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Oil prices rise as doubts over US-Iran deal heighten supply concerns

Brent futures gained 72 cents, or 0.81%, to $89.63 a barrel ‌by 0053 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude climbed 71 cents, or 0.85%, to $83.91

6 killed in Houthi strikes on Red Sea ship, missile strike reported in Gulf

Four crew members and two rescuers were killed in a Houthi attack on a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait

CAS may cause near-term drag in index-options trading: Bernstein

India is one of the world's largest equity-derivatives markets and the National Stock Exchange was the largest derivatives exchange by the number of contracts in 2025

Govt summons Air India CEO over Phuket-Delhi flight's altitude loss

India's civil aviation minister has summoned Air ​India CEO after the ​airline's Phuket-Delhi flight suddenly lost about ‌300 feet of altitude last week, a source with knowledge of the matter said

Raymond Lifestyle eyes Europe for 25% of exports, cuts US dependence

The ‌plan comes as garment exporters reassess their dependence on the US market after tariff-related disruptions and position for higher demand following India's trade deals with Britain and Europe

US House Democrats seek answers from OpenAI, Anthropic over rogue AI agents

Twenty-nine ​lawmakers, led by Representatives Greg Casar and Doris Matsui, pressed OpenAI to explain how ​its AI agents are monitored during testing

Oil prices rise as Brent tops $88, Asian stocks drift on US-Iran stalemate

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan swung between losses and gains and was last up 0.2 per cent while South Korea's Kospi rose 0.3 per cent

Trump secretly flew from Turkey on smaller aircraft due to Iranian threat

Trump had taken the newly renovated Qatari-donated jet to Ankara for the Nato summit but he unexpectedly used an older Air Force One when departing the country

Hopes for Strait of Hormuz deal fade as Trump demands Iranian reparations

Trump's proposal, which had not been raised before, was a response to Tehran's demands for compensation and an end to sanctions

Ukrainian drone attack on an oil hub inside Russia leaves 13 dead

A Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed at least 13 people, including a child and eight Central Asian nationals, while 39 others were wounded.

Yemeni military says Houthi attack on Mocha killed 7, wounded 30

"Four members of the armed forces and three civilians have been killed, and 30 ​others injured," the Yemeni military ‌said in a statement

Meta launches new AI model as Zuckerberg champions open-weight push

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged the US to reduce policy barriers around open-weight AI as the company unveiled a new model designed to run agentic tasks on personal computers

Some employee data allegedly exposed, customer data unaffected: TCS

TCS said it had safeguards in place for more than two years against the method used to carry out the attack. The IT firm's operational systems have not been affected, it added

FSSAI crackdown: Thousands of Diageo whisky, vodka bottles seized

The action affects brands including Smirnoff, DSP Black Deluxe and VAT 69, after inspectors found required government-mandated recycled PET markings missing.

Govt mulls curbing use of cane for ethanol to tame record-high sugar prices

Mills diverted about 3 million metric tonnes of sugar, or around 10 per cent of total output, to ethanol production during the current year ending in September

Hindustan Copper plans to sell Chile mine output to Hindalco, Adani

The state-run miner is exploring a joint venture with Chile's Codelco as India seeks to secure copper supplies

Thermo Fisher eyes 15-20% India customer growth on biopharma research boost

The US-based company said it is eyeing continued double-digit growth in India driven by rising demand from biopharma, semiconductor, and clean energy sectors

CESC unit to acquire renewable assets from ReNew Solar for $510 million

The transaction, expected to close before October 31, will be funded by the parent company, and will accelerate the group's plan to build a 10 GW renewable energy platform over the next few years

Chinese startup Moonshot's AI model escapes testing sandbox: Researchers

AI ​models are typically run in isolated 'sandboxes' during cybersecurity tests to block access to external information and assess their ability to solve problems independently

OpenAI flags possible critical cybersecurity risk in upcoming model Astra

Preliminary ​evaluations over the past several days, along with outside expert assessments, indicated Astra may be capable of performing increasingly sophisticated cyber tasks autonomously