Japan's Sumitomo Corporation will acquire 49% of a 500 MWp wind-solar-storage project being built by Hero Future Energies in Bidar, Karnataka, as foreign capital targets round-the-clock renewable power in India.
Cambridge spin-out Reclinker has raised a £10 million Series A to scale a process that turns demolition waste into cement inside steel-recycling furnaces, cutting emissions by half at the same cost.
The UK regulator moved to comply-or-explain climate reporting, new EU anti-greenwashing rules entered into force and ISO's net zero standard failed its first vote, in a week that showed how unevenly ESG rules are developing.
Mumbai-based Vytalyou, founded by a molecular oncologist and a radiologist, has raised ₹9 crore in a pre-Series A round at a valuation of about ₹33 crore. It plans to grow from one clinic in Powai to three in Mumbai by year-end and ten across India over time.
Bengaluru-based Prodoc AI, whose Patient Journey OS links hospital records, billing and phone systems, has raised an undisclosed seed round led by the family office of Thyrocare founder Dr A. Velumani. The platform runs in more than 100 hospitals and handles over a million patient interactions a month.
Arivihan, an Indore-based AI learning platform whose subscribers come overwhelmingly from smaller towns and rural India, has raised $10 million in a Series A co-led by Accel and Prosus. It plans to expand across four Hindi-heartland states and deepen its vernacular content.
Anant Ambani says Reliance will invest ₹1 lakh crore in compressed biogas plants across Andhra Pradesh, projecting more than 3 lakh jobs and about ₹60,000 crore in state revenue over the coming decades.
Electric passenger vehicle registrations jumped 94% year on year to a record 35,948 units in September, lifting EV penetration to 8.3%. Tata Motors and Mahindra together took nearly two-thirds of the market.
Medical records giant Epic Systems has halted most product work for about six weeks to fix MyChart configuration flaws that could let outsiders view patient records without leaving a trace. The bugs were found by Anthropic's Mythos AI model.
More than 2.42 lakh Special Gram Sabhas convened on 2 October to launch the People's Plan Campaign 2026-27, under which panchayats will draw up their development plans for 2027-28.