TCS reported $3.1 billion in AI annualised revenue for Q2. The figure rose more than 19 per cent from the previous quarter. AI-related revenue accounted for 10.1 per cent of the company's total revenue. Infosys recorded a 29 per cent quarter-on-quarter increase in AI revenue.

Neil Shah chairs Anthropic's Long-Term Benefit Trust. The post gives him the power to appoint or remove the company's CEO. He holds no shares in Anthropic.

Claude has written more than 90% of Anthropic's codebase. Anthropic separately plans to spend up to $100 million on cyber defense.

Tesla India reported a Rs 5.16 crore net profit in FY26 as Model Y sales lifted revenue. The result marks an early milestone, though registrations remain modest and expansion costs are rising.

India will shorten the period sugar dealers can hold stocks to 15 days and cap inventories at 1,000 quintals in most parts of the country, aiming to curb hoarding and ensure festive-season supplies. The revised rules will apply from October 15 through November 30, 2026. Official data show average retail sugar prices are down about 15% from their August peak, while exmill prices have fallen around 28% and have been stable for the past three weeks.

India’s Sensex and Nifty rose sharply at 2:11 pm, with the Sensex up 0.87% to 74,944 and the Nifty gaining 0.47% to 23,455. Brent crude fell 2.25% to $101.53 a barrel and WTI slid 2.19% to $98.10, easing pressure on India’s import costs.

HDFC Bank has submitted two names to the Reserve Bank of India for approval as the next MD and CEO, as current chief Sashidhar Jagdishan’s term ends on October 26. The move marks tangible progress in the succession process and eases concerns about a leadership gap. One of the candidates, Kaizad Bharucha, has been with the bank since 1995 and has served on its board as an executive director since 2014. Under RBI rules, a private bank MD or CEO cannot serve more than 15 years continuously, and Bharucha would hit that limit in June 2029, for which the bank has sought a relaxation of around six months.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company will not go public in 2026, pointing to concerns about artificial intelligence safety in an interview with Fortune. He said the current moment would be “illadvised” for an IPO and that OpenAI does not feel pressured to list. Separately, SpaceX IPO shares fell sharply after a rally that lifted the company’s valuation to $1.8 trillion.

India’s government has urged sugar mills to ensure adequate market supply and keep prices stable during the festival season. It has approved a duty-free import quota of 1 million metric tonnes of sugar to ease domestic price pressure. Sugar prices have slipped from last month’s record high but remain nearly 20% higher than two months ago, with import applications received for around 800,000 metric tonnes.