AI firm Anthropic on Tuesday launched Claude Tag, an AI agent in Salesforce's Slack app, that can operate as a virtual teammate. Claude Tag can work alongside employees and perform tasks delegated to it, including analysing data and providing insights. The AI agent can learn more about a firm's work from the context in Slack channels and act accordingly.

India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is in talks with Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA to acquire all or part of its stakes in two oilfields, The Economic Times reported. ONGC Videsh currently holds a 40% stake in the San Cristobal field and an 11% stake in the Carabobo-1 field. The proposed deal reportedly depends on a US licence.

The Indian benchmark indices rose on Wednesday, with the Sensex gaining 673.02 points to 76,873.70 and the Nifty climbing 161.15 points to 23,985.25 at 11:39 am. Strong buying in IT and banking stocks, lower crude oil prices, and improving global cues boosted investor sentiment, according to News18. Trent Ltd and ICICI Bank were the top gainers on the Nifty 50.

India has increased the use of domestic coal to nearly 50% at power plants designed to run on imported coal as imports fall, Reuters reported. The country is using domestic coal to operate 5.7 GW of total 18.7 GW capacity at such power plants so far this year. Power plants are reportedly using a mix of imported and domestic coal.

A US-based legal tech startup sued the US government on Tuesday over curbs on access to advanced models by AI firm Anthropic. The startup said it depends on Anthropic's models for its software platform and that the curbs caused "immediate, irreparable, and existential" harm. The US had earlier asked Anthropic to disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for foreign nationals.

The government has dismissed concerns that the use of E20 fuel could affect the validity of vehicle insurance policies. The Oil Ministry said claims linking E20 fuel use to insurance invalidation had been clarified with relevant stakeholders and were found to be incorrect. "Ethanol blending is a globally accepted practice and is successfully implemented in several countries," it added.

Around 400 migrant workers from India and Bangladesh have accused two companies registered in Singapore of not paying them wages. The country's manpower ministry has launched an investigation into the allegations by the first 100 workers. As complaints have gone up, caterers reportedly stopped supplying food to the workers a few days ago, saying they were not getting paid.

Indian equity markets bounced back on Wednesday after a sharp fall in the previous session, supported by easing crude oil prices, renewed foreign investor buying, and strong gains in IT stocks. Sentiment also improved amid optimism over a possible India-US trade deal, with most sectoral indices trading in the green.

Ketan Agarwal, the 26-year-old son of businessman Vishal Agarwal, was allegedly pushed off the Lohagad Fort near Pune by his fiancée, Siya Goyal and her lover, Chetan Chaudhary. Ketan was the director and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of a family-run real estate business, Success Group. He had done a Master of Science in Entrepreneurship and also held a BBA degree.

Gold and silver prices witnessed a sharp decline on June 24 amid rising expectations of further US Federal Reserve rate hikes and easing geopolitical concerns. Gold futures on MCX fell over 1 per cent, while silver tumbled nearly 3 per cent. Among other precious metals, spot silver declined 1.1% to $61.36 per ounce. Platinum fell 0.9% to $1,637.34 per ounce.