• Event: India’s largest school hackathon, ‘Viksit Bharat Buildathon 2025’

• Target Participants: Students of Classes 6 to 12, guided by schools and teachers

• Objective: Promote innovation and problem-solving at the school level

• Winners: Joel Mokyr (USA), Philippe Aghion (France), Peter Howitt (Canada)
• Rationale: Studies on innovative based economic development and creative destruction.

Organizers: IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and in collaboration with Wildlife Trust of India.

• New Position: Rishi Sunak, the former UK Prime Minister, is joining Microsoft and Anthropic as their Senior Adviser, becoming his first step in global tech leadership.

Global Firm Expansion: Blackstone has introduced its India credit platform and this is a huge expansion of its credit business globally to one of its fastest-growing markets.