Indian equity benchmarks opened sharply lower on September 9, with the Sensex shedding 490 points and Nifty slipping below 23,550, as foreign institutional selling and a large RBI liquidity withdrawal weighed on sentiment.
Brent crude climbed past $94 a barrel, near three-month highs, after fresh attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities and Iran-backed Houthi militants claimed responsibility for targeting a major refinery, deepening concerns over global oil supply.
Seattle Children's Hospital spinout BrainChild Bio has raised $116 million in Series A funding to advance a CAR-T cell therapy for children with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, one of pediatric oncology's hardest targets.
Blee, an AI-first marketing compliance platform, has raised $20 million in Series A funding to help legal and compliance teams automate the review and governance of marketing, product and sales materials.
Forus, an AI network connecting doctors, pharmacies, payers and biopharma companies, has raised $150 million in Series C funding at a $3 billion valuation, led by Bain Capital Ventures.
OpenAI has signed a multiyear agreement with Nvidia-backed infrastructure operator Firmus to secure AI computing capacity from two data centres in Malaysia, extending its infrastructure footprint into Southeast Asia.
ASML is working with TSMC, Intel Foundry and Samsung to move High-NA EUV lithography from 6-inch to 12-inch photomasks, a shift expected to lift system productivity by roughly 40% for next-generation AI chips.
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has laid out a five-year plan committing 3.8 trillion yuan to more than quadruple national AI computing capacity to 9,800 exaflops by 2030.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has cleared the National Stock Exchange's long-awaited IPO, with the issue reportedly sized around Rs 30,000 crore, marking a landmark moment for India's capital markets infrastructure.
On International Literacy Day, a look at how community-driven initiatives — from Delhi's slum classrooms to Arunachal's roadside libraries — are widening access to literacy beyond India's formal education system.