India and Chile signed the terms of reference for a free trade agreement (FTA). The FTA, also known as Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement is set to expand the already existing trade agreement signed by the two countries in 2006. Digital services, investment promotion and cooperation, MSME, and critical minerals are among the areas of focus under the FTA, reports stated.

US retailer Walmart's plan to shift to India may be impacted by a low labour force at garment factories, Reuters reported. "Even if orders come, we need labour," said a Tamil Nadu factory which supplies underwear and t-shirts at $1 to US brands. This shortage would be advantageous for Bangaldesh, although US has imposed 37% apparel tariffs on the country.

BSE and NSE are actively monitoring potential cyber threats from Pakistan amid the ongoing cross-border tensions, reports stated. This comes after the Centre held a meeting with banks and financial institutions on cyber preparedness. Both exchanges have issued advisories for their trading members and had earlier restricted foreign individuals from accessing their websites due to security concerns.

Aloke Bajpai, Group CEO of Ixigo, announced that the platform is suspending all flight and hotel bookings for Turkey, China and Azerbaijan. "Enough is Enough! Blood and Bookings won't flow together," he wrote on X. This comes after travel firms like Pickyourtrail, EaseMyTrip, WanderOn and Cox & Kings urged Indians not to travel to Turkey and Azerbaijan.

ThePrint reported that US' satellite company Maxar Technologies removed Pakistani company BSI as a listed partner following its report that Maxar started receiving orders for Pahalgam's satellite pictures since it acquired BSI, with the orders peaking months before the terror attack. BSI is owned by Obaidullah Syed, who was jailed in US. Maxar stated that orders didn't come from BSI.

IndusInd Bank said that an independent review found potential insider trading issues involving its CEOs, who traded shares before public disclosure of accounting lapses, Reuters reported. The bank will review the findings through "an insider perspective" and will take "necessary" legal steps. IndusInd's CEO Sumant Kathpalia and Deputy CEO Arun Khurana stepped down from their positions in April.

Barracuda Networks unveiled powerful next-generation threat detection capabilities fueled by multimodal AI. Barracuda now uniquely delivers adaptive, context-aware protection against emerging attacks with unprecedented accuracy and speed by simultaneously correlating and analyzing diverse text and visual data types including URLs, documents, images, QR codes, and more.

Check Point researchers have identified a new phishing campaign that exploits Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Voice, a customer relationship management software product. It often used to record customer calls, monitor customer reviews, share surveys and track feedback. Microsoft 365 is used by over 2 million organizations worldwide. At least 500,000 organizations use Dynamics 365 Customer Voice.

Responsive, in partnership with APMP, released the 2025 State of Strategic Response Management Report, revealing that top-performing B2B firms are using AI as a strategic growth driver. 'Leaders' with over 25% annual revenue growth are six times more likely to deploy AI agents across revenue functions and twice as likely to use AI for decision-making and workflow optimization.

Brothers Rohit Khanna and Prince Khanna started CreatorTag after recognising the gaps in the conventional way influencer marketing is conducted. By leveraging data-driven insights and AI, the tool helps brands create smarter influencer marketing campaigns. It also helps small-scale creators bag brand deals and earn a stable income.