BSNL to Add up to 60,000 More Towers, FY26 Operating Profit to Grow in Double Digits: Scindia
State‑run BSNL will add 50,000‑60,000 new mobile towers, bringing its total to roughly 1.6 lakh sites, to strengthen its 4G network before a rapid upgrade to 5G. The telecom ministry highlighted a record capital outlay of ₹20,000 crore (about $2.4 billion) for the rollout. BSNL’s subscriber base grew to 9.27 crore (~92.7 million) and it posted a quarterly profit of ₹262 crore (≈$31 million) after an 18‑year loss streak. Operating profit is projected to rise double‑digit in FY 2025‑26.
Innovent Shares Jump on First Profit, Obesity Drug Momentum
Innovent Biologics reported its first annual profit, propelled by strong demand for its weight‑loss medication. The Hong Kong‑listed company’s shares surged as much as 7.75%, the biggest jump since late October. The profit milestone underscores the rapid growth of China’s...
Home Battery Boom Delivers New Market Leader – This Time From the Budget End
China‑based Fox ESS has become Australia’s top‑selling home battery brand, installing over 12,000 systems in February – the highest kilowatt‑hour capacity recorded. Its budget‑friendly, stack‑able 42 kWh units sell for about AU$7,000 (≈ US$4,600) after the federal rebate, undercutting rivals. Fox ESS already leads...
Telcos Navigate Subsea Cable Risks; Centre Asks for Analysis, Fallback Options as War Rages
India’s telecom regulator has asked carriers and subsea‑cable operators to produce a risk analysis and fallback plans as the war in West Asia threatens undersea data pipelines. The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly one‑third of India’s westbound traffic to the...
Equity for Growth (Securities) Limited Enters Liquidation
Equity for Growth (Securities) Limited was ordered into liquidation by the High Court after the FCA filed a winding‑up petition in October 2024. The regulator cited a surge of investor complaints, including mini‑bond scams promoted by the firm’s appointed representatives,...
FCA Responds to Complaint Commissioner’s Report on the British Steel Pension Scheme
The FCA announced a £106 million (≈$135 million) redress package for 1,870 former members of the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) who received unsuitable advice on defined‑benefit transfers. More than 6,500 ex‑members have lodged complaints, prompting enforcement actions against over 20 advisers...
Ultra-Low-Cost Solar Could Unlock 2,600TWh per Year to Power Australia’s Green Metals Export Potential, ACAP Says
Australian researchers at ACAP modelled a scenario where ultra‑low‑cost solar—targeting 30% module efficiency and a $0.20 per watt installed price—could unlock a 2,000 GW solar market. The model predicts the nation could generate 1,000 TWh of clean electricity for domestic use and...
Home Testing Kits Could Bridge the Cervical Screening Gap for Disabled Women, New Study Finds
A new study published in the Journal of Medical Screening finds that more than half of physically disabled women in the UK would choose at‑home HPV self‑sampling kits over traditional clinic‑based cervical smears. The research, which surveyed 1,493 women with...
Armstrong Templok Shows Potential For Thermal Energy Storage With Phase Change Materials
Armstrong introduced Templok ceiling tiles that embed a salt‑based phase‑change material (PCM) within a thin polymer pouch, turning ordinary acoustic panels into passive thermal storage units. Each tile provides the equivalent thermal mass of roughly eleven bricks and can absorb...
Tashkent Introduces Dedicated Business Aviation Gateway
Uzbekistan has officially designated Tashkent‑Humo International Airport as the nation’s exclusive gateway for business aviation, replacing the main Tashkent International Airport for charter operations. Effective 17 February 2026, all business‑jet flight plans must list UZTP as the destination, ensuring flights use the...
UpGrad to Acquire Unacademy in All-Stock Deal?
upGrad has signed a term sheet to acquire Unacademy in a 100% share‑swap transaction, creating a combined edtech powerhouse valued at roughly $2.25 billion. The deal follows upGrad’s February acquisition of Internshala and includes a break‑fee to lock in both parties....
Bridgit Mendler Outlines Northwood’s Vision for Rapidly Deployable Ground Infrastructure
Northwood Space, led by former Disney star Bridgit Mendler, unveiled its strategy to create rapidly deployable satellite ground infrastructure. The company raised $100 million in a Series B round and has already fielded Portal phased‑array units in Australia and another continent, with...
