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Indian Entrepreneur@indianentrepreneur

Sachin Tendulkar has taken a non-controlling stake in Recykal, the Indian waste management technology firm.

His investment extends the $23 million round Recykal closed in June. The company will use the money to strengthen its tech platform, expand its Deposit Return System for packaging waste, and grow internationally.

Recykal's goal is to change the habits of a billion people, and Tendulkar said he was drawn in by how technology tackled a daily problem.

Sachin Tendulkar takes minority stake in waste management startup Recykal
Indian Entrepreneur@indianentrepreneur

India had over 2.5 lakh startups by October 2026, more than half outside major cities, a Grant Thornton Bharat and IVCA report finds.

Domestic venture funding doubled in 2025 to $5.4 billion, yet seed-stage deals fell 37% in the first nine months of 2026.

India’s startup base crosses 2.5 lakh; report highlights opportunities for emerging fund managers
Neelesh Vishwakarma@neeleshvishwakarma

India reclaims its position as the world’s 5th-largest stock market!

Market capitalization: $5.45 trillion (₹511 lakh crore)

India has overtaken Taiwan, adding approximately $640 billion in market value since late October.

A major milestone for India’s capital markets!

#India #StockMarket #Nifty50

Indian Entrepreneur@indianentrepreneur

Boston Consulting Group has labelled India a "Rising Contender" in artificial intelligence, pointing to its deep talent pool and skilled Indians returning from abroad.

India ranks second from the top of four tiers for AI readiness, trailing seven "Pioneers" such as the US and China. The government's no-cost Yuva AI for ALL course aims to train 10 million citizens.

BCG observes that compute can be procured within months while talent cannot, so how quickly India turns its workforce into deployed AI capacity is still uncertain.

India ranked an 'AI Rising Contender' by BCG, built on talent rather than compute
News India Xtra@newsIndiaxtra

The US Embassy in Australia posted a map on X on Tuesday showing India as only partially free. The map is based on the annual report from Freedom House, a US-based non-profit funded by the American government.

India has stayed in that middle category for six years running. The report says policies under Narendra Modi's government and the BJP have discriminated against Muslims, and harassment of journalists and critics has grown sharply. India scored 62 out of 100, one point lower than last time, and was rated Free until 2020.

US Australian embassy posts map showing India as only ‘partly free’
Indian Entrepreneur@indianentrepreneur

Anand Mahindra says India still has a strong shot at AI, even without leading in advanced chipmaking or foundational models. He made the point in a post on X on Tuesday.

Global investors are returning to Indian stocks partly because the country is less tied up in the AI rally, he noted. He also cited a Stanford ranking that puts India third worldwide on AI vibrancy.

He believes the biggest wave of AI apps and enterprise rollouts may still be ahead, and that India's software talent and large home market give it a strong position.

"India isn't just a refuge from AI hype", says Anand Mahindra despite advanced chip limitations
Indian Entrepreneur@indianentrepreneur

Oddtables, a startup that sets up group dinners for strangers, now runs tables in 16 Indian cities and Singapore. Founder Vaibhav Jain was inspired by a lack of real-life connection he felt while scrolling online.

Members pay a monthly fee to join up to four dinners, with seating set by questionnaire and a new restaurant each time. About 3,000 people use the platform, 65% of them men.

Women-only tables were added after women asked for them, as many lose friends when they move cities after marriage. The team was surprised that many diners are aged 40 to 55.

This social dining startup connects strangers over a meal
Indian Entrepreneur@indianentrepreneur

Networking firm Ciena is deepening its presence in India, working more closely with local telecom operators and big data centre players as AI demand rises.

Ciena says India's data centre capacity may soon outgrow networks built for mobile traffic, so entirely new networks will be needed. Around $70-100 billion is already in the pipeline, with a similar sum promised for later.

The company also says it is the first to launch optical networking gear capable of 1.6 Tbps, and it wants fibre to be easier to deploy.

Ciena looks to deepen India presence as AI boom drives demand
Bollywood Mirror@bollywoodmirror

Advance bookings for Ramayana Part I, featuring Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, are climbing fast ahead of its fifth day on Monday, November 9. Sales across all languages reached Rs 45.53 crore net by 8:30 PM on Sunday.

That is about 138 percent higher than the Rs 19.11 crore recorded on Saturday afternoon. Roughly 13.15 lakh tickets have now been sold for 22,522 shows.

Maharashtra, Karnataka and the NCR lead the markets for Monday, with Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi the top three cities. Monday could end up being the film's strongest single day in India so far.

Ramayana Day 5 Advance Booking: Rs. 19 CRORES to Rs. 45 CRORES in just over 24 hours! Monday set to be the film’s BIGGEST DAY
Indian Entrepreneur@indianentrepreneur

Eternal founder Deepinder Goyal has defended Temple, his wearable, after days of backlash. He says it targets a global market, with India expected to make up no more than 1% of sales.

Doctors have questioned the device's brain health claims. Goyal responded that Temple is a fitness and AI gadget, not a medical product, and that it has not been proven to diagnose or prevent any disease.

He plans to publish a note on Monday, November 9, explaining how Temple calculates Brain Flow and where its limits lie. Claims that need regulatory approval will wait until that approval is secured.

'Temple is not made for India': Deepinder Goyal responds to criticism in Diwali posts, promises to publish ‘detailed note’
News India Xtra@newsIndiaxtra

PM Narendra Modi on Saturday sent Diwali wishes to citizens through a message on the government's Jan Sampark portal. He framed the festival as a reminder that brightness beats gloom, virtue beats wrongdoing and optimism beats hopelessness.

He added that Diwali is also a time to honour India's traditions and deepen togetherness, and he hoped the season would encourage people to be kinder and more upbeat. He ended by urging citizens to keep going with renewed energy and resolve toward building a prosperous, developed India.

PM Modi Conveys Diwali Greetings To Citizens
News India Xtra@newsIndiaxtra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met India's para-athletes in New Delhi and praised their record Asian Para Games campaign. The 114 medals placed India fourth overall.

The haul was 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze, up from just 14 medals in 2010. The squad also set five world and nine Asian records, and 36 of the 61 first-timers came home with medals.

Modi urged them to use this as a stepping stone to Los Angeles 2028 and pointed to a sports goods manufacturing scheme worth over Rs 1,800 crore.

Narendra Modi Hails India’s Para Athletes After Record 114-Medal Asian Para Games Haul, Sets Sights On LA 2028
Indian Entrepreneur@indianentrepreneur

Cosmoserve Space opened its Base 1 facility in Hyderabad, an area of about 14,800 sq ft where space robots are designed, built and tested under space-like conditions and run from mission control. Union Minister Jitendra Singh joined the ceremony virtually as chief guest and said India is among the first countries pioneering space debris removal.

The site also houses rendezvous-and-capture and robotics labs, microgravity simulators and satellite clean rooms.

Jitendra Singh inaugurates Cosmoserve Space’s Base 1 facility in Hyderabad
Bindi@bindi

State formation days on 1st November. Total 7 states, 2 territories