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View All PicksBrent Crude Surges Toward $100 a Barrel as US-Iran Conflict Widens and Houthis Strike Saudi Energy Infrastructure
Brent crude climbed toward $100 a barrel on September 9 as the conflict between the United States and Iran widened and Iran-backed Houthi forces struck Saudi Arabian energy infrastructure, rattling global markets and pressuring emerging-market currencies.
Alliance to End Plastic Waste Reports 138,000 Tonnes of Waste Reduced and $641 Million Catalysed in 2025
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste says its programmes reduced 138,162 tonnes of unmanaged plastic waste and valorised a further 165,317 tonnes in 2025, while catalysing $641 million in third-party and impact-investor funding commitments.
US Agencies Accuse Chinese AI Labs of Large-Scale Model Distillation in Joint Advisory
The NSA, CISA and FBI issued a joint advisory alleging that DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, Alibaba, MiniMax, StepFun and Z.AI have run aggressive distillation efforts against US frontier AI models since late 2024, extracting billions of tokens across millions of exchanges.
Deep Dives

Legal AI Platform Harvey Raises $550 Million as Enterprise Adoption of AI Accelerates
San Francisco-based legal AI company Harvey has raised $550 million in a growth financing round backed by Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue and Goldman Sachs Alternatives, pushing its total disclosed funding above $1.55 billion.

Brent Crude Surges Toward $100 a Barrel as US-Iran Conflict Widens and Houthis Strike Saudi Energy Infrastructure
Brent crude climbed toward $100 a barrel on September 9 as the conflict between the United States and Iran widened and Iran-backed Houthi forces struck Saudi Arabian energy infrastructure, rattling global markets and pressuring emerging-market currencies.

India Grants Preliminary Approval for $11 Billion in Military Procurement, Lifting Defence Stocks
India's government has granted preliminary approval for approximately $11 billion in military procurement, lifting shares of defence companies such as Bharat Electronics even as broader markets came under pressure from rising oil prices.

Ten IPOs Open Simultaneously on Dalal Street, Raising Nearly Rs 6,950 Crore in Historic Single-Day Rush
India's primary market scripted history on September 9 as ten initial public offerings opened for subscription simultaneously, seeking to raise nearly Rs 6,950 crore in one of the busiest single days for IPO activity in nearly three decades.

QNu Labs Raises Rs 200 Crore Series A1 to Scale Quantum Cybersecurity From Bengaluru
Bengaluru-based QNu Labs has raised Rs 200 crore in a Series A1 round co-led by India's National Quantum Mission and Speciale Invest, alongside a separate Rs 150 crore convertible facility, to expand its quantum-safe encryption business globally.
Startups

RentoMojo Opens IPO as Revenue Jumps 45.5% and Profit More Than Doubles in FY26
Furniture and appliance rental platform RentoMojo opened its initial public offering on September 9 after reporting FY26 revenue growth of 45.5% year-on-year to Rs 387 crore, with profit after tax surging 142% to Rs 104.2 crore.

Delhi Alco-Bev Startup Marmalade Eyes Rs 15 Crore ARR With Brightside Craft Whiskey
Delhi-based alco-bev startup Marmalade, co-founded by Udit Mediratta and Surojit Bhattacharya, is expanding its flagship Brightside craft whiskey beyond Maharashtra as it targets Rs 15 crore in annual recurring revenue by December 2026.

Flipkart Quietly Tests In-House Food Delivery Service 'Eat In' Among Bengaluru Staff
Flipkart has begun internally testing a new food delivery service called Eat In among employees in Bengaluru, an early move that could bring India's ecommerce major into direct competition with Zomato and Swiggy.

Circolife Raises $4.5 Million to Expand Cooling-as-a-Service Model Across India
Subscription-based cooling platform Circolife has raised $4.5 million in a pre-Series A round anchored by entrepreneur Bharat Jaisinghani, aiming to scale its AI-augmented IoT-enabled air-conditioning subscriptions from 10,000 to 40,000 units within two years.
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Alliance to End Plastic Waste Reports 138,000 Tonnes of Waste Reduced and $641 Million Catalysed in 2025
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste says its programmes reduced 138,162 tonnes of unmanaged plastic waste and valorised a further 165,317 tonnes in 2025, while catalysing $641 million in third-party and impact-investor funding commitments.

FTC Solar Begins Tracker Shipments for Naturgy's 330MW Fraser Coast Solar-Storage Project in Australia
FTC Solar has started shipping solar trackers for Global Power Generation's 330MW solar and 180MW battery-storage Fraser Coast project in Queensland, set to become Naturgy's largest renewable project in Australia.

Suniva Completes $835 Million Financing to Build Second US Solar-Cell Manufacturing Plant
Solar manufacturer Suniva has completed an $835 million debt and equity financing package to build a second US solar-cell plant in South Carolina, adding 4.5GW of annual capacity and taking total US manufacturing to 5.5GW.

Oracle Issues RFP for 2GW of New Renewable Generation to Power AI Data Centers in New Mexico
Oracle has issued a request for proposals seeking 2 gigawatts of new solar, wind and geothermal generation in New Mexico, part of its Project Jupiter commitment to power its AI data centers with 100% carbon-free energy.

The Quiet Force
Ratan Tata doesn't fit the modern idea of a global business icon. No aggressive visibility. No personal branding machinery. No Obsession with scale for it own sake. And yet he reshapoed the glohal perception of indian business, not through nocie, but through the stready accumulation of pricipled decisions made over decades.
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Ratan Tata doesn't fit the modern idea of a global business icon. No aggressive visibility. No personal branding machinery. No Obsession with scale for it own sake. And yet he reshapoed the glohal perception of indian business, not through nocie, but through the stready accumulation of pricipled decisions made over decades.
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