Newsmax Posts 11 Percent Revenue Growth, Digital Declines Weigh on Profitability
Newsmax reported a 10.7% revenue increase to $189.3 million for 2025, driven primarily by a 17.3% rise in broadcast earnings. Carriage fees from cable, satellite and streaming partners jumped 20.2% to $14.9 million, boosting advertising revenue 16.7% to $104.3 million. In contrast, the...
Medical Tourism Is Becoming A Multi-Billion Dollar Business
Medical tourism is evolving into a multi‑billion‑dollar sector, projected to reach roughly $140 billion by 2032 with a 15.12% annual growth rate. Cost‑driven patients are flocking to hubs such as Turkey, where hair‑transplant procedures cost $2,000‑$4,000—about 80% less than U.S. prices—and...
Help Radio Ink Name The Most Influential Women In Radio
Radio Ink has opened nominations for its 2026 Most Influential Women in Radio list, a prestigious award that has highlighted female talent since 1999. The deadline is Friday, April 17, at 8 p.m. Eastern (5 p.m. Pacific). The list celebrates women across...
Beyond the Pump: Why the Future of Fuel Retail Isn’t About Fuel
The article argues that fuel retail is being overtaken by non‑fuel convenience sales as electric‑vehicle adoption lengthens customer dwell time. McKinsey projects the global fossil‑fuel retail market to fall from $88 bn in 2019 to $79 bn by 2030, while non‑fuel revenue...
Fans of Old Dreamcast Games Are Going to Go Gaga for This Strange Fishing Sim
The Water Museum is reviving its Dreamcast‑era horror fishing title, About Fishing, with a new trailer that showcases a blend of angling, puzzle‑solving, and sandbox life simulation. Influences range from Shenmue and SEGA Bass Fishing to Seaman and Silent Hill,...
Unilever, Magnum Sued for Defamation by Ex Ben & Jerry’s Board Chair Mittal
Unilever and its spun‑off Magnum unit face a federal defamation lawsuit filed by former Ben & Jerry’s board chair Anuradha Mittal, who alleges the companies vilified her for supporting Palestinian rights. The complaint accuses Unilever and Magnum of false claims about...
Unity Strikes High-Grade Gold, Eyes Okvau-Style Mineralisation in First Look at Ngot
Unity Metals reported high‑grade gold intercepts from the first six holes of its maiden ~50‑hole diamond drill program at the Ngot Project in Cambodia. Notable assays include 0.5 m at 18.4 g/t Au, 1 m at 21.8 g/t Au, and a 0.4 m interval grading...
Americans Are Now Providing More than $1 Trillion in Unpaid Family Caregiving a Year
AARP reports that 59 million Americans are caring for adult relatives, delivering 49.5 billion hours of unpaid assistance in 2024. Valued at $20.41 per hour, that labor equals roughly $1.01 trillion— a 67 % jump since 2021 and now higher than the nation’s $932 billion...
European Parliament Delays Implementation of Parts of the EU AI Act
The European Parliament voted to postpone key provisions of the EU AI Act, moving high‑risk AI obligations to 2 December 2027 and sector‑specific rules to 2 August 2028, while granting a watermarking deadline of 2 November 2026. Analysts stress that the delay does not relieve enterprises;...
Diesel Prices Rising Faster than Petrol, up 28 Cpl Across the Largest Cities in Last Week
Retail diesel prices jumped 10% in the week to 25 March, rising 27.8 cents per litre to 303.5 cpl across Australia’s five largest cities, while petrol increased 8% to 252.2 cpl. The surge mirrors a 17% rise in the Singapore Gasoil 10 ppm benchmark, compared...
Homeflow and Alto Join Forces
Homeflow and Alto Software Group have announced a partnership that integrates Homeflow’s lead generation and qualification tools with Alto’s CRM platform. The new integration allows estate agents to automatically push qualified leads from Homeflow’s website, lead manager, or valuation tools...
Understanding and Avoiding Credit Card Delinquency
Credit card delinquency starts when a payment is 30 days late, and after two consecutive missed payments the default is reported to the major credit bureaus. Reporting can shave up to 180 points from a consumer’s credit score after three...
Can You TikTok Your Way Out Of A Comms Crisis?
Brands are moving from scripted press releases to rapid, real‑time engagement on platforms like TikTok when a crisis erupts. The recent lawsuit against US protein‑bar maker David, amplified by meme‑style TikTok videos, illustrates how humor can generate buzz but also...
