Avathon and IIT Roorkee Announce Plans to Establish the Avathon Physical AI Lab to Advance Autonomy for the Industrial Economy

India, Sept. 8 -- New research initiative aims to build the next generation of Physical AI science in India, anchored at IIT Roorkee's Department of Computer Science & Engineering ROORKEE, India - September 8, 2026 - Avathon, a leader in Autonomy for Operations, and the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), one of India's premier institutions of national importance, today announced the launch of the Avathon Physical AI Lab (Avathon PAL), a research initiative dedicated to adv...


From Manual to Automated: How N2S Cloud Is Simplifying Self-Service Infrastructure for Indian Businesses

India, Sept. 8 -- Greater Noida, India, September 8, 2026: As Indian businesses shift more of their operations to the cloud, the bottleneck is rarely the infrastructure itself. Provisioning a server, resetting a credential, or scaling a workload has traditionally meant opening a support ticket and waiting for a response. Net2Secure is betting that the next phase of cloud adoption in India will be defined by platforms that remove that wait entirely. Its newly launched N2S Cloud is built arou...


Where Mumbai's Milkmen, Chefs and Security Guards Come to Rap

India, Sept. 8 -- STRT91's documentary UNRELEASED goes inside a Vile Parle Cypher where anyone can grab the mic - no labels, no sponsors, no gatekeepers.  MUMBAI, INDIA, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 - Independent storytelling platform STRT91 has released UNRELEASED - Inki Kaun Sunega?, a 30-minute documentary that goes inside the Vile Parle Cypher, one of the city's most active, most unbothered-by-fame rap communities. Directed by Imran Shamsi and produced by What Works, the film follows rap...


Shodh AI Creates LUCAN, a Physical AI Model Designed to Reason From Molecules to Manufacturing

India, Sept. 8 -- An Indian AI Mission supported company backed by the Government of India has built a new kind of Physical AI model aimed at one of industry's hardest problems: how to take a molecule, material or biological process and make it work reliably at manufacturing scale.Shodh AI has created LUCAN, a Physical AI foundation model designed to reason across the different scales of the physical world - from molecular behaviour and materials to process conditions, industrial equipment and m...


A Revolution in Roofing: The Six-Layer Science Behind India's First CFR Hybrid Roof

India, Sept. 7 -- Why This Is a Revolution, Not an Upgrade The Indian market has, for decades, required buyers to make a fundamental compromise. Premium performance was available but only at premium prices that placed it beyond most of the commercial and residential market. Affordable materials were accessible but came with the guarantee of rust, noise, heat or cracking within a predictable number of monsoon seasons. The CFR Hybrid Roof breaks this trade-off structurally, not incrementally. It i...


Aaji Care Inaugurates Its Largest 49-Bed Assisted Living Centre in Kalyani Nagar, Pune

India, Sept. 5 -- Padma Shri Dr. Prakash Amte, Dr. Mandakini Amte, Dr. Vitthal Kamat and Achyut Godbole attend the inauguration of Aaji Care's sixth centre.Pune (Maharashtra) [India], September 5: Aaji Care, an elder-care organisation working across Mumbai, Pune and Goa, inaugurated its sixth Assisted Living Centre and second centre in Pune at Kalyani Nagar on Sunday, 30 August. The new centre marks another milestone in Aaji Care's journey towards creating compassionate, comprehensive and dignif...


Stornox: India's Sovereign, S3-Compatible, Geo-Distributed Cloud Object Storage Platform

India, Sept. 3 -- Mumbai, September 2026: As Indian enterprises increasingly manage large volumes of sensitive business, customer and operational data, cloud storage is evolving from a basic infrastructure requirement into a strategic consideration involving security, availability, cost and data residency.Stornox is emerging in this space with a sovereign, S3-compatible and geo-distributed cloud object storage platform designed for enterprises seeking India-hosted storage infrastructure.The...


The Digital Textile Printer Revolution: How Konica Minolta NASSENGER is Preparing India for the Next Global Textile Opportunity

India, Sept. 3 -- The shift from conventional textile printing to digital is no longer a future possibility. It is already happening at industrial scale. A strong example of this transformation is the Konica Minolta NASSENGER SP-1e, an ultra-high-speed single-pass Digital Textile Printer developed with advanced Japanese technology for large-scale textile production.The NASSENGER SP-1e has entered major textile manufacturing markets. The first NASSENGER SP-1e sale/installation...


NITCON Invites Bids for Appointment of AASMA for the National Industrial Township at Siliguri-Jalpaiguri

India, Sept. 3 -- Siliguri and the wider North Bengal region are witnessing growing development potential. In this context, NITCON Limited, acting as the Project Implementation Unit (PIU), has invited an open online e-tender on behalf of Sikaria Mega Food Park Private Limited (SMFPL) for the appointment of an Architectural and Sales Management Agency (AASMA) for the proposed National Industrial Township at Siliguri-Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. SMFPL, the Project Owner, is the Special Purpose Vehicle...


IAAPI Calls for GST Rationalisation to Support Growth and Consumer Demand in India's Amusement Industry

India, Sept. 2 -- New Delhi, September 2026: For families looking to spend a weekend at an amusement park, water park or indoor entertainment centre, ticket prices are often an important part of the decision. For the businesses operating these attractions, however, the equation is more complex. High operating costs, significant investments in infrastructure and changing consumer spending patterns continue to put pressure on the industry.Against this backdrop, the Indian Association of Amuse...