India's operational office real estate investment trust footprint surged 74% year-on-year to 167 million square feet in the first half of 2026, now representing 16% of the country's total office stock, as REIT structures gain broader adoption across commercial real estate.
India is positioning artificial intelligence as its next major financial sector growth driver following UPI's success, exploring autonomous AI agents for credit assessment, fraud detection and personalised banking services across the country's financial networks.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced the state has secured Rs 5,196 crore in investment proposals targeting a full-stack technical textile manufacturing ecosystem, aiming to position the state as a major global manufacturing hub for the sector.
The Odisha state government has approved a Rs 15,949 crore investment plan to upgrade its power grid infrastructure, aimed at enhancing distribution reliability, reducing transmission losses and accommodating future industrial and renewable energy demand.
Pranav Constructions' Rs 351.03 crore initial public offering was subscribed 18.2 times by the second day of bidding, receiving bids for over 408 million shares against 22.46 million shares on offer, as India's construction sector IPO pipeline stays active.
The landmark IPO of the National Stock Exchange of India is set to deliver a major boost to the country's primary market even as it threatens to significantly shrink the booming trade in unlisted shares that NSE stock alone accounted for roughly half of.
Dialflo has raised Rs 1.7 crore in its first institutional funding round, led by AJVC with participation from angel investors including Afsar Ahmad and Arpit Dave, adding to a busy week of early-stage Indian startup funding activity.
Terrastack, Varaha Climate, Farmers for Forests and Climitra Carbon have been selected for the inaugural Google DeepMind Accelerator: AI for the Planet across Asia-Pacific, joining a 16-organisation cohort applying artificial intelligence to environmental challenges.
Indian deep-tech company BonV Aero has been named among five finalists for Round 10 of GENIUS NY, the world's largest accelerator programme for uncrewed systems and robotics, marking another step in the company's planned US expansion.
Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have jointly accused Vodafone Idea of unfair customer-acquisition practices and asked India's telecom regulator, TRAI, to investigate, intensifying competitive tensions within India's three-player telecom market.