In Maharashtra, the Pune district administration is preparing a proposal to ban vehicles older than 15 years from entering city limits to curb rising air pollution and traffic congestion. If approved by the state government, more than 7 lakh older vehicles, including private cars, two-wheelers, and transport vehicles, will be affected, especially daily commuters using older bikes and scooters.

India faces escalating cyber threats in 2026, averaging 3,195 attacks per organisation weekly (over 12,000 monthly), up 2% from 2025, as per Check Point report. Education (7,684/week) leads targets, followed by government and services, while AI fuels automated assaults. Seqrite has noted numerous detections last year, with Trojans/infectors at 70%, hitting Maharashtra hardest.

US Commerce Department announced preliminary countervailing duties of 125.87% on solar cells and panels that are imported from companies in India. This comes after the President Donald Trump-led administration concluded that India, Indonesia and Laos received government subsidies that make US products uncompetitive. The duties for Indonesia and Laos were set at 104.38% and 80.67%, respectively.

A US federal judge in California dismissed a lawsuit by Elon Musk's xAI that accused Sam Altman's OpenAI of stealing its trade secrets. The judge ruled that xAI failed to allege that OpenAI committed any misconduct in hiring former xAI staff and using confidential information, including Grok's source code. xAI can file an amended complaint by March 17.

On Tuesday, Silverline Technologies Ltd hit 5% Upper Circuit at ₹21.60 from ₹20.58, thereby marking a 52-week high of ₹21.60 per share. Its market capitalisation stands at ₹337 crore with 191% returns from ₹7.42. The company launched AI studio, free for 3 months, then a ₹249 per month premium add-on.

The new Draft Income Tax Rules 2026 proposed that meals provided by the employer under ₹200 won't be taxed, along with gifts or certificates valued up to ₹15,000/year. Additionally, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Ahmedabad have been included in the list of cities that can enjoy the 50% HRA exemption. Loans that employees avail from employers for medical emergencies remain tax-free.

Semiconductor startup optoML has secured $1.8 million in a pre-Series A round led by Bluehill.VC and A99. The company recently completed tapeout of its 12nm chip with TSMC. It is also developing analogue in-memory AI processors with optical interconnects, targeting up to 50x higher energy efficiency for AI workloads across edge and data centre markets.

Reliance Retail tops the list of unlisted companies in India with the highest revenue, at ₹2.71 lakh crore, followed by Flipkart, at ₹83,105 crore, and Malabar Gold and Diamonds at ₹66,872 crore. Tata Electronics, Tata Digital and Adani Properties ranked fourth, fifth and sixth with revenue of ₹66,601 crore, ₹32,188 crore and ₹22,726 crore, respectively. OfBusiness ranked seventh.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the National Monetisation Pipeline 2.0 (NMP 2.0) on Monday. The NMP 2.0 estimates aggregate monetisation potential of ₹16.72 lakh crore, including private sector investment of ₹5.8 lakh crore under asset monetisation pipeline, over a period of five years. Sitharaman said that the NMP 2.0 has the potential to fuel India’s growth momentum.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warned that the current global scenario is similar to what happened in 2005-2007, ahead of 2008 financial crisis. "Rising tide lifting all boats, everyone making a lot of money...Sky was the limit," Dimon said, noting similarities between the two scenarios. "I don't know how long [it'll] be great...I see couple of people doing...dumb things," he added.