Waste picker Anju Mane found a bag while working in Pune's Sadashiv Peth on Thursday. Expecting medicines, she opened it to find cash worth ₹10 lakh. Knowing the locality well, she helped locate the owner and returned the bag untouched. She was honoured with a saree and some cash, with residents praising her honesty.

Chennai-based space startup Agnikul Cosmos raised ₹150 crore in Series C funding to develop small satellite launch vehicles. The round attracted new investors, reflecting growing interest in India’s commercial space sector. With deeptech momentum and increasing capital in space ventures, Agnikul’s progress toward orbital launch milestones will be closely monitored by industry observers.

Donald Trump's proposed plan suggests Ukraine give up Donetsk region, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had ruled out giving any territory to Russia. It suggests that Ukraine would have to drop its ambition to join NATO and not pursue legal cases against Russia. The plan says Russia would have to give $100 billion to US to lead Ukraine rebuilding efforts.

Wedbush analyst Dan Ives pushed back against rising AI skepticism, arguing that critics have repeatedly underestimated major tech shifts, from Apples iPhone launch to Netflix 2007 streaming pivot. His comments followed a day when US equities lost momentum despite Nvidia strong Q3 results, as concerns about AI overinvestment and leverage weighed on sentiment.

The RBI announced the linking of India's UPI with the Eurosystem's TIPS platform to enable faster, cheaper and seamless cross-border remittances between India and the Euro Area. The move aligns with the G20 roadmap for efficient global payments. RBI and NIPL will work with the European Central Bank to operationalise the integration.

Kotak Mahindra Bank on Friday announced that its board has approved a stock split. Under the proposed move, one existing equity share with a face value of ₹5, fully paid-up, will be split into equity shares having a face value of ₹1/each, fully paid-up. The bank last carried out a stock split in 2010 in a 1:2 ratio.

Amazon latest round of layoffs has disproportionately impacted its engineering workforce, with nearly 40% of about 4,700 eliminated US roles being technical positions, according to state filings cited by CNBC. Mid-level software engineers, especially SDE II roles, were among the hardest hit. The filings came from New York, California, New Jersey, and Washington.

Early kidney disease may present with symptoms like swelling/puffiness around eyes, according to Dr Kavita Parihar, Director of Renal Transplant at Apollo Hospitals. Other symptoms include feeling of heaviness in eyelids, visual disturbances, including blurred vision or even partial vision loss. These symptoms can be sign of deeper trouble, especially in those with diabetes or high blood pressure.

Export sector fixed-term workers will receive gratuity, provident fund and other social security benefits under the newly implemented Labour Codes. All workers in the sector will also have the option of availing annual leaves after 180 days of work in a year. Additionally, the codes enable timely wage payment and bar unauthorised wage deductions.

South Africa have announced their ODI and T20I squads for the India tour, with Anrich Nortje making his return to the national side. The fast bowler has been plagued by injury ever since the T20 World Cup final against India in 2024, and has not played since. However, he could well return to action against India next month.

Nearly 40% of the roughly 4,700 positions eliminated by Amazon across four US states last month were engineering roles, according to filings seen by CNBC. In October, Amazon announced it would lay off around 14,000 employees as part of "organisational changes". Over 500 product managers and programme managers were also fired across the states.

TMC leader Humayun Kabir on Friday announced that the foundation stone of the Babri Masjid will be laid on 6th December in Beldanga, Murshidabad district. He said, "It will take three years to complete. Various Muslim leaders will participate in that event." The Babri Masjid, a 16th-century mosque in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, was demolished on December 6, 1992.

IWAI has signed major MoUs to expand Northeast’s inland water transport, including Meghalaya, where DPRs are under way for developing routes on Umiam Lake and the Umngot River. The agreements aim to enhance cargo movement, water metros, and river tourism as part of a wider plan to strengthen regional connectivity.

A lawyer on Friday sought permission to throw flowers at Chief Justice of India BR Gavai inside the courtroom on his last sitting day as a judge. The lawyer even opened a packet and took some petals into his hand to throw them. CJI Gavai immediately responded from the bench, saying, "No, no, please don't throw...Hand it over to someone."

The FIIs as per Friday's data were net buyers in equity segment, while they were net sellers in debt segment, according to data released by the NSDL. In equity segment, the gross buying was of ₹15254.77 crore against gross selling of ₹14804.94 crore. Thus, FIIs stood as net buyers of ₹449.83 crore in equities.

Eli Lilly reached a $1-trillion market capitalisation on Friday, becoming the first pharmaceutical company to join the trillion-dollar club dominated by tech giants. It briefly hit the $1-trillion mark in morning trading before retreating. A more than 35% rally in the company's stock this year has largely been driven by the explosive growth of the weight-loss drug market, reports said.

Renowned musician AR Rahman recently spoke about memories of his late father RK Shekhar, who passed away when Rahman was 9-years-old. While speaking about grief, he said, "I went through all this. The death of my father, grandmother. And then conflicts where I was seeing trauma every day." He added, "It affects you because that's the only thing you have."

Singer-actress Ariana Grande, who is promoting her film 'Wicked: For Good', confirmed that she has been diagnosed with COVID-19. Following the diagnosis, Ariana has cancelled all scheduled promotional activities and taped appearance on 'Kelly Clarkson Show', reported Variety. The news comes amid reports that Grande's 'Wicked' co-star Cynthia Erivo had lost her voice due to reported laryngitis.

Jharkhand Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Friday said the state should not be known for cybercrime but as a hub for security education. Addressing the first convocation of Jharkhand Raksha Shakti University, he said, "Youth trained at this university will play crucial role in containing cybercrime in the state and in the process set a role model for other states."

From December 10, Australia will become the first country in the world to bar people aged 16 and under from using social media. The ban, which included platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube, Kick and Reddit, has now expanded to include Amazon-owned Twitch. The country has not banned the image-sharing platform Pinterest, Reuters reported.

Tata Digital is planning to cut over 50% of employees at its Tata Neu super-app as part of restructuring efforts under new CEO Sajith Sivanandan, reports stated. The overhaul shifts the group away from GMV-driven model toward tighter, group-level integration and monetisation. The layoffs come months after TCS announced plans to cut 12,000 employees, or 2% of its global workforce.

PM Narendra Modi on Friday held a bilateral meeting with Australian PM Anthony Albanese in Johannesburg, South Africa. PM Modi is on a three-day visit to South Africa for the 20th G20 summit. During the meeting, Albanese expressed condolences over the Red Fort terrorist blast and the bus crash in Saudi Arabia, in which several Indian Umrah pilgrims died.

Baloch leader Mehran Marri alleged Pakistan military is committing "genocide at full escalation" in Balochistan, stating that situation in the region reached "extremely grim" point. He added that military has expanded into "transnational aggression" against India, Afghanistan and Baloch refugees beyond Pakistan's borders. This sense of impunity comes after partnerships with US and China, he said.

Austria will ban girls under 14 from wearing burqas in schools, calling it "a symbol of oppression". Claudia Plakolm, Federal Minister for Europe, said, "As the federal government, we want to protect girls and enable them to grow up freely, visibly, and self-determinedly." She added the ban will be introduced in two phases, starting from the 2026 semester break.

ED has attached fresh assets worth over ₹1,452 crore as part of a money laundering investigation into alleged bank fraud linked to businessman Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications (RCOM), PTI reported. The seizure covers multiple buildings, including those in Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City and Millennium Business Park in Mumbai, along with plots and properties in Pune, Chennai and Bhubaneswar.