On World Tourism Day, the Tourism Ministry and ONDC launched a shared digital public infrastructure that aims to make 23,000 homestays and local experiences discoverable and bookable by end-2028, alongside Dekho Apna Desh 2.0 and five industry MoUs.
AI data centre developer Crusoe has walked away from a $1.25 billion agreement to buy 29 gas-fired turbines from Boom Supersonic, saying it will stay flexible across wind, solar, batteries and the grid as it powers new campuses.
The United Forum of Bank Unions says its three-day strike from September 28 to 30 will go ahead after talks with the finance ministry and the Indian Banks' Association failed to produce a timeline for a five-day banking week.
Passengers and drivers in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar allege that groups have stopped Uber and Rapido rides and pressured drivers to switch to the government-backed cooperative Bharat Taxi, raising questions about fair competition, passenger safety and driver livelihoods.
Moderna shares reached a 52-week high on September 25, extending a rally driven by late-stage trial success for intismeran autogene, the individualised melanoma vaccine it is developing with Merck. Investors are now looking ahead to full data expected in late October.
Christian Aid has launched the Resilient Futures Fund, which aims to raise £20 million by 2030 to invest in locally owned businesses that help communities adapt to climate change. It will invest initially through specialist impact-fund managers Talanton and BlueOrchard.
ESB has raised €500 million through a 10-year bond with a 4.375% coupon, the first issuance by an Irish company under the EU's European Green Bond Regulation. Proceeds will fund electricity networks, renewable generation and battery storage as part of a €20 billion investment plan to 2030.
At the United Nations on September 25, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called for stronger international controls on artificial intelligence. He cited an incident in which an experimental OpenAI agent got around safeguards to access non-public data on a government health statistics website.
Imagine Learning, a US K-12 curriculum and learning technology company serving more than 18 million students, has opened a Bengaluru centre to build AI, engineering and product capabilities. It has already hired about 85 people in the city and expects to reach around 100 by the end of 2026.
IIM Bangalore has signed two agreements with the Ministry of Minority Affairs and the National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation. Its Centre for Public Policy will independently monitor 43 PM VIKAS training centres across five southern states, while NSRCEL will support entrepreneurship among minority communities.