MIT and Mecalux Launch AI Tool to Optimise Warehouse Inventory
MIT's Center for Transportation & Logistics and storage solutions provider Mecalux have unveiled GENESIS, an AI‑driven simulator that optimizes inventory distribution across warehouse networks. The platform combines machine‑learning models with a genetic algorithm to evaluate thousands of logistics scenarios in...
YouTube Is Testing a New AI Powered Auto Speed Feature That Changes the Speed of Your Videos Based on What...
Google’s YouTube is piloting an AI‑driven Auto speed feature that dynamically changes video playback speed in real time. Available to Premium members on Android and iOS until April 27, the tool speeds up low‑information segments and slows down dense parts, aiming...
How to Use a Risk Prioritization Matrix: Step By Step
A risk prioritization matrix transforms vague risk lists into a structured grid that plots likelihood against business impact, enabling teams to spot the most threatening issues at a glance. The guide outlines a seven‑step process—from building a clean risk inventory...
Chasing Contrails: How Airbus-Backed Research Is Tackling Non-CO2 Emissions
Airbus is leading the ECLIF‑X flight‑test campaign to quantify how fuel sulfur and aromatic content affect contrail formation. The program flies an A321XLR equipped with Pratt & Whitney’s TALON‑X rich‑burn combustor using three fuel blends—baseline Jet A‑1 (~200 ppm sulfur), high‑sulfur Jet A‑1 (650 ppm), and...
Star Minerals Clears the Road to Gold Mining at Tumblegum South
Star Minerals completed a 124‑hole grade‑control drill program at its Tumblegum South project in Western Australia, confirming high‑grade continuity with assays such as 9 m at 5.57 g/t gold, including 3 m at 14.54 g/t. The drill results underpin a 45,000‑ounce contained gold resource...
JFK Jr.’s ‘Recklessness’ Blamed for His & Carolyn Bessette’s Fatal Plane Crash as Sources Reveal the 1 Way He Could’ve Saved...
On July 16, 1999 John F. Kennedy Jr. piloted a small plane that crashed into the Atlantic off Martha’s Vineyard, killing him, his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and her sister Lauren. The National Transportation Safety Board attributed the accident primarily to pilot error, citing disorientation...
Ballan’s $325m Transformation: 850 Homes for Quiet Town
A $325 million Australian‑dollar ($215 million USD) master‑planned community is set to reshape Ballan, a quiet town 80 km northwest of Melbourne. The scheme will deliver more than 850 homes across a 100‑hectare former farmland site, with sales slated for the second half...
An AI Upheaval Is Coming for Media. This Journalist Is Already All In.
Fortune journalist Nick Lichtenberg has leveraged AI to produce over 600 stories in six months, outpacing his peers' annual output. He feeds press releases and analyst notes into tools like NotebookLM, generating drafts he quickly edits and publishes. The approach...
Solving Warehouse Chaos in Dynamics 365 Business Central with Mobile Barcoding
Manufacturing Tomorrow is hosting a webinar on April 1, 2026 to demonstrate how Dynamics 365 Business Central combined with mobile barcode scanning can eliminate warehouse inefficiencies. The session highlights replacing manual spreadsheets, clipboards, and re‑keying with a handheld‑driven WMS that provides real‑time...
Wells Fargo Says Convenience and Personalization Drive Adoption of Virtual Assistant
Wells Fargo announced that its AI‑powered virtual assistant, Fargo, has completed over one billion transactions in under three years, while its mobile app now boasts 33 million active users. The bank credits convenience, speed and personalization for driving adoption, noting that customers...
London Luxury Property Market Shows ‘Renewed Confidence’ After Years of Slowdown
Carter Jonas’ Spring 2026 luxury market update shows London’s high‑end residential sector rebounding after a sharp 2025 slowdown. Transaction volumes fell about 65% year‑over‑year, with total investment dropping from £7.8 billion (≈$10 billion) to roughly £2.2 billion (≈$2.8 billion). The upcoming High‑Value Council Tax surcharge,...
HDR Completes Manufacturing-Focused Factory of the Future at Western Sydney University
HDR has delivered a two‑level, manufacturing‑focused "Factory of the Future" at Western Sydney University’s Bankstown City Campus. The facility integrates advanced manufacturing, robotics, and digital processes, with a lower‑level Discovery Space teaching Industry 5.0 principles and an upper‑level Immersive Training Hub...
