Emcure Pharmaceuticals Executive Director and Shark Tank India judge Namita Thapar hit back at people who have been trolling her over her video on health benefits of namaz. "People have been [abusing me] non-stop...I have been taught...R for religion means R for respect...And this is how you respect?" she added. She further said the trolls should fear karma.

Jeff Bezos-led Blue Origin on Sunday said it reused its New Glenn rocket booster for first time, marking a key milestone for lowering launch costs. The rocket lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral, and booster landed successfully minutes later. The mission carried a commercial satellite to orbit, strengthening the American space technology firm's position in the reusable rocket race.

Karnataka government approved AI Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology in Bengaluru's Electronics City. The ₹20-crore project will back startups, research and industry partnerships in emerging technologies. State IT Minister Priyank Kharge said this will strengthen innovation and leadership. The government also approved transfer of 51% stake in Karnataka Technology & Innovation Museum Foundation.

A doctor-led AI-powered platform, iLive Connect, has been launched in Tamil Nadu's Chennai to enable round-the-clock monitoring beyond hospitals. It uses a wireless biosensor patch linked to a wearable wristband to track heart activity and blood pressure in real time. Doctors will monitor data at a 24x7 command centre, enabling timely alerts and reducing risks for chronic patients.

Fintech startup Belo's CTO, Pato Molina, said Anthropic shut down over 60 of its Claude accounts "for no apparent reason". "More than 60 people were left without a fundamental tool for getting work done...A huge lesson for any software company that relies on AI tools in critical processes," Molina added. Anthropic restored access to the accounts after over 15 hours.

Snabbit has appointed Abhinav Ankur as its Chief Business Officer (CBO). Ankur, who has previously held leadership roles at OYO and WheelsEye, will lead Snabbit's business expansion. "Abhinav brings a deep understanding of how to build systems that can operate at this level of complexity...we’re excited to have him lead this next phase with us," Snabbit Founder Aayush Agarwal said.

Chinese robot startup UBTech has posted a job opening for a Chief AI Scientist, offering to pay ¥124 million/year (over ₹168 crore), Bloomberg reported. The Shenzhen-based company said the scientist will guide the future of its humanoid robots and build the foundation for "embodied intelligence". UBTech is also planning to hire dozens of engineers, indicating its aggressive expansion plans.

Srinivas Narayanan on Saturday announced he is leaving OpenAI, where he served as CTO of B2B Applications, after three years. Narayanan completed his B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Madras and later did his MS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before joining OpenAI, he worked with Meta for more than 13 years.

The X account of Nidhi Mittal, wife of Lenskart CEO Peyush Bansal, has been deactivated after her old posts criticising PM Narendra Modi and the Hindu Mahasabha resurfaced. This comes after Lenskart faced widespread outrage over its style guide that showed the startup barring employees from wearing tilak and bindi at work while allowing hijabs and turbans.

Lenskart on Saturday shared an updated in-store style guide after facing backlash over a policy that banned bindi and tilak at work. According to the revised guidelines, items such as bindi, tilak, sindoor, kalawa, mangalsutra, kada, turban and hijab are permitted. Ripped denim, open footwear, torn uniform tops and obscene body art or markings are listed among prohibited items.