- Rupee at All-Time Low: The Indian rupee fell to a record low of 95.34 against the US dollar, primarily driven by rising oil prices and regional instability [10, 16].
- Tech Earnings: Alphabet reported Q1 2026 sales of $94.7 billion, fueled by a 63% surge in Google Cloud revenue [10].
- Corporate Moves: Reliance Retail has acquired Priyanka Chopra Jonas’s hair care brand, Anomaly. [2, 9, 10]