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🚨 A glimpse of what’s coming to Bengaluru Tech Summit 2026. The Robotics & AI Pavilion will spotlight startups working on physical AI, humanoids, autonomous systems and intelligent machines. The summit is scheduled for November 17–19 at BIEC, Bengaluru, with demonstrations of emerging technologies.

🚨 BSNL is planning to launch 50,000 – 60,000 additional 4G towers for users across India.

🚨 In 1957, Nagasamy Naidu was running a small paan shop in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, when his family’s biryani recipe laid the foundation for a restaurant business named ‘Dindugul Thalappakatti’. Nearly seven decades later, Dindigul Thalappakatti has grown into a restaurant chain with over 100 outlets and created a Rs 1,000 crore business.

🚨 A serious allegation that a Chinese businesswoman close to Nvidia CEO was found sharing intelligence to China.

🚨 Rajasthan University to establish a separate department for Rajasthani language and introduce a pg course.

🚨 Rajesh Ambati, an Indian-origin software engineer who has worked at Apple for nearly 18 years, has been promoted to vice-president of engineering.

🚨 Breaking News: Indian Railways has directed all railway zones to switch off mobile phone and laptop charging points in train coaches between 11 pm and 5 am.

🚨 Karnataka government hikes Nandini milk prices by Rs 8 per litre from November 1.

🚨 Blackstone has opened its second India office in Bengaluru.

🚨 At least 45 people have been killed after two high-speed trains, carrying about 500 passengers, collided in Spain. 🙏🏽 SHOCKING!

🚨 PhonePe has launched its own Appstore named PhonePe Appstore.

🚨 Nagaland gets its first five-star hotel as Polo Hotel Kohima opens in Kohima.

🚨 'Digital India Gave Jio Its Purpose': Anant Ambani Thanks PM Modi At Jio Listing Ceremony Anant Ambani expresses heartfelt gratitude to Jio users across India, crediting 53 crore dreams and one name, Jio, for making this historic milestone possible.

🚨 “I have directed my officials to allow speed limits of up to 120 kmph on expressways and only issue challans if the speed limit exceeds 20% higher than this." - Nitin Gadkari.

Name one non-AI innovation in 2026 that blew your mind.

🚨 A Indian startup named Gridflow has developed a autonomous electric pod transit system designed to carry 4 people.

🚨 Breaking News: A second system has formed over the Bay of Bengal and has already intensified into a low-pressure area this morning. (IMD)

🚨 Delhi to ban entry of outside non-BS6 vehicles from November 1.

🚨 Anant Ambani highlighted the importance of Indian traditions and family values during Jio Platforms’ IPO listing, sharing how business is a form of puja for him.

🚨 India has set a target of adding 75,000 UG and PG medical seats by 2029. The country now has 23 AIIMS and 863 medical colleges. - Minister JP Nadda.

🚨 A 17-year-old NEET aspirant in Lucknow staged his own kidnapping to repay a ₹50,000 debt incurred through online gaming. He sent his family a ransom message demanding ₹5 lakh, prompting his father to arrange ₹3 lakh to secure his son's release. 🙏

🚨 “Three months ago, huge noise was made against the E20 petrol fuel; now rage against E20 fuel is over...It was a paid campaign.” - Minister Nitin Gadkari.

🚨 Delhi is introducing new footpaths across the city.

🚨 60,000 Microsoft employees have until early December to decide whether to accept the exit offer. For now, employees cannot assume that declining the offer means they will be laid off later. This is not the first time Microsoft has offered employees a voluntary exit package. STOP PANICKING!!

🚨 A Indian startup named Helmify is building automated helmet cleaning stations.

🚨 "The Indian government is committed to cleaning and rejuvenating the Yamuna River by May 2029." - HM Amit Shah.

🚨 The projected path of massive cyclone Arnab.

🚨 Apple iPhone sales fall up to 30% in India as high prices curb festive demand.

🚨 Google Maps has officially updated Kerala’s name to Keralam.

🚨 Instagram will enable users to share videos up to “90 minutes” long.

🚨 The Indian government has picked 'Sarvam' to build and deploy AI applications for the Indian military.

