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Mumbai: Central Bank of India has joined the partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), a global initiative that enables financial institutions to measure and disclose greenhouse gas emissions associated with their lending and investment activities. As a signatory, the bank will measure and disclose its Scope 3, Category 15 emissions, associated with financial activities using []

New Delhi: Akums Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Indias largest Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO), announced its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2026. The Company delivered strong growth in revenue, operating profitability and profit after tax, supported by continued momentum in its CDMO business, healthy customer demand and improved operating performance. []

Mumbai: More than 2,000 families have made Kalpataru Parkcity their home, embracing the promise of Thanes Finest Commune. Spread across 108+ acres on Kolshet Road, the development reflects the evolution of an integrated residential community and its growing role in shaping the character of the surrounding neighbourhood. Kalpataru Parkcity brings together six essential elements of []

Chennai: HCLTech, a leading global technology company, today announced the launch of its AI-Powered Operations offering, designed to help enterprises modernize and optimize their mission-criticalmainframe environments through AI-enabled automation, observability and operational intelligence. The offering brings together specialized mainframe skill agents and conversational AI assistants to support system administration, observability, optimization and workflows, under human []

London: Norton Motorcycles today announces its new 450 cc urban motorcycle, marking a significant step in the British brands resurgence and introducing its distinctive approach to motorcycling to a new generation of riders. The new motorcycle brings Nortons principles of design, dynamics and detail to a new category. Combining reductive design, engaging performance and modern []

New Delhi / Mumbai: JSA, Advocates & Solicitors, one of Indias leading full-service law firms, today unveiled a new brand identity to celebrate 35 years of the Firm. Founded in 1991, the year India liberalised its economy, JSA has grown alongside liberalised India, advising Indian and global businesses through every phase of the countrys economic []

Bengaluru : The Azim Premji Foundation has launched a Social Startups Programme to support development sector professionals in setting up and leading civil society organisations that address the needs of underserved communities. Many professionals have years of experience working with communities and understand their challenges but lack the financial support and guidance to start organisations []

New Delhi: Smiling Tree participated as the Sustainability Partner in the National Organ Games 2026, held on 1 November, 2026, at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi, supporting efforts to promote organ donation awareness and encourage informed public pledges. Organised by Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and the Renal Care Foundation, in association with the National Organ and []

The gathering in Chandigarh brought together business associates as the group reiterated its commitment to delivering Highland Mayfields in 2027. Chandigarh: Highland Group hosted a Diwali celebration and channel partners meet at JW Marriott, Chandigarh, on October 31, bringing together its business associates for an evening of festive celebrations and discussions around the groups ongoing []

By Yossef Ben-Meir Marrakech It is uncommon to implement development projects with only positive impacts on everyone affected. For example, even advancing communities sustainable agriculture by cultivating local seed varieties with enhanced irrigation efficiency still raises the price of land due to increasing revenue, making it more difficult for family farmers who rent their land []

Rajasthan: In a significant initiative to preserve, celebrate and showcase Indias rich historical and cultural heritage, NBCC is undertaking the development of the Maharana Pratap Tourist Circuit at Haldighati, Rajasthan, located approximately one hour from Udaipur. With an estimated sanctioned project cost of 168.39 crore (exclusing GST), the project envisages transforming Haldighati into a landmark []

GUDIAWAYE, Senegal: Qatar Foundation and the Basketball Africa League (www.BAL.NBA.com) have marked the unveiling of the first BAL4HER community court in Africa, unveiling a newly refurbished facility in Gudiawaye, Senegal, designed to provide more opportunities for women, girls, and young people through sport. The project forms part of a multi-year collaboration between Qatar Foundation (QF) []

Maharashtra: Sayaji Hotel Kolhapur, a prominent hospitality destination in South Maharashtra, recently hosted its traditional Cake Mixing Ceremony, marking the beginning of the much-awaited festive season. Set against the picturesque backdrop of Sky Greens at Sayaji Hotel Kolhapur, the event brought together guests, team members, and well-wishers to celebrate the warmth, joy, and spirit of []

