Secured-lending platform Bharat Housing Network has raised $5 million in green bonds from Symbiotics, part of a $75 million green basket bond programme with British International Investment, to fund rooftop solar, electric vehicles and clean-tech loans.
The Centre has told the Supreme Court it will amend India's IT intermediary rules to make it a statutory obligation for platforms to stop minors from opening social media accounts, a move that could reshape how global tech firms operate in their largest user market.
Red Queen Bio, which has raised $36 million with OpenAI as lead seed investor, is using AI to design antibodies against bird flu and other threats, including the prospect of AI-engineered viruses, and plans its first clinical trials in 2027.
The International Organization for Standardization and the UN Development Programme have launched ISO/UNDP 53001, a certifiable management-system standard that gives organisations of any size a structured way to build the Sustainable Development Goals into strategy, governance and operations.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has finalised weaker fuel-efficiency rules for cars and trucks, halving the required annual improvement and lowering the 2031 fleet target to 34.9 mpg. The government says prices will fall; critics say fuel bills and pollution will rise.
Airbnb and India's Ministry of Tourism have signed a two-year MoU covering host training, digital onboarding and destination promotion, with a 'Soul of India' microsite aimed at steering travellers towards lesser-known places.
Hinduja Group-owned Switch Mobility will supply 840 air-conditioned electric buses to operator Antony Road Transport Solutions for deployment in Delhi under the first phase of the PM E-Drive scheme.
As Climate Week NYC closed, NYSERDA chief Doreen M. Harris said New York has executed contracts for 1.7 GW of storage and renewables expected to create over 1,100 jobs and $3.7 billion in private investment, alongside $1 billion in energy rebates and new efficient-housing funds.
Founded in 2026, Neuromod Aqua builds modular, factory-made sewage and effluent treatment systems for developers, hotels and infrastructure projects. It is betting that standardisation can crack a wastewater market projected to reach $19.4 billion by 2034.
Seventy-seven of India's 190 thermal plants hold critically low coal as stocks slide to 21.98 million tonnes, enough for about a week. The Centre has ordered captive plants to run at full tilt from October, while analysts call it a logistics problem, not a shortage.