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Western Railway rolls out revised Mumbai local train timetable
The new schedule, introduced on September 1, adds six suburban services, withdraws six existing ones and takes the total to 1,414 services.
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Two crane operators injured in fire during cargo unloading at Mumbai Port
A crane caught fire at Mumbai Port around 7.30 pm on August 31 while cargo was being unloaded from the Barbados-flagged vessel Vienna. Two operators were injured and taken to St George Hospital.
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Juspay raises $50 million from WestBridge at $1.2 billion valuation, becomes first Indian unicorn of 2026
Payments infrastructure firm Juspay closed a $50 million funding round led by WestBridge Capital, valuing the Bengaluru-based startup at about $1.2 billion. The company said the round includes primary and secondary components, offering liquidity to early investors and employees while backing expansion plans.
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Students protest new UGC guidelines; concerns raised over equity rules and grievance processes
Student groups have held protests against new UGC guidelines, as reported in live updates on 28 January 2026. The issue centres on how equity and anti-discrimination rules are framed and how complaints and safeguards could work in campus grievance systems.
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Juspay raises $50 million from WestBridge, becomes India’s first unicorn of 2026 at $1.2 billion valuation
Bengaluru-based payments infrastructure firm Juspay has closed a $50 million Series D follow-on round led by WestBridge Capital, taking its valuation to about $1.2 billion and marking India’s first unicorn of 2026.
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Anthropic plans first India office in 2026 as demand for AI tools grows; Bengaluru to host operations
AI startup Anthropic has announced plans to open its first office in India in early 2026, choosing Bengaluru as its base. The move reflects growing enterprise and consumer appetite for AI tools in India, and intensifying competition among global AI firms in the market.
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India’s tech hiring demand drops sharply at start of 2026, survey finds
India’s technology sector has begun 2026 with weaker hiring intent, as active tech job openings fell year-on-year, according to a report by staffing firm Xpheno. Demand remains concentrated in major hubs like Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Delhi-NCR, but the report suggests the market is still far below its early-2022 peak, with mid-senior and senior roles under pressure.
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IndiGo starts direct India–Greece flights using A321XLR, opening a new non-stop Europe link from Delhi and Mumbai
IndiGo has launched non-stop flights between India and Greece, operating from Mumbai and Delhi to Athens. The move expands long-haul connectivity for Indian travellers and is expected to boost leisure travel and business links between the two countries.
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PSA office releases ‘techno-legal’ AI governance white paper ahead of India AI Impact Summit
The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser has released a white paper proposing a “techno-legal” approach to AI governance, combining baseline legal safeguards with technical controls and institutional mechanisms to build a trusted AI ecosystem while preserving innovation.
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India’s tech hiring demand falls sharply at start of 2026, survey finds
India’s technology job market has begun 2026 with a notable drop in active openings compared with a year earlier, according to a report by staffing firm Xpheno. The data points to weaker demand across many cohorts, with some resilience in global capability centres even as overall hiring remains subdued.
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Gartner: India’s IT spend to cross $176 billion in 2026; data centre systems seen rising 20.5% on AI infra push
India’s IT spend is projected to cross $176 billion in 2026, with data centre systems forecast as the fastest-growing segment. Gartner links the surge to AI infrastructure demand, as enterprises and government initiatives scale model training, inferencing and data-heavy workloads—accelerating investment in GPUs, capacity and sovereign cloud.
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India proposes tougher smartphone security standards, including source-code sharing, triggering pushback from global manufacturers
India is considering a wide set of smartphone security requirements that would ask manufacturers to share source code and notify the government of major updates—moves the industry says are unprecedented and could expose proprietary information.