SBI Life launches 'Jolly & Polly' campaign promoting life insurance as an enabler of aspirations while securing families.
SBI Life launched a narrative marketing campaign featuring 'Jolly & Polly' (Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja) to frame life insurance as enabling personal aspirations while securing family responsibilities. The campaign uses two TVCs depicting aspiration-conflict scenarios where assured family financial protection permits individuals to pursue purpose-driven careers. The release links the campaign to SBI Life's product range, distribution scale, CSR activities, and its registration with the insurance regulator to support market credibility.

Economic Survey 2025-26 projects 6.8-7.2% growth and frames policy priorities ahead of the Union Budget.
Economic Survey 2025-26 was tabled in the Lok Sabha, projecting 6.8-7.2% growth for 2026-27 (below the current 7.4% estimate) and serving as the analytical backdrop to the Union Budget by setting broad macroeconomic and policy priorities in the context of heightened global geopolitical uncertainty.

Akshaya Patra serves nutritious meals at Davos to spotlight nutrition as investment in child development.
Akshaya Patra showcased its school feeding model at Davos 2026 by serving freshly cooked meals to delegates to demonstrate how nutrition underpins cognitive development and long term human capital. The Foundation highlighted its role in implementing the PM POSHAN program-serving over 2.3 million children daily and targeting 3 million by 2030-and presented its technology enabled, cost efficient kitchen operations as scalable social infrastructure. The initiative, run with World Food Movement, promoted public private collaboration and global partnership to advance food and nutrition security.

Paid menstrual leave campaign advances a legal framework to address policy gaps affecting working women and workplace rights.
Ranjita Priyadarshini advances recognition of menstrual health in the workplace by promoting Paid Menstrual Leave and offering a remedial framework in her book International Law for Women Workers, which identifies legal and policy gaps affecting working women and proposes legal principles, policy mechanisms and stakeholder engagement strategies to achieve workplace reform.

Global gold demand reached a record 5,002 tonnes in 2025, driven mainly by a surge in investment demand.
Global gold demand reached a record 5,002 tonnes in 2025, led by investment demand which rose to 2,175.3 tonnes from 1,185.4 tonnes the prior year, driven by safe haven and diversification motives amid geopolitical and geoeconomic risk, dollar weakness, high equity valuations and expectations of lower interest rates; central banks added 863 tonnes while mine production rose to 3,672 tonnes.

AI in law: ethics and innovation to modernize the legal profession and improve access to justice.
The lecture urged an ethical, innovation-led integration of AI into legal practice and regulation, anchored in the rule of law and national resilience. It emphasized modernizing legal education and firm structures, enhancing access to justice through technology, and aligning academia, industry and the state. The Cyril Shroff Centre for AI, Law and Regulation was presented as a focal point for multidisciplinary research, policy engagement and global dialogue to develop governance frameworks that balance rapid technological change with constitutional values.

Tanishq unveils Desert Diamonds at Paris Couture Week in collaboration with Rahul Mishra and De Beers.
Tanishq presented its Desert Diamonds high jewellery collection at Paris Couture Week 2026, highlighting the provenance and natural coloration of rare diamonds and framing them as wearable art. The showcase combined Tanishq's design and artisanal manufacturing with Rahul Mishra's couture narrative and De Beers' supply and provenance partnership, supporting the brand's global luxury positioning and subsequent market introduction in India after a U.S. launch.

KindCircle.org enables donors to create 80G compliant scholarships quickly while the platform manages governance and compliance.
KindCircle.org operates as a "Virtual NGO" under Buddy4Study's legal, financial and compliance framework, enabling donors to create 80G compliant scholarships without forming separate entities; the platform manages contributor onboarding, fund governance, student verification and direct disbursement, and provides real time dashboards and automated impact reporting to centralise regulatory compliance and programme delivery.

DAC Developers names A.R. Rahman as brand ambassador and launches around 1,000 new homes in Chennai.
DAC Developers appointed A.R. Rahman as brand ambassador while launching about 1,000 homes across five Chennai locations; the partnership is presented as a strategic branding and marketing initiative linking the ambassador's reputation for creativity and integrity to the developer's commitments to innovation, quality construction, transparency and customer trust, and will feature campaigns across digital, print, outdoor and television to attract homeowners and investors.

MPOWER Career Accelerator helps international graduates access sponsorship-friendly jobs and immigration-focused career support in the U.S. and Canada.
MPOWER's Career Accelerator assists international graduates in obtaining post-study employment in the U.S. and Canada by offering a five-part masterclass, a job platform with employers open to visa sponsorship, and a career community, complementing its Path2Success job-readiness and immigration guidance to bridge study-to-work transitions in high-demand fields.

Gujarat leads in renewable energy, expanding policy, industry collaboration and manufacturing linked to India-EU trade opportunities.
Gujarat reports leadership in renewable energy-27.2% of national wind generation, over 64% of state power from renewables, and 7.5 lakh rooftop solar households-describes a renewable ecosystem of manufacturing, installation and research, and announces new policies and collaboration drives to scale innovation and manufacturing tied to India-EU trade opportunities and a target to raise the state's manufacturing share from 18% to 25%.

