📈 Finance and Technology

• Nobel Prize Progress: The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to scholars for their research on neutrinos in space, while the recently announced Nobel Prize in Chemistry was jointly won by scholars from France and Japan. • Reserve Bank of India Hikes Rates for the First Time: The Reserve Bank of India announced today that it will raise the benchmark interest rate by 1 quarter point (0.25%), the first rate hike since 2023. • Pentagon Halts Use of Anthropic Tools: Amidst the US-China AI arms race, the U.S. Department of Defense has officially announced the suspension of the use of related tools from AI company Anthropic within the department due to security concerns.