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New Delhi, November 13, 2026: Lenskart, India's leading eyewear retailer, has announced two initiatives aimed at making better vision more accessible across the country. The company will make blue-light filtering lenses standard on eligible eyewear in India, at no additional cost, and provide free prescription glasses to one lakh children on the occasion of Children's Day. Announcing the initiatives, Peyush Bansal, Co-founder and CEO, Lenskart, shared the decisions in a LinkedIn post marking one year of the company's stock market listing. Reflecting on Lenskart's journey, he highlighted the need to make better vision accessible to everyone, emphasising that the company's growth must translate into a meaningful impact on people's lives. Effective November 12, 2026, blue-light filtering lenses will be included as standard on eligible frames across Lenskart stores in India, with no additional charge to customers. The move aims to make screen-ready vision more acce...

Mumbai, 13 November, 2026 – Crystal Crop Protection has fixed the price band of Rs 259 to Rs 272 per Equity Share of face value Rs 10 / - each for its maiden initial public offer. The Initial Public Offering (“IPO” or “Offer”) of the Company will open on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 for subscription and close on Friday, November 20, 2026. Investors can bid for a minimum of 55 Equity Shares and in multiples of 55 Equity Shares thereafter. The IPO, with a face value of Rs 10, is a fresh issue for up to Rs 355 crore and an offer-for-sale for up to 3,702,694 equity shares by promoter – Ankur Aggarwal. The proceeds from its fresh issuance worth Rs 247.9 crore will be used for repayment/pre-payment, in full or part, of certain borrowings availed by the company, Rs 22 crore for investment in its material subsidiary namely Saffire Crop Science Private Limited for repayment/ pre-payment, in full or in part, of all or a portion of certain of its outstanding borrowings, funding inorganic growth t...

  COMPANIES LED BY GLOBAL INDIANS ARE WORTH US$15 TN, UP 53% SINCE THE INAUGURAL 2024 LIST GLOBAL INDIAN-LED COMPANIES EMPLOY 5 .3 MILLION PEOPLE AND GENERATE US$2.5 TN IN REVENUE | Key Highlights Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet, tops the HSBC Hurun Global Indians List 2026, leading a company valued at US$4.2 Tn. Satya Nadella of Microsoft ranks second at US$2.6 Tn, followed by Sanjay Mehrotra of Micron Technology at US$1.4 Tn. The list features 236 individuals leading 200 companies. 89 Global Indians are new to the list this year, including Shailesh Jejurikar of Procter & Gamble at sixth place and Kunal Shah of WhatsApp at fourteenth. The combined value of the 200 companies on the list stands at US$15 Tn, up 53% from US$9.9 Tn in the inaugural 2024 edition. The entry cut-off more than doubled from US$1.2 Bn to US$2.5 Bn. The top 5 alone are worth US$9.1 Tn, about 61% of the list. The top 10 account for US$10.5 Tn, close to 70% of the total value of the list. The list features ...

  The four-episode series builds on the company’s sustained focus on protection, using short-form, entertainment-led storytelling Mumbai, 11 th November, 2026:  HDFC Life, one of India’s leading life insurers, has launched ‘Lift Your Protection’, a four-episode digital microdrama series aimed at strengthening relevance of life insurance among younger audiences. Building on the company’s sustained efforts to make Protection a more integral part of financial planning, the initiative uses short-form, entertainment-led storytelling to bring the relevance of life insurance into the everyday lives of consumers. Protection has been a consistent focus of HDFC Life’s marketing efforts. ‘Lift Your Protection’ microdrama builds on their recent Term campaign, extending the conversation through a contemporary content format that resonates with evolving audience preferences. Beyond building awareness, the series seeks to encourage audiences to reflect on their own protection nee...

In a significant milestone for Bihar’s urban development and municipal finance landscape, the maiden municipal bond issuance by Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) was listed on the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) in the presence of Hon’ble Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Samrat Choudhary in a ceremonial event held on 10th November in Patna. The issuance marks the first-ever municipal bond by an Urban Local Body (ULB) in Bihar and represents an important step towards mainstreaming capital market financing for urban infrastructure development in the State and the Country. With a base issue size of ₹100.03 crore and a green-shoe option of ₹99.96 crore, the private placement received subscription of over 2 times the base issue size from institutional investors, reflecting strong investor confidence and growing appetite for municipal instruments. The proceeds from the bonds will be utilised to finance 15 projects to be undertaken by the PMC for Rs 199.99 crore for the redevelopment of t...

BESS operational across three strategic locations – Mahalaxmi, Saki and Mankhurd. Systems enable energy arbitrage, optimise power procurement costs and strengthen peak demand management. Deployment marks progress towards Tata Power’s larger 200 MWh BESS initiative for Mumbai. Mumbai, November, 6, 2026 : Tata Power, one of India’s largest integrated power companies, is strengthening Mumbai’s electricity distribution infrastructure which serves over 8 lakh consumers with 60 MWh of operational Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) across Mahalaxmi, Saki and Mankhurd. The installations enhance the flexibility and resilience of Mumbai’s power network by storing electricity during lower-cost solar hours and discharging it during evening peak demand. This energy arbitrage capability enables efficient energy utilization, optimizes power purchase costs and reduces dependence on expensive peak-hour electricity. Equipped with fast-response and high ramp-rate capabilities, the systems support dyna...