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Virat Kohli marked a major career milestone with a record-extending ODI century and an unbeaten 139 as India overhauled West Indies' 295/7 in the first ODI. Shubman Gill provided the ideal foil with a composed hand, while Kuldeep Yadav's incisive spell had earlier checked the visitors' momentum and kept the chase within reach.
Singaporean collector Peter Lee is drawing fresh attention to Indian textiles by framing them not as isolated craft objects but as evidence of centuries of exchange across ports, markets and communities. In his reflections on checks, chintz and other woven traditions, Lee argues that cloth has long carried the imprint of migration, commerce and cultural borrowing across the Indian Ocean world.
Formula One’s decision to expand Sprint races from six to 10 for the 2027 season marks a clear shift from experiment to strategy. What began in 2021 as a novelty to energise Grand Prix weekends is now being recast as a core commercial and sporting asset, even as questions remain over how to preserve competitive value without diluting the main event.
‘Dhoomakethu’ arrives as a familiar but still promising entry in the time-loop comedy space, using humour and repetition to build momentum in its early stretches. Yet the film’s gains are uneven, with weak background writing eventually undercutting the very structure that initially gives it charm.
Amazon India is reportedly preparing to invest $3 billion, or about ₹28,790 crore, in its quick commerce arm Amazon Now through 2030, signaling a far deeper commitment to the hyperlocal delivery market. The move would place the ecommerce giant in a more direct contest with entrenched rivals as India’s instant-delivery sector accelerates from a convenience play into a core retail battleground.
Tender247 has brought actor Anupam Kher on board as the public face of its platform in a bid to make India’s vast government and institutional tender market more accessible to businesses. The move is designed to help companies discover, track and compete for contracts in a segment estimated at about ₹70 lakh crore, where information gaps and procedural complexity often limit participation. The association underscores a broader startup push to simplify procurement discovery for small and mid-sized firms, while using a familiar public figure to build trust in a category that is still largely opaque for many enterprises.
Boeing has identified a software glitch in the automated flight guidance system used on its 737 MAX aircraft and has advised operators to reset the system as a precaution after a missed approach. The advisory underscores the aviation giant’s continuing focus on software reliability and operational safeguards in a fleet that remains under intense global scrutiny. The issue, while framed by Boeing as precautionary, is likely to draw close attention from regulators, airlines and safety analysts because it involves a core flight-control function tied to approach procedures, one of the most sensitive phases of flight.
Godrej Wealth plans to enter India’s mutual fund industry next year, marking a significant expansion from wealth management into asset management. The firm is filing for a mutual fund licence and expects to launch within a year, with an ambition to scale assets under management to Rs 1 lakh crore by 2031.
Bank of Baroda has launched bob World 2.0, an updated mobile banking app designed to let customers make payments and navigate services using voice commands. The bank says the platform also adds a personal finance management module and a persona-based experience aimed at making digital banking more intuitive and tailored to different user groups.
Asset-backed borrowing is emerging as a more visible pillar of India’s credit ecosystem, with gold-backed loans leading the shift as households and small businesses seek quick liquidity without liquidating long-term holdings. The trend is being accelerated by digital lending platforms that are making such products faster, more transparent and easier to access, especially for borrowers looking for short-duration funding.
India’s new merchant fee regime for UPI transactions above Rs 2,000 is poised to deepen the moat around the country’s largest payment apps, with Bernstein estimating PhonePe and Google Pay could together generate about $900 million annually by March 2028. The policy may also accelerate expansion into rural markets, while nudging smaller rivals toward higher-value transactions and thinner niches.
Agentic commerce is moving from concept to commercial reality, and ISG is positioning compliance as the decisive differentiator for automotive and mobility brands. In India, where EV adoption, connected vehicles and digital retail are converging, the firm argues that trust, governance and consent will determine which platforms scale.
The World Bank mobilised $112 billion in private capital for developing countries last year, underscoring a sharp turn toward crowding in investors as donor funding constraints tighten. The figure, which now nearly matches the institution’s own lending volume, highlights how de-risking tools and blended-finance structures are becoming central to closing development gaps and supporting job creation.
Boeing has identified a navigation software glitch in its 737 Max program that could complicate certification work on newer narrowbody aircraft and slow the company’s push to deliver a permanent fix. The issue adds fresh pressure on the planemaker as it tries to stabilize production, reassure regulators and keep its next-generation development timeline intact.
Indian savers looking to improve returns on low-risk cash holdings have several practical levers, from comparing account interest rates to using auto-sweep facilities that move surplus balances into higher-yielding instruments. The key is to treat savings accounts as active cash-management tools rather than passive parking places, while avoiding unnecessary withdrawals that interrupt compounding.
Indian equities are under pressure from a familiar mix of elevated crude, firmer US Treasury yields, geopolitical risks and foreign portfolio outflows. But the pattern of foreign participation suggests this is not a clean exit: investors are still backing IPOs, selectively buying debt and showing interest in mid- and small-cap names. That split points to portfolio rotation rather than a broad withdrawal from India, even as headline selling in large-cap equities continues to weigh on sentiment and index performance.
Anahat said her individual campaign at the Asian Games delivered a steep learning curve, especially in managing pressure against more experienced opponents. Speaking after her match on Tuesday, she said she is still adapting to situations where she has to fight back from behind, a reversal from the pattern she is more accustomed to.
Passenger vehicle retail sales in India are expected to rise 15-16% in September, supported by steady underlying demand and stronger channel confidence ahead of the festive season, according to Yes Securities. The broader domestic automobile retail market is also holding positive momentum across most segments, though tractors remain an exception.
Singaporean collector Peter Lee is drawing fresh attention to Indian textiles not as static heritage objects, but as evidence of centuries of trade, migration and cultural exchange. Speaking about checks, chintz and the port cities that carried them, he frames cloth as a living archive of the Indian Ocean world.
Anmol Industries has filed for an initial public offering that could raise up to 18 billion rupees, or about $188 million, marking a major step for the biscuit maker founded in 1994. Backed predominantly by the Baijnath Choudhary & Family Trust, which holds 84%, the company is seeking to convert years of growth in revenue and profit into a public-market valuation.
Arvind Sanger, Managing Partner at Geosphere Capital Management, said India remains an attractive market but warned that the global liquidity backdrop is unlikely to improve materially from here. That leaves earnings growth, rather than easy money, as the main driver for any sustained rerating in Indian equities. His comments underscore a shift in investor focus from abundant global liquidity to fundamentals, with the next leg of market performance likely hinging on corporate profit revival, domestic demand resilience and valuation discipline.
PhonePe has announced support for UPI 123Pay on feature phones, widening access to India’s instant payments network for users without smartphones or internet connectivity. The move, unveiled at the Global Fintech Fest 2026 in Mumbai, targets more than 200 million Indians still using basic handsets and could deepen the reach of digital payments into rural and low-income markets.
Srikanth Odela’s The Paradise arrives with scale, ambition and a visibly altered Nani at its center, but the film struggles to convert those assets into emotional force. What emerges is a visually assertive yet narratively uneven epic that never fully establishes its characters, stakes or conflict.
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