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September 23, 2026: Plastic alternatives are moving from stainability conversations into actual packaging decisions. In Kerala, Kochi-based Greenbio Products is working on one such shift with bottles made from polylactic acid, or PLA, a material derived from renewable sources such as corn starch, sugarcane and cassava.The startup has now found a customer in Hilly Aqua,...

September 14, 2026: Google has completed its talent deal with San Francisco-based AI startup Mechanize, bringing co-founder and former CEO Tamay Besiroglu into Google DeepMind as a research scientist. More than a dozen former Mechanize employees have also joined...

HYDERABAD, India, September 9, 2026: Indian deep tech company Hylenr Technologies says it has found evidence corresponding to 32 chemical elements in materials used in its nuclear fusion research, including the rare earth element yttrium.The results come after...

Hyderabad, September 3, 2026: Hyderabad-based startup Viyona Fintech has gone live with its UPI Switch at Bharat Cooperative Bank, allowing the bank to connect its banking systems with the UPI network through Viyona’s technology.The UPI Switch provides the technology...

September 1, 2026: Gurugram-based online grocery startup Satvacart has shut down after 12 years of operations, bringing an end to one of the earlier attempts to build an online grocery business in India.The startup stopped operations on August 28,...

August 31, 2206: Tamil Nadu is preparing for a major expansion of its electricity infrastructure, with the state government announcing plans for a new 1,600 MW supercritical thermal power station in Tuticorin at an estimated investment of ₹20,800 crore.Chief...

August 29, 2026: The second call for applications under the ₹5,000 crore Promotion of Research and Innovation in Pharma & MedTech (PRIP) Scheme, has been opened by The Department of Pharmaceuticals giving startups, MSMEs and industry another opportunity to...

August 24, 2026: Global semiconductor revenue is on track to surge 92% to $1.6 trillion this year, according to a new Gartner forecast, as AI infrastructure pushes demand far beyond accelerators and into memory, networking, power management and optical...

August 22, 2026: India’s renewable solar energy market is entering a new phase in which battery storage could become a key differentiator for projects seeking power purchase agreements, with nearly 42 gigawatts (GW) of planned capacity yet to secure...

August 21, 2026:A three-month Meta Startup School programme for 200 early-stage consumer brands in India, has been launched, combining platform education, agency support, AI-powered advertising tools and access to venture capital firms and industry experts. The first cohort...