Crypto presale DeepSnitch AI: $1.35M raised, staged pricing, live tools, uncapped staking, and tiered bonus allocations.
The document advertises DeepSnitch AI's presale, reporting $1.35 million raised, Stage 4 pricing at $0.03681, live platform features, uncapped dynamic staking APR, and tiered bonus allocations (example: 50% bonus increasing a $5,000 purchase from 136,000 to 204,000 tokens). It contrasts presale asymmetry with ONDO and TAO mid-cap prospects and closes with investor-facing risk and liability disclaimers stating content is market commentary, not investment advice, and the publisher disclaims responsibility for losses.

Ajit Pawar plane crash: Black box recovered and AAIB investigation underway, with DGCA teams deployed and evidence collection active.
The AAIB has commenced an expedited investigation into the Learjet 45 crash near Baramati after recovery of the aircraft's Black Box under its mandate to probe accidents and serious incidents involving aircraft above the specified weight threshold and turbojet aircraft; investigative and response mechanisms were activated immediately and teams from the AAIB and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation were deployed to the crash site to collect evidence and analyse flight data.

Kanishk Aluminium India Limited IPO opens to raise Rs. 29.20 Crores; proceeds for debt repayment and brand promotion.
Kanishk Aluminium India Limited proposes an IPO on the BSE SME platform to raise Rs. 29.20 Crores via 4,000,000 equity shares at Rs. 73 each; the issue opens Jan 28 and closes Jan 30, 2026. Allocations: Non-Institutional Investors up to 1,899,200 shares, Individual Investors up to 1,900,800 shares, Market Maker 200,000 shares. Net proceeds will be used primarily for repayment/pre-payment of borrowings, branding and promotion of the 'Baari by Kanishk' brand, and general corporate purposes. Lead Manager: Sun Capital Advisory Services Private Limited; Registrar: KFIN Technologies Limited.

SRMIST students win Formula Bharat 2026, sweeping major dynamic and static categories and showcasing multidisciplinary engineering excellence.
Team Camber Racing of SRM Institute of Science and Technology won the Formula Bharat 2026 National Championship, taking first place across major dynamic and static events-including Endurance, Skidpad, Autocross, Acceleration, Engineering Design, Fuel Economy, and Sustainability & Best Practices-and receiving the Best Driver Award. The multidisciplinary student team, led by named officers and mentored by SRMIST faculty, exemplifies how competitive, hands-on programs translate academic training into industry-ready technical skills.

DeepSnitch AI presale surge highlights promoted utility and presale access amid stablecoin infrastructure and compliance developments.
Promotion focuses on DeepSnitch AI's presale mechanics and claimed working utility-exclusive presale access to live intelligence tools, fundraising momentum, and bonus mechanics asserted to create asymmetric upside for early participants-while Wemade's alliance with Chainlink is described as building compliance oriented StableNet infrastructure pending regulatory clarity; the piece includes market commentary on Chainlink and Hyperliquid and a risk disclaimer distancing publishers from editorial responsibility.

People-focused budget expands pensions, raises pay for frontline workers, funds free degree education and targeted infrastructure investments.
The 2026-27 budget prioritises expanded social transfers and public service compensation, including a substantial increase for social security pensioners, raised honoraria for community health and early childhood workers, daily wage increases for school cooking staff, statewide life and health insurance schemes, and free undergraduate education; it also allocates funds for a regional rapid transit initiative, coastal development, rural employment expansion, and forest and wildlife protection.

5 MW green hydrogen project at Deendayal Port to produce about 800 tonnes annually under an EPC contract supporting port refuelling.
Award of a 5 MW green hydrogen EPC contract at Deendayal Port requires design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a modular facility, expandable to 10 MW, projected to produce about 800 tonnes annually to support port operations and mobility. The project is aligned with the National Green Hydrogen Mission's maritime measures-ship retrofits, port-based bunkering, and creation of green hydrogen hubs-and contemplates renewable electrolysis and low-emission biomass conversion as permitted production pathways.

Kerala budget 2026 27: Rs 14,500 crore social package with wage hikes, new welfare schemes and targeted infrastructure funding.
The 2026-27 budget commits a Rs 14,500 crore package of targeted social expenditure increases and new programme funding, including monthly honorarium hikes for ASHA and Anganwadi staff, pay rises for pre primary teachers and literacy motivators, higher daily wages for school cooking staff, Rs 3,700 crore for the Chief Minister's Stree Suraksha Scheme, an extra Rs 1,000 crore for rural employment, expanded life and health insurance, free degree education in arts and science colleges, and capital allocations for an RRTS corridor, coastal development, and forest and wildlife protection.

Self-mastery guide urging young readers to use disciplined habits, self-reflection, and confronting fears to build resilience.
A practical guide for young readers to achieve self-mastery through purposeful change, disciplined habit formation, self-reflection, and confronting fears; it presents accessible, motivational chapters that frame personal transformation as an ongoing internal process and positions challenges as opportunities for resilience and growth.