HCLTech announced a Rs 14,257 crore AI Data Centre at the upcoming Odisha Sovereign AI Park in Bhubaneswar with Sarvam and the Odisha government, and signed an MoU for a 5,000-seat Global Technology Centre.
The Delhi High Court held that OpenAI's use of ANI's news content to train ChatGPT does not amount to copyright infringement, finding the storage falls under the fair-dealing exemption for research.
The National Stock Exchange will begin trading Indian Natural Gas Futures, the country's first exchange-traded energy derivative linked to a domestic benchmark, from 27 July under the ticker NATGASIND after SEBI approval.
The Union Cabinet approved the Bhavya-Rasayan Yojana to set up three dedicated chemical parks with a Rs 3,030 crore allocation over five years, with central grants of up to Rs 1,000 crore per park.
Indian banks' credit-deposit ratio hit a 62-year high of 82.6% in the first quarter of FY27 as loans grew 18.6% against deposit growth of 13.3%, the widest gap since the June 2024 quarter.
Indian banks and insurers will roll out a common customer identification system in August under Central KYC 2.0, with mutual funds and brokerages joining later, so customers need not resubmit ID documents.
The US announced permanent forced-labour tariffs on 60 trading partners including India as its temporary 150-day 10% tariff expired, with India's rate held at 10% instead of the proposed 12.5%.
In an interim order, the Supreme Court prohibited extracting, editing, sharing, uploading or monetising audio-video recordings of judicial proceedings on social media without permission from the court registrars, while clarifying news reporting is unaffected.
The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha to give the national song Vande Mataram the same statutory protection as the national anthem, amid Opposition objections.
The Union Cabinet approved a new anti-paper leak Bill on 24 July, scheduled for introduction in Parliament during the second week of the Monsoon session, following the NEET question paper leak row.
The IEA's Electricity Mid-Year Update 2026 projects renewable generation will overtake coal globally in 2026, with world electricity demand growing 3.6% this year and India's demand rebounding 7%.
Rajasthan launched the State Water Plan 2047 at the Rajasthan Water Conclave, setting a long-term framework for river-linking, groundwater conservation and public participation, alongside projects such as the Ramjal Setu Link.
