China’s e‑CNY push and the mBridge network surpass $55 billion in cross-border transactions as BIS exits, the UAE tests digital dirham, and the U.S. pivots to Project Agorá.
Republican Senators Steve Daines and Kevin Cramer are urging President Donald Trump to push India to lower steep tariffs on US pulse crops, citing a major competitive disadvantage for American farmers as Washington and New Delhi navigate tense trade negotiations and seek a more balanced agricultural trade relationship.
India is positioning the Andaman & Nicobar Islands as a core hub of its Blue Economy and Deep Ocean Mission, with Dr Jitendra Singh launching pilot projects in marine fish cage culture, seaweed cultivation, and biotechnology-led initiatives to drive jobs, exports, and environmental sustainability.
Bharat Ke Super Founders has enabled a ₹1.65 crore package for Digital Labour Chowk Rozgar, blending equity and grant capital to scale a digital platform serving India’s daily wage and construction workforce while formalising informal labour at national scale.
India and Israel have signed a Joint Ministerial Declaration to deepen cooperation in fisheries and aquaculture, spanning advanced technologies, sustainable practices, trade facilitation, and new Centres of Excellence to drive blue economy growth and food security.
Bharat Ke Super Founders has enabled a ₹3.5 crore mix of equity and debt funding for Aloe Ecell, a climate-focused startup building 100 percent eco-friendly AA and AAA batteries using aloe vera extract-based electrolytes, targeting India’s massive dry-cell waste problem with scalable, consumer-ready innovation.
Anthropic debuts Claude Cowork for macOS, turning its AI from a developer tool into a desktop productivity assistant with file automation, app integrations, and agent-style workflows for Claude Max subscribers.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India has undergone a cultural shift as risk-taking and entrepreneurship gain respect, with over 2 lakh DPIIT-recognised startups now making the country the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem and drawing founders from Tier-2, Tier-3 cities and villages into new technologies and emerging industries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges Indian startups to build indigenous AI on local servers as Startup India marks a decade, touting 200,000 recognized ventures, 125 unicorns, over 38,000 GPUs under the IndiaAI Mission, and reforms like the Fund of Funds and Jan Vishwas Act to fuel the next phase of growth.
SEBI is using its Sudarshan AI system to pull nearly 100,000 unregistered finfluencer videos, tighten rules for intermediaries, and roll out SebiCheck to protect India’s retail investors from unverified stock tips and digital market abuse.
