Banks adopting PostgreSQL with end to end migration, security audits, and compliance focused performance management.
The partnership provides end to end services for banks to adopt Open Source Postgres, including migration strategy, data security audits, and continuous performance management, combining Postgres technical expertise with banking compliance know how to reduce total cost of ownership, improve scalability and data sovereignty, and lessen reliance on proprietary database licenses.

RMZ Millenia Towers B & C achieved LEED Gold under LEED v4.1 O+M: EB after energy and water system upgrades.
LEED Gold certification for RMZ Millenia Towers B and C under LEED v4.1 Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings (O+M: EB) reflects targeted interventions-chiller replacement, water conservation programmes, system modifications, and energy optimisation-implemented through stakeholder collaboration to meet performance benchmarks for energy efficiency, water conservation, and improved building operations.

Firstsource acquires TeleMedik to expand clinical and utilization management services across U.S. payer-provider networks and enhance digital care.
Firstsource Solutions' acquisition of TeleMedik integrates TeleMedik's Puerto Rico and U.S. operational footprint with Firstsource's AI and automation platform to expand end-to-end clinical services. The combined organization will deliver a unified operating model across intake, prior authorization, integrated clinical review, care and disease management, population health, and telemedicine, aiming to improve speed-to-decision, clinical consistency, member outcomes, and administrative efficiencies for Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, dual-eligible, Spanish-speaking, and underserved populations.

Aokah launches UK operations to help firms ideate, set up, and scale Global Capability Centers with governed execution intelligence.
Aokah launched UK operations to help enterprises ideate, establish, and scale Global Capability Centers using a platform that links strategy to execution via milestone governance, location and talent risk signals, partner sequencing, and outcome measurement. Core features include scenario-based strategy validation, milestone-driven setup governance, continuous performance optimization, a unified intelligence layer aggregating program and delivery signals into a governed system of record, and real-time adaptive orchestration that recommends corrective actions.

Botsync funding supports expansion and scaling of its robotics orchestration platform and AMR development in APAC and US.
Botsync received additional Series A funding from SGInnovate to accelerate SyncOSTM platform development and AI analytics, expand integration across robotic and software products, optimize MAG AMR throughput and real world capabilities, scale customer deployments, and deepen geographic presence and strategic partnerships across Southeast Asia, India, ANZ and the US.

Nash Energy commissions 2 GWh prismatic battery pack line to boost India's energy storage manufacturing and BESS supply.
Nash Energy commissioned a 2 GWh automated prismatic battery pack line in Dobbaspet, Bengaluru-producing 100 Ah-314 Ah packs-as the first phase toward 10 GWh capacity over five years, targeting BESS, EVs, material handling, and electric buses/trucks with 'Made in India' products meeting global performance and safety standards.

Mission Billion Summit aims to build 100 non profit unicorns by 2030 through innovation capital, evidence, and government partnerships.
The Mission Billion Summit assembles non profit founders, philanthropists and policymakers to build 100 non profit organisations impacting one million people by 2030, focusing on scaling mechanisms such as evidence building beyond RCTs, fundraising and innovation capital, government partnerships, and community led scale. Change Engine will publish an 'Ease of Doing Non profits' report identifying structural barriers and a deficit of flexible, high risk funding, while summit tracks and masterclasses deliver practical toolkits to convert pilots into national solutions.

Galgotias University inaugurates IIT Mandi Catalyst Satellite Centre and signs MoUs to boost university startup collaboration.
Galgotias University established an IIT Mandi Catalyst Satellite Centre to support early stage and deep tech startups and signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with NIT Jamshedpur and Jharkhand University of Technology to enable joint research, faculty and student exchanges, co creation of startups, shared incubation and acceleration programmes, and access to advanced laboratories to translate academic research into market ready solutions.

VIBGYOR Lit Fest: a day-long school festival promoting reading, author interactions, and creative storytelling workshops.
VIBGYOR Group of Schools will host the inaugural VIBGYOR Lit Fest at VIBGYOR High, Malad East, a day-long literature festival to promote reading, critical thinking and creative expression through author talks, book review sessions, storytelling zones and hands-on workshops led by partners including Myra Multimedia and Amar Chitra Katha.

Venezuela war powers resolution faces intense presidential pressure as senators weigh limits on military action abroad.
The Senate is set to vote on a war powers resolution aimed at limiting the president's authority to conduct further military action against Venezuela after the capture of Nicola s Maduro. Five Republicans joined Democrats to advance the measure, but the president is pressuring defectors to reverse course. The administration has offered shifting legal rationales-ranging from counterterrorism authorities to law enforcement justifications-and provided a classified legal opinion to senators, prompting concern about the sufficiency and secrecy of the administration's legal basis for its actions.

