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Indian start-ups raised about $693.8 million across 101 rounds in October 2026, down 50.5% from a year earlier, with no deal of $100 million or more.

Coal India's supplies hit a record 70.3 million tonnes in October 2026, the first month above 70 MT, as output rose 19.3% to 67.2 MT, provisional data show.

UK house prices rose 0.5% in the year to October 2026, the slowest since January 2024, Nationwide said on October 30, citing mortgage rates and energy costs.

The CCI on October 31, 2026, cleared Xavier Niel's Vega SAS to buy a 16.2% stake in Vodafone Group from e& for about £4.4 billion.

Ukrainian defence start-up Fire Point told Reuters on October 30, 2026, that its drones and missiles can complete missions without a Starlink link.

China's STAR 50 index of AI and chip stocks has fallen about 40% in under four months, erasing about $480 billion, while the CSI 300 is down about 20%.

Machine-to-machine SIMs rose by about 4.35 million in September 2026, twice the human additions, TRAI data shows; Airtel holds 61.16% of M2M lines.

A central team began touring Cyclone Arnab-hit Andhra districts on October 31, 2026; the state puts losses at Rs 4,764 crore and crop damage to 4.63 lakh farmers.

From October 31, 2026, India cut the windfall tax on petrol exports to nil and raised it to Rs 11.5 a litre on diesel and Rs 11 on ATF; pump prices unchanged.

Bank of Baroda reported a record Q2 FY27 net profit of Rs 6,532 crore on October 30, 2026, up 35.8%, as non-interest income nearly doubled; NII rose 9%.

The Nasdaq fell about 2.9% on October 30, 2026 as Amazon and Intel results hit tech shares, ending October down about 5.3%.

China's official manufacturing PMI fell to 49.3 in October 2026 from 50.1, data showed on October 31, while high-tech manufacturing stayed in expansion.

Speech AI firm Deepgram said on 29 October 2026 it is acquiring Daily, maker of the open-source Pipecat voice-agent framework; terms were not disclosed.

Paddy buying at MSP opens in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Lucknow division on 1 November 2026, at Rs 2,441 a quintal, and runs to 28 February 2027.

Prediction market Kalshi said on 29 October 2026 it raised $1 billion at a $40 billion valuation, a day after Utah filed criminal charges against it.

US rocket motor maker Firehawk Defense said on 28 October 2026 it raised over $150 million in a Series D at a valuation above $1.4 billion.

US reseller Core 4 Solutions listed a used 300-rack AI cluster with up to 9,600 Nvidia A100 chips on eBay for $59.7 million in late October 2026; the listing has since ended.

India's foreign exchange reserves fell $1.27 billion to $719.75 billion in the week to 23 October 2026, a seventh weekly drop, RBI data released on 30 October showed.

Gold fell to its lowest since June 30 and silver dropped below $50 an ounce on 30 October 2026, as strong US data raised bets that the Fed will raise rates in December.

Punjab's government agencies had bought 101.96 lakh tonnes of paddy by 29 October 2026 and paid Rs 20,713 crore to 4.71 lakh farmers, against a 180 lakh tonne target.

A government factsheet of October 29, 2026 says MSP payments for six rabi crops rose to Rs 8.36 lakh crore in 2014-26, from Rs 2.65 lakh crore in 2004-14.

Precision manufacturing start-up Venttup raised $3 million in a pre-Series A round co-led by Rainmatter and Unicorn India Ventures on October 29, 2026.

ServiceNow shares fell 27% on October 29, 2026, their worst day on record, as a slight EPS miss and slower backlog guidance overshadowed 21% growth.

US GDP grew at a 3.4% annual rate in Q3 2026, BEA said on October 29, while September PCE inflation rose to 3.6% year on year.

Shadowfax's Q2 FY27 net profit rose 421.9% to about Rs 68 crore and revenue 56.6% to Rs 1,538 crore, per results approved on October 29, 2026.

The Sensex rose 905 points to 74,151.04 and the Nifty closed at 22,936.75 on October 29, 2026, as the Fed's rate pause lifted banking and FMCG stocks.

Haryana's CM announced a sugarcane price of Rs 430 a quintal for 2026-27 and Rs 450 for 2027-28, reported October 29, 2026; crushing starts November 1.

Amazon said on October 29, 2026 AWS revenue grew about 39% to roughly $46 billion in Q3, while cash capex hit $75.9 billion and earnings missed.

Ex-RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said on October 27, 2026 India should not spend reserves defending a rupee level, as the rupee is down about 6% this year.

The Nifty IT index fell about 1.5% on October 27, 2026, led by TCS and Infosys, after Anthropic filed for a US listing and chip stocks rallied.

