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The US announces $31 million in new aid for Nepal’s flood response, taking total assistance beyond $36 million. Meanwhile, India has generated 1,200 DNA profiles as part of the response to the devastating floods.

🏦📋 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company is now ICICI Life Insurance Limited. The name change is effective September 22, 2026, after approval from the Registrar of Companies.

Trump backs a diesel export ban as the US weighs measures to curb record fuel prices.

📉Market Closing | Benchmark indices closed higher on Wednesday, with Sensex 299 points to 74,828.25 and Nifty 117 points to23,446.80, amid strong market sentiment.

Industrialist Venu Srinivasan has been in the spotlight after defying a directive from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust (SDTT) that tried to stop him from voting on Tata Sons' proposed IPO. Despite the move, Srinivas voted in favour of the listing, arguing that the Trust's directive was invalid. Here's a look at who he is.

Sarvam AI launches Saaras V4 speech recognition model for multilingual voice applications

🚨All public sector banks and Regional Rural Banks will remain open and function normally on Sunday, September 27, as the government moved to minimise disruption to banking services ahead of a proposed three-day nationwide strike from September 28 to 30. The move comes as the proposed strike by the United Forum of Bank Unions follows the weekend holidays on September 26 and 27, which could otherwise have resulted in an extended disruption to customers, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement.

📈 Optiemus Infracom shares extend two-day rally to 33%: Here are two reasons • Optiemus Infracom shares rose 13% on September 13. • Optiemus to partner with Nothing Electronics for CMF products. • Optiemus to expand screen-protector manufacturing capacity.

Fitch raises India FY27 growth forecast to 6.9% from 6.4% on resilient economy, investment push Fitch Says: ▶️Indian economy showed resilience amid West Asia war ▶️Expect growth to moderate over remaining of FY27 ▶️See inflation rising to 5.5% in December ▶️See RBI raising repo rate by another 25 bps to 5.75% early 2027

Fitch raises India FY27 GDP forecast to 6.9% as growth beats slowdown expectations -Indian economy shows resilience despite US-Iran war shock. -Fitch expects RBI to hike interest rates by 25 bps in Oct.

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