Trump's actions pressuring the Fed, asserting control abroad, and expanding immigration raids raise institutional and sovereignty risks.
Pressure on the Federal Reserve and a disclosed criminal probe into testimony risk undermining the independence of monetary institutions and market confidence; executive military action removing a foreign head of state and assertions of control over foreign resources expand claims of presidential command over foreign operations with sovereignty and diplomatic implications; large-scale immigration enforcement and use-of-force incidents raise procedural and public-safety concerns while feeding electoral and oversight dynamics.

Makar Sankranti humanitarian drive provides blankets, meals and maize nationwide to vulnerable communities in 2026.
Narayan Seva Sansthan launched a nationwide Makar Sankranti 2026 humanitarian drive to provide winter relief and sustenance to persons with disabilities, economically weaker families, daily wage workers and orphans, targeting distribution of 100 quintals of maize, 50,000 blankets and sweaters, and 51,000 meal plates via winter relief camps and coordinated food distribution across more than 28 cities and multiple localities in the national capital.

Bhogi in Andhra Pradesh marked by traditional bonfires, temple rituals and concern over fading Haridasu tradition.
Bhogi in Andhra Pradesh was marked by traditional bonfires, temple rituals at Tirumala organized by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, and communal observances with devotees returning to native homes. The report notes concern over the fading Haridasu tradition, with a few families continuing devotional door-to-door singing during Sankranti, and records public greetings from senior officials stressing renewal, gratitude and prosperity.

Digital regulation must balance innovation and systemic risk through agile, risk based, and accountable oversight using data and SupTech.
Digital regulation must adapt to compressed time horizons, algorithmic and platform risks, and blurred regulatory perimeters by adopting regulatory agility, system wide visibility, and calibrated perimeter approaches. Regulators should combine principle based frameworks with strong governance and supervisory engagement, ensure accountability of regulated entities for technological intermediation, and use granular data and SupTech/RegTech to enable proactive supervision, proportional calibration, reduced compliance burden, and cross border cooperation.

WhatsApp cyber fraud using a fake female identity caused Rs. 1.92 crore transfers and arrest for personation.
A WhatsApp relationship led to a Rs 1.92 crore investment scam; an FIR was registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 66(D) of the Information Technology Act for cheating by personation. Investigation and arrest revealed the accused used forged Aadhaar and PAN to open multiple bank accounts to receive fraud proceeds; recoveries included fake identity documents and funds, with substantial transactions traced through the accused's accounts and further inquiries to identify other racket members underway.

Asian markets traded mixed as a US 25% import tariff announcement and mixed earnings drove volatility and bond yield moves.
A US announcement imposing a 25 percent tariff on imports from countries that do business with Iran added trade and geopolitical uncertainty as Asian equities moved unevenly; Japan's Nikkei rose on election speculation while other regional indices fluctuated. Mixed US corporate earnings-weak results at a major bank and stronger guidance from healthcare firms-drove US equities lower from recent highs. Treasury yields eased after inflation data near expectations, bolstering market bets on multiple Fed rate cuts in 2026 and influencing currency and energy prices.

Stock markets trade volatile as foreign outflows, tariff uncertainties and firmer crude weigh on benchmarks and sector leaders.
Equity benchmarks opened volatile with early declines while FIIs continued to offload equities and DIIs bought, producing mixed net flows; heavyweight laggards included Asian Paints and TCS while Tata Steel and Axis Bank gained. Volatility was linked to persistent FII selling, tariff-related and geopolitical uncertainties, and firmer crude prices, with analysts flagging Nifty technical levels as key to near-term direction.

Rupee rebounded to 90.12 per US dollar amid lower crude and a retreating dollar, with equities holding steady.
The rupee strengthened 11 paise to 90.12 per US dollar in early trade after opening at 90.26 and touching 89.94, driven by lower crude oil prices and a retreating dollar; domestic equities rose modestly while foreign institutional investors sold equities worth Rs 1,499.81 crore and the dollar index traded slightly lower.

China's record USD 1.2 trillion trade surplus underscores export-driven growth and calls for economic rebalancing.
China recorded a near USD 1.2 trillion trade surplus in 2025 with exports of USD 3.77 trillion and imports of USD 2.58 trillion; December exports rose 6.6% and imports 5.7% year-on-year. Exports to the United States fell sharply but were offset by shipments to other regions. Strong exports sustained near-target growth, while the IMF called for reducing export reliance by boosting domestic demand and investment to fix economic imbalances.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets nation on Makar Sankranti, Magh Bihu and Uttarayan, wishing prosperity and health.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended national greetings on Makar Sankranti, Uttarayan and Magh Bihu, highlighting Makar Sankranti as the Sun's transition into Capricorn and describing Magh Bihu as a harvest celebration in Assam and the Northeast, while wishing citizens happiness, health, prosperity and social togetherness.