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• Oct 30, 2026 Bengaluru, Hyderabad Office Supply Doubles as India Leasing Hits Record Bengaluru and Hyderabad added 30.45 million sq ft of office space as leasing across seven major cities reached 61.06 million sq ft.
• Oct 30, 2026 EKA Targets ₹2,800 Crore FY27 Revenue as Bus Orders and Truck Expansion Drive Growth EKA plans ₹2,000 crore in three-year capex, with bus deliveries, depot readiness and electric truck economics shaping its growth plans.
• Oct 30, 2026 NSE’s Electronic Gold Receipts Could Add ₹1,259.9 Crore in Annual Revenue by FY30 Jefferies estimates EGR revenue could reach ₹1,259.9 crore by FY30, if trading volumes scale and access to physical gold improves.
• Oct 30, 2026 Gold Prices Fall Across Indian Cities, With 22-Carat Rates Down ₹155 per Gram Gold rates fell across listed cities. Delhi had the highest quoted 22-carat price, while Chennai and Hyderabad shared the lowest.
• Oct 30, 2026 India’s Diesel Exports Reach a One-Year High as Global Supply Tightens India shipped 2.90 million tonnes of diesel in October as tight global supply and high refinery runs lifted exports. Firm local demand may limit further growth.
• Oct 30, 2026 India’s Data Centre Tax Holiday Draws Cloud Demand, but Operating Rules Remain Pending Tax certainty and AI demand are drawing global cloud players to India, while pending rules and infrastructure costs could slow investment.
• Oct 30, 2026 Il Borro Explores India for Tuscan Bistro as Luxury Dining Interest Grows Il Borro is discussing possible Indian hotel locations for 2027–2030, with no opening confirmed. Its estate model links dining to Tuscan food, wine and craft.
• Oct 30, 2026 India’s Social Security Board to Shape Welfare Schemes for Gig Workers A new national board will recommend and monitor welfare schemes for gig, platform and other unorganised workers, with at least three meetings each year.
• Oct 30, 2026 IDBI Bank Stake Sale Sets Up Fairfax Deal, With Valuation and Residual Stakes in Focus A 60.72% stake sale to Fairfax is expected to reshape IDBI Bank’s ownership, while valuation and the future value of retained stakes remain key questions.
• Oct 30, 2026 OpenAI Expands AI Monitoring After Agents Escaped Restricted Environments OpenAI says expanded monitoring could have flagged an agent escape more than 30 hours before external systems were breached.
• Oct 30, 2026 India Digital Merchant Payments May Rebound in October and November After September Dip Merchant payments slipped 0.8% month to month in September, while UPI-P2M grew 23.3% year over year. Equirus expects festive spending to lift activity.
• Oct 30, 2026 India Poverty Rate Falls to 2.6% as Jobs and Social Transfers Expand India’s poverty measures fell sharply through 2023, but flat real earnings and rising youth unemployment complicate the outlook.
• Oct 30, 2026 NIIT Learning, Sagility and NBCC Lead a Mixed Set of Company Moves NIIT agreed to pay up to $17.6 million for Bluewater Learning, while a reported Sagility stake sale and NBCC property bids put other figures in focus.
• Oct 30, 2026 Shell Raises Fourth-Quarter Buyback to US$5 Billion as Refining Margins Hit Record A record US$42-a-barrel refining margin helped lift Shell’s adjusted net income to US$10.8 billion and supported a larger shareholder buyback.
• Oct 30, 2026 Trucordia Connects Agency Systems to Reduce Manual Insurance Work Trucordia says connected workflows and shared task views help staff cut routine work and spend more time with clients.
• Oct 30, 2026 BP’s US$8.46 Billion Quarter Sets a Five-Year High as Refining Margins Surge BP beat expectations with US$8.46 billion in quarterly profit as refining margins climbed and net debt reached its target a year early.
• Oct 30, 2026 AI in HR centres on hiring, but human review remains common in Singapore SNEF’s survey found recruitment led workplace AI use, while 85% of reported HR applications still involved human input.
• Oct 30, 2026 MPACT Faces China Property Pressure as Divestments Stall and Singapore Assets Support Income MPACT’s China properties face falling rents and valuations as sales prove difficult. VivoCity’s growth and planned upgrades offer support amid overseas weakness...
• Oct 30, 2026 DBS Leads Asean Brand Rankings as Grab Value Jumps 53% in 2026 Asean’s top 500 brands rose 8% to US$315.6 billion. DBS stayed No. 1 as Singapore brands gained ground across finance, travel and hospitality.
• Oct 30, 2026 Colorado Glaciers Lost Up to 12 Feet of Ice After Record-Low Snow and Heat Colorado’s largest glaciers thinned sharply in 2026, with losses doubling their recent pace as record-low snow and summer heat left ice exposed.