🚨 The Indian Premier League team valuations in 2026. Mumbai Indians - $2.1 billion Royal Challengers Bengaluru - $1.85 billion Chennai Super Kings - $1.75 billion Kolkata Knight Riders - $1.73 billion Delhi Capitals - $1.7 billion Rajasthan Royals - $1.65 billion SunRisers Hyderabad - $1.62 billion Gujarat Titans - $1.58 billion Punjab Kings - $1.53 billion Lucknow Super Giants - $1.5 billion (Sportico)

🚨 Microsoft is offering voluntary exit packages to about 60,000 employees. 🤯

🚨 Tamil Nadu has revised auto fares, with a minimum charge of ₹50 for the first 1.8 km and ₹25 for every additional km.

🚨 In a demo, Articul8's new AI model Bivia worked out the cheapest way to cool a data centre in 15 seconds, without breaking any of the rules it was given, according to the company.

🚨 Bengaluru Metro is planning a massive 215-km network under Phase 4. The proposed corridors include extensions towards Madavara-Tumakuru, Kadabagere-Tavarekere Challaghatta-Bidadi Silk Institute-Harohalli Kalena Agrahara-Jigani-Attibele-Sarjapur Road- Kadugodi Tree Park Bommasandra-Attibele KR Pura-Hoskote Doddajala-Devanahalli.

🚨 A US-based company, Innodata, laid off nearly 550 Indian employees in a single day.

Introducing Bivia. A multimodal AI decision model built to complete entire workflows, not just answer individual questions. We've spent 3+ years building and deploying AI in production across semiconductors, energy, manufacturing, and other complex industries. Today, we're bringing that experience to everyone.

🚨 New Vande Bharat sleeper train services. Mumbai - Bengaluru: October 31 New Delhi - Varanasi: November 1

🚨 India is planning to criminalise doping supply chains ahead of Olympic bid.

🚨 Apple launches its first touchscreen MacBook Pro with an OLED display. • 14-inch: Starting at ₹3,49,900/- • 16-inch: Starting at ₹4,09,900/- The price difference between US and India is huge. 🙏

🚨 Indian-origin Rajesh Ambati appointed as the vice-president of engineering at Apple.

🚨 Italy's Pirelli has partnered with India's Balkrishna Industries to manufacture up to 8 lakh premium tyres annually in Gujarat.

🚨 Attempt to make Delhi pollution free.

🚨 Mumbai to get floating advertising barges and hoardings at waterfront sites across the city.

🚨 India is bracing for a very severe cyclone named Arnab in the next few hours. STAY SAFE!!

🚨 Cyclone Arnab explained. Stay safe!! (📹-

🚨 Apple to unveil its first touchscreen MacBook Pro with an OLED display and Dynamic Island today.

🚨 The Keralam government is planning to introduce a bill to regulate high medical treatment costs in private hospitals.

🚨 Britannia has been fined ₹1 lakh for advertising its bread as "100% Whole Wheat" despite whole wheat flour making up only 62% of the product.

🚨 "Apple has done nothing truly innovative in the tech world since the death of Steve Jobs in 2011," says Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal.

🚨 Number of seats in each IIT institute in 2026. IIT Kharagpur - 1,949 IIT (BHU) Varanasi - 1,589 IIT Bombay - 1,363 IIT Roorkee - 1,353 IIT Delhi - 1,249 IIT Kanpur - 1,240 IIT (ISM) Dhanbad - 1,210 IIT Madras - 1,118 IIT Guwahati - 962 IIT Patna - 817 IIT Jodhpur - 750 IIT Hyderabad - 705 IIT Ropar - 696 IIT Mandi - 640 IIT Indore - 560 IIT Bhubaneswar - 502 IIT Jammu - 380 IIT Gandhinagar - 360 IIT Dharwad - 355 IIT Bhilai - 329 IIT Palakkad - 280 IIT Tirupati - 254 IIT Goa - 165

🚨 Instagram began testing 90-minute horizontal videos on its platform. (📹-satish_torani)

🚨 US chipmaker Qualcomm has around 20,000 employees in India. In November (next month), the company is planning to cut up to 1,200 jobs. This is 6% of its total workforce in India. Every employee is going through that phase where the backup plan is a must.

🚨 Rajasthan-based influencer Om Prakash Bishnoi, with 2.1 million followers, gets only 33 votes in the sarpanch election.