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BRICS Summit 2026: Modi hosts Xi, Putin and world leaders in New Delhi as India's chairship year culminates.

Indiabulls to acquire 70% stake in Fintech Cloud for INR 1,050 crore via NCLT scheme, marking its entry into the fintech sector.

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra calls AI a new way of running a bank, urging board-level strategy and flagging seven key risks.

5 takeaways from Nandan Nilekani's GFF 2026 talk on startups driving AI-era jobs and tokenisation boosting SME credit access.

Hero Motors IPO will open on September 16 with a price band of INR 79-84 per share. The issue comprises a INR 600 crore fresh issue and INR 400 crore OFS.

Adobe reported record Q3 FY2026 revenue of USD 6.76 billion, with AI-first ARR growing over 150% and monthly active users crossing 1 billion.

Michael Dell has surpassed Jeff Bezos to become the world's third-richest person with an estimated net worth of USD 267.7 billion.

Analog Devices will acquire Alif Semiconductor for USD 1.35 billion in cash, with up to USD 200 million in contingent consideration.

Actor Vijay Deverakonda has entered the skincare market as co-founder of Unhype, a functional skincare brand.

Swish has raised USD 24 million in a funding round led by Bertelsmann India Investments as its monthly orders cross 1 million.

Google has announced five sustainability initiatives in India spanning rooftop solar, clean energy, climate-smart agriculture and climate technology.

Fashion brand Theater has raised INR 75 crore in a Series A round led by Niveshaay at a post-money valuation of INR 410 crore.

Elon Musk's Boring Company has raised USD 3 billion in a Series D round, taking its valuation to USD 23 billion.

Graph AI raises USD .3 million Series A led by Insight Partners to scale its AI-native patient safety platform.

Piston raises USD 15 million series A led by FPV Ventures to scale its cardless fuel payments network, engineered from Kolkata.

Greenwave Circularity raises USD 31.5 Million from Austria's OeEB to build a closed-loop PET recycling plant in Odisha.

P4P Technology is exploring scalable biological alternatives to plasma functions using plant-derived Edestin, with potential applications.

Reliance Industries plans INR 12,500-crore bond sale at 7.47% coupon, its first offering since 2023, sources say.

Waterfield Advisors launches two GIFT City AIFs giving Indian investors pooled access to global equity and debt markets.

Cognition raises USD 2 Billion at USD 48 Billion valuation, four months after its last round, as AI coding funding intensifies.

Fortune to build INR 60,000-crore AI data centre park in Telangana; plans 300-acre second site in Sanand, Gujarat.

Bajaj Finance acquires a 5% stake in AI video platform TrueFan AI, which counts HDFC Bank and Zomato as clients.

Dell Technologies Forum 2026 in Mumbai covered AI infra scale-up, data sovereignty, AI PCs, consumption models and skilling.

Zoho survey: 78% of Indian businesses would switch payment gateways for AI-driven fraud detection and reconciliation.

Vedanta invests over INR 21,000 crore through FY26 across metals to build India's EV and battery materials ecosystem.

QNu Labs raises INR 200 Cr led by National Quantum Mission and Speciale Invest, taking total funding to INR 375 crore.

Carrum Mobility raises USD 10Million Series B led by Uber, its second investment tranche, to expand fleet and tech across India.

JSW Group and Skoda-Volkswagen India sign a non-binding MoU for a 51:49 JV, with a binding deal targeted by end-2026.

HUL says India's 377 million Gen Z consumers are reshaping CPG discovery, pushing brands toward creator-led marketing.

PM Modi opens GFF 2026 in Mumbai, urges fintechs to expand UPI beyond payments and pushes cross-border payment links.