India has issued 11 crore AgriStack Farmer IDs, reaching the target on October 23, 2026, about five months before the March 2027 deadline, the agriculture ministry said.

Private equity investment in Indian real estate fell 31% to $1.66 billion in January-September 2026, with foreign investors' share at 15%, Knight Frank said.

India's quick commerce sector will need about 75 million sq ft of urban logistics space by 2030, nearly triple today's, a CBRE report released on October 26, 2026, says.

HCLTech on October 28, 2026 launched an AI-powered nano Global Capability Centre offering on AWS, anchored at its Lucknow campus, for firms stuck at AI pilots.

HUL shares swung between Rs 1,861 and Rs 1,765.50 on October 28, 2026, after Q2 results showed 7% volume growth but a thinner margin and flat profit.

India's textile industry was worth nearly $190 billion in FY26 and targets $350 billion by 2030, a Rubix report of October 26, 2026 says; exports are recovering.

India's industrial output grew 6.7% in September 2026, MoSPI said on October 28, as 7.6% manufacturing growth was offset by a 6.2% fall in mining.

Guidewire agreed on October 27, 2026, to buy London's hyperexponential for $1.7 billion in cash plus up to $400 million in revenue-linked payments.

Madhya Pradesh will give fisheries industry status and set up one lakh cage culture units, aiming for 10 lakh tonnes of fish in three years, CM Mohan Yadav said on Oct 23.

HSBC shares fell about 6-7% in London on October 27, 2026, after Q3 revenue of about $18.6 billion missed forecasts, despite a 32% rise in pre-tax profit.

Paras Healthcare shares opened at Rs 720 on October 28, 2026, 3.9% above the IPO price; the chain runs eight hospitals, mostly outside metros, and plans 3,011 beds by 2028.

Ola Electric shares jumped about 14% on October 27, 2026 during its Rs 999.74 crore rights issue, as a filing showed SoftBank's vehicle cut its stake to 11.7%.

Wheat was sown on about 11,000 hectares by October 23, 2026, against 27,000 a year ago; total rabi area fell to 18.02 lakh hectares, ministry data shows.

The Conference Board's US consumer confidence index rose 7.5 points to 91.7 in October 2026, its first rise in four months, data released on October 27 showed.

Dallas firm Disruptive announced a $10 billion fund on October 27, 2026 to put up to $1 billion each into about 10 AI, defence and software companies.

Arunachal Pradesh flagged off its first 1.5-tonne kiwi consignment to Dubai on October 26, 2026 with APEDA's help, as Ziro farmers sought a GI tag and import curbs.

Ford said on October 27, 2026 its $28,350 Fathom EV pickup can power a home in outages using a built-in inverter, with a home backup package of about $2,100.

Coca-Cola reported Q3 2026 revenue of $13.4 billion on October 27, beat forecasts and raised its outlook; North America was flat while India grew fast.

HCLTech completed its €9 million purchase of Croatian automation firm Robotiq.ai on October 26, 2026, to add software robots to its AI agent platform.

The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve held about 282.6 million barrels in the week to October 23, 2026, its lowest since 1982, after emergency releases this year.

China's STAR50 index of AI and chip leaders has fallen nearly 40% from its July peak, wiping out about $480 billion, as state-backed funds step in to buy.

Ahead of Cyclone Arnab's October 28 landfall near Yanam, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh told farmers to harvest mature paddy and protect harvested grain from rain.

Bending Spoons completed its all-cash purchase of Miro on October 26 at a $1.355 billion enterprise value, nearly 90% below the whiteboard firm's 2022 valuation.

China's industrial profits rose 14.4% year on year in September 2026, up from 4.2% in August, official data released on October 27 showed, led by electronics and commodities.

Paytm parent One97 Communications reported Q2 FY27 profit of Rs 225 crore on October 26, 2026, up from Rs 21 crore, as operating revenue rose 28% to Rs 2,648 crore.

EQT agreed on October 26, 2026 to buy Range Resources for 0.987 EQT shares per Range share, creating a US natural gas producer with an enterprise value above $50 billion.

Data centres lead India's announced private investments since April 2024 with Rs 19.14 trillion across 116 projects, a 360 ONE analysis of CMIE data shows.

BioStack, a San Francisco health-data start-up working with hospitals in India, the US, Brazil and Argentina, raised a $9.5 million seed round led by Peak XV in October 2026.

The PM Kisan 24th instalment of Rs 2,000 is due on October 30, 2026, the scheme's official account announced; farmers need e-KYC and Aadhaar-linked bank accounts.

Germany's Ifo business climate index rose to 90.2 in October 2026 from 89.9, the Ifo Institute said on October 26, led by manufacturers' brighter expectations.