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PlatinumRx, the Bengaluru-based platform helping Indian households cut their medicine bills by offering trusted branded generic alternatives, has now crossed ten lakh patients served nationwide and Indian families saving ₹137 Crore on medicines.  Growing up, Piyush an IIM Calcutta alumnus noticed a pattern that played out in countless Indian households. People with chronic conditions bought the same medicines month after month, often for years or even a lifetime. Families simply paid whatever the prescription cost, rarely stopping to ask if an equally effective, lower-priced alternative with the exact same composition was available. For most Indian households, that was just how…

InfinityDAO, the AI-driven decentralised finance ecosystem behind the IDL token, is moving to establish an institutional-scale insurance protection programme with an aggregate insured value of up to US$1 billion, aimed at strengthening risk management, user protection and institutional credibility in the digital-asset market. The proposed programme is being arranged through a UK-based specialist crypto insurance syndicate, with final policy issuance, underwriting terms, limits and exclusions still subject to completion. The insurance framework is designed to cover five principal areas, including token default, platform default, crime and digital-asset theft, directors and officers liability, and qualifying ecosystem and stakeholder interests. InfinityDAO operates…

Six young innovators from West Bengal have secured places in the national Top 40 of Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2026, with technology-led ideas focused on wage transparency, communication accessibility and the wellbeing of elderly people living alone. Rahul Gupta and Anushka Gupta from Kolkata are developing an AI-based solution aimed at simplifying complex minimum wage information and making it easier for workers in sectors such as construction, domestic work and agriculture to understand their entitlements. Sayak Samanta and Soufir Rahman are working on Sign Bridge AI, which explores real-time translation of sign language into speech and text to improve communication…

Binance Charity, the philanthropic arm of Binance, has announced a donation of Rs 3.3 crore ($350,000) to Goonj’sRahat Initiative to support emergency relief and recovery efforts for families affected by devastating floods in Assam. The contribution is expected to reach around 27,500 families across 349 flood-affected villages in Golaghat, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Bajali, Dhemaji, Sonitpur and Jorhat districts. The funds will support the distribution of essential relief materials, including household items, hygiene supplies, tarpaulins and other necessities based on the requirements of affected communities. According to the release, floods have affected more than 12 lakh people across 25 districts and 2,734…