Butterfly Learnings has raised INR 65 crore in fresh funding, a deal that industry observers see as a sign that selective investor confidence is returning to India's edtech sector after several years of contraction.
Bengaluru-based babycare quick-commerce platform Peeko has closed a Rs 67.4 crore ($7 million-plus) Series A round led by Chiratae Ventures and Inflection Point Ventures, as competition intensifies in India's fast-delivery parenting category.
Non-Resident Indians across Bahrain and the wider Gulf have until August 31, 2026 to lock in a 6.5% annual yield on US dollar deposits through BBK India's Foreign Currency Non-Resident scheme, under a temporary window opened by the Reserve Bank of India.
India's External Affairs Minister and Finance Minister laid the foundation stone for a new High Commission chancery complex in Singapore designed to expand consular and community services for the Indian diaspora, alongside the fourth India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable.
The United States Yogasana Sports Federation marked its first appearance at New York's India Day Parade, months after fielding Team USA's debut delegation at the inaugural World Yogasana Championship in Ahmedabad.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon, who is of Indian origin, completed his second spacewalk in under two weeks on August 18, 2026, working alongside ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot to replace a critical communications antenna on the International Space Station.
The European Union's Women TechEU programme offers up to €75,000 in equity-free grants plus mentoring for women-led deep-tech startups, part of a broader set of EU funding routes aimed at closing the gender gap in hard-science entrepreneurship.
New data shows all-female founding teams captured just 2.3% of global venture capital in 2024, even as female entrepreneurship rises broadly — a gap that highlights how far the venture ecosystem remains from parity.
As sustainability conversations in fashion increasingly turn from materials and recycling toward the industry's underlying production volumes, designers and sustainability advocates are calling for the sector to confront overproduction directly.
Türkiye and Australia, as co-presidents of the upcoming COP31 climate summit in Antalya, are calling for renewed multilateral commitment on climate action, with clean energy and resilient infrastructure at the top of the agenda.