Hyderabad: Amaha, an integrated mental healthcare organisation, has entered into a strategic partnership with WeWork India, the industry leader in the flexible workspace sector, to strengthen mental health support and crisis preparedness across its workspace ecosystem. Through this partnership, the two organisations are bringing structured mental health resources, clinical training and pathways to professional care []

Gujarat: Starscapes, Indias leading astro-tourism company, will host Wish on a Star, a 3-night, 4-day Geminids meteor shower viewing experience in Nadabet, Banaskantha district, Gujarat, from 12 to 15 December 2026. Set against the open desert, the Geminids are widely regarded as the king of meteor showers, with up to 120 meteors an hour at []

At NVIDIA GTC Berlin, Vertiv Holdings Co. and NVIDIA introduced an AI factory approach that combines rapid configuration and virtual validation of pre-engineered reference architectures with factory-built deployment. The approach is designed to move AI factories from project kickoff to productive capacity faster and, under defined assumptions, generate up to 30% more cumulative token output []

Bengaluru: Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road, has launched a dedicated Stroke Clinic for the evaluation and management of stroke and related cerebrovascular conditions affecting the blood vessels supplying the brain. Led by Dr Amit Kulkarni, Director Neurology & Clinical Lead Stroke Services, the clinic will provide clinical assessment and individualised treatment planning based on []

New Delhi: The Electronics Sector Skills Council of India (ESSCI) organised ESDM Skills Samvad 2026 Workforce Development for Viksit Bharat at The Suryaa, New Delhi, bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, academic experts and skilling institutions to deliberate on emerging skill requirements and workforce development priorities in Indias Electronics System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) sector. []

With global data centre capacity projected to almost triple by 2035, a new study from Wrtsil outlines how smarter power choices could turn this boom into an opportunity to accelerate renewable energy growth, while significantly reducing costs, land and water use. The study, Unlock power. Unleash growth: How data centres can create tomorrows power system []

PARIS, France: Africa holds about 30% of the worlds critical mineral reserves, including cobalt, copper, graphite, lithium, manganese and platinum group metals. The mines that produce these minerals are among the largest and most creditworthy electricity consumers on the continent, and their long-term demand is anchoring new generation and cross-border transmission projects across Africa. The []

BRUSSELS: Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever tendered his governments resignation to King Philippe on Monday morning after overnight budget negotiations ended without agreement, deepening a months-long fiscal standoff inside his five-party coalition. The Royal Palace said the King is withholding his decision, will begin consultations with the chairs of the governing parties from Tuesday, []

DUBAI: Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said two oil tankers exploded and caught fire after striking naval mines while attempting to transit what Tehran describes as an unauthorized route in the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement issued late Sunday and carried by Iranian state media, including IRNA, the IRGC Navys public relations []

NATIONAL :Dr. Yogesh Kumar Bhatt has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer Work Integrated Learning Programmes (WILP), BITS Pilani. Dr. Bhatt brings experience across technology, business leadership, corporate learning, workforce transformation and higher education, including senior roles at Infosys, Manipal Global Education Services and NIIT. Dr. Bhatt is a Fellow (Doctorate) of the Indian []

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates : African Collaborations Group (ACG) (www.ACGafrica.com), the leading strategic project origination and collaboration platform focused on the industrialisation of sport in Africa through the origination of bankable sport and entertainment district ecosystems, today announced the appointment of Gianni Merlo to its Advisory Board. Mr Merlo is President of the International Sports []

New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence today signed contracts worth over 53 thousand eight hundred crore rupees with Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited and Goa Shipyard Limited for the acquisition of eight next-generation corvettes for the Indian Navy. The contracts were inked in the presence of Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh in New Delhi. []

New Delhi : The Severe Cyclonic Storm Murasu, currently over the west-central Bay of Bengal, is expected to cross the south Andhra Pradesh coast between Nellore and Narsapur, south of Ongole, during midnight tonight and the early hours of Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. According to the latest IMD bulletin, the system moved []