Paragon Machine Works Has Closed
Paragon Machine Works, a Richmond, California shop that supplied dropouts, bottom‑bracket shells and braze‑ons for custom bike frames for over 40 years, announced an immediate shutdown on March 26, 2026. CEO Calvin Norstad, who took over in 2023, cited “industry and economic...
STAT+: FDA Approves Rocket Gene Therapy for Rare Immune Disorder
The FDA has granted approval to Rocket Pharma's gene therapy Kresladi for severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1 (LAD‑1), an ultra‑rare immune disorder. The therapy was previously rejected in 2024 due to manufacturing concerns, but the agency cleared it after the...
Morning Brief Podcast: Can India Truly End Naxalism?
India is racing to meet its 2026 deadline to declare the left‑wing extremist movement, Naxalism, eliminated. Recent security operations have reduced armed encounters by about 40 % and pushed surrenders, limiting active insurgent cells to under ten districts. The government now...
South Korea Revises Employment Act to Bolster Paternity Leave Support and SME Hiring
South Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labour is expanding its workload‑sharing subsidy programme to compensate employees who cover colleagues on the 20‑day spousal childbirth leave, starting July 1. The move adds a new subsidy tier alongside existing caps of roughly...
Exploration Round-Up: Legacy’s Greenfields Gold Discovery
Legacy Minerals announced a greenfield gold discovery at its Mascotte prospect, intersecting 40 m at 1.0 g/t gold in the first diamond hole, outside the current Mt Carrington resource. Kalamazoo Resources reported that Phase 1 drilling at Mt Olympus in Western Australia confirms the gold...
UBS Has a Message on Oil Price and the Economy
Oil prices are climbing amid the Iran‑Houthi conflict, reviving 1970s‑style headlines. UBS economist Arend Kapteyn argues that today’s economies are far less oil‑intensive, with oil spending representing a fraction of GDP. In the United States, oil’s share of GDP has...
JP Morgan Looks for Business Rates Discount to Unlock £3bn Canary Wharf Office Project
JP Morgan Chase is negotiating a business‑rates incentive with Tower Hamlets, the Mayor of London and the UK government to move forward with its £3 billion (≈$3.8 billion) Canary Wharf office tower. The 3‑million‑sq‑ft development would house up to 12,000 staff and serve...
AI and Law Firm Risk – the View of Professional Indemnity Insurers
Law firms are rapidly adopting generative AI for tasks ranging from client chatbots to document drafting, prompting insurers to reassess professional indemnity coverage. While AI promises efficiency, it introduces liability exposures such as hallucinated content, confidentiality breaches, IP infringement, and...
STARCOM Opens New Headquarters Building in Florida
Space Training and Readiness Command (STARCOM) officially opened its new headquarters annex at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, marking the first phase of a multi‑year relocation from Colorado. The second phase will debut in May, expanding staff presence, with a...
When Rationing Kicks In: These Are the Levels in the Four-Phase Fuel Plan
New Zealand’s government unveiled a four‑phase National Fuel Plan to manage potential shortages triggered by the war in Iran and related supply‑chain disruptions. Phase 1 involves monitoring fuel stocks while keeping access normal; Phase 2 urges voluntary conservation and tighter coordination with...
Carr Defends Nexstar/Tegna Merger, Provides Details on Disney-Owned Station Enforcement Action
FCC Chair Brendan Carr defended the FCC’s approval of the $6.2 billion Nexstar‑Tegna merger, arguing it supports a healthy, thriving local broadcast TV market. He also detailed an ongoing enforcement action against Disney’s ABC station for not filing the required equal‑time...
48-Year-Old Nostalgic Mall Retailer Will Close 25 Stores in 2026
Zumiez announced it will shutter 25 stores in fiscal 2026—20 in North America and five internationally—marking an acceleration from the 17 closures planned for fiscal 2025. The retailer, which operates 716 locations worldwide, says the move targets underperforming C‑ and...
Orbital Data-Center Startup Aetherflux Raising New Financing at $2 Billion Valuation
Orbital data‑center startup Aetherflux announced a new financing round that values the company at $2 billion. The Series B round seeks between $250 million and $300 million, according to sources. Aetherflux is led by Baiju Bhatt, the co‑founder of Robinhood, and plans to develop data...