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India hosted a Paris roadshow for Bharat Innovates 2026 to connect deep-tech startups and higher education innovators with global partners.

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the IIT Madras Technology Summit 2026 in Delhi, focused on deep-tech and industry collaboration.

The Union Cabinet has approved ECLGS 5.0 to unlock Rs 2.55 lakh crore in credit support for MSMEs and airlines amid global disruptions.

Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, is backing the three-year-old startup as part of its broader strategy to finance energy transition projects in emerging markets. The investment marks Mirovas fourth deal in India under this mandate.

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

Freshworks will lay off around 500 employees, attributing the reduction to AIs growing role in code writing.

IRDAI nod lets Even Healthcare enter retail insurance, offer direct-to-consumer plans with portability, and embed its full-stack care model beyond group coverage.

BigEndian said the funds will be used to commercialise its first SoC, expand product engineering and deepen partnerships with foundries, IP ecosystems and OEMs.

Yuma Energy is growing fast and moving beyond its Yulu roots. With 350+ stations already live, Managing Director Muthu Subramanian explains how the company is scaling its battery-swapping network to serve new partners, e-rickshaws, and the wider Indian EV market.

Indian ice cream startups raised a record $26.5 million in 2024, accounting for 74% of all sector funding over the prior five years.

Together, the two projects are expected to bring in around Rs 3,936 crore and create about 2,230 skilled jobs.

YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Tuesday, May 5, 2026.

Curium Life builds AI for surgery. Its SurgiMeasure tool brings real-time insights into the OR, backed by clinical studies and global collaborators.

Perceptyne builds AI-driven robots for manufacturing. Its dual-arm systems automate complex tasks with lower cost and flexible deployment.

Quick commerce is turning ice cream into an impulse buy, prompting brands to rethink formats, distribution, and how consumers indulge at home.

Strap: What if startups didnt have to chase distribution, but could build where demand already exists? A new project in Dwarka, The Omaxe State, is turning infrastructure into a platform for startup growth. -Surya Kannoth Delhi's oldest cricket stadium was built in 1883. The Arun Jaitley Stad

While Pixxel will design, build, launch, and operate the satellite, Sarvam will handle both training and inference directly in orbit, with full-stack language models running on board the spacecraft.

As platform reach declines and costs rise, Indian entrepreneurs are rethinking what it means to truly own their audience. Increasingly, theyre moving away from rented platforms to build independent digital storefronts they control.

Hello,Desh Bandhu Gupta, who grew up in a house without electricity or water, founded Lupin, a leading pharma company that sends 20 billion pills to America every year.

Indias largest biotech startup competition returns with Rs 20 crore prize pool, widening push to back science-led innovation beyond metro hubs.

In a system that was oppressive to business, Desh Bandhu Gupta (DBG) built a company and enabled an industry that now supplies medicines to the world. His biographer, Manish Sabharwal, shares the story of DBG and Indian pharma.

The decade-old agrifood platform attributes its 50% YoY growth to deeper wallet share, stronger supply networks, and AI-powered workflows.

Constems AI builds Vision AI to turn images into real-time decisions. Used across retail and enterprise operations in India, GCC, and Asia.

NVIDIAs Megh Makwana demonstrated how developers can run large language models on a portable device, emphasizing the importance of investing in quality data before pursuing larger models.

From rethinking talent to building AI-ready teams, she is reshaping HR for a rapidly changing world - without losing sight of trust and empathy For Vidya Munirathnam, VP Human Resources at Lowes India, the evolving role of HR is not just about adapting to change - its about shaping it. Her l

Milky Mist Dairy Food Ltd has raised about Rs 482 crore from Jongsong Investments Pte Ltd, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings, in a pre-initial public offering (IPO) funding round.

YourStory presents the daily news roundup for Monday, May 4, 2026.

The round also saw backing from angel investor Avnish Anand and a group of dermatologists, including Dr Chandan Asokan, Dr KC Nischal, Dr Punit Saraogi, Dr Nishita Ranka, and Dr Mikki Singh.

Founded in 2023, Tsavorite is building a full-stack AI compute platform spanning edge, enterprise, and data centre environments. Its core offering is an Omni Processing Unit (OPU), a chip architecture that integrates CPU, GPU, memory, and connectivity into a single system to improve performance.

Why Unit Linked Insurance Plans are reshaping how India saves Indias insurance sector is witnessing a steady shift, with premiums hitting a total of Rs 7.05 lakh crore in FY25. This figure reflects growing participation in structured financial protection and long-term planning. More importantly

The flagship invitation-only tech summit will bring together senior technologists and product leaders to discuss how AI and modern workflows are transforming how teams design, build, and operate software.

The satellite will help address long-standing limitations of conventional systems and enable more reliable and consistent data acquisition across diverse environmental conditions, the company said.

Bluspring Enterprises, one of the leading infrastructure management services companiess in India, is eyeing a 3x growth over the countrys GDP growth rate, and has laid out ambitious growth plans to achieve the goal.

In this photo essay, we feature highlights from a group show at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath.

This insightful feature from YourStory tests and strengthens your business acumen! Here are 5 questions to kick off this 230th quiz. Ready?

Swiggy has named insider Swapnil Bajpai to lead dining and experiences; Dakshinayan has grown from homemade batter into a six-outlet, tradition-led brand.

Bajpai, who announced the move internally, steps into the role after several years within Swiggy across business, sales, supply and monetisation functions. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President and Business Head for Swiggy Dineout.