volumes helped the stoc

Stocks are up, oil is down. By US President Donald Trump’s oft-repeated measure of success, Monday’s meeting between Saudi, Pakistani, and Turkish security officials and Iranian leaders in Tehran delivered results. Saudi stocks rose 3.4%, their biggest gain in 13 months, while oi

Troovy has raised ₹100 Cr in a Series B round led by Fireside Ventures to expand manufacturing, launch new snack categories and strengthen offline distribution Troovy plans to expand into namkeen, cookies and biscuits from January 2027, while building its offline presence across

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