Business
China’s official factory PMI fell to 49.0 in February as a nine-day Lunar New Year holiday disrupted output and orders across industry.
Saudi Arabia’s SFDA has temporarily banned imports of poultry meat and table eggs from Indonesia, effective March 1, citing health certification standards.
Japan’s January unemployment rate rose to 2.7% as job availability slipped to 1.18, with employment at 68.17 million and 1.91 million unemployed.
India and Canada agreed to advance trade talks, expand energy ties and boost security cooperation, including a Cameco uranium supply deal for India.
Exus Renewables agreed to buy 60% of Masdar’s nine wind farms in Portugal, repowering from 144 MW to 164 MW, plus 110 MW solar co-development.
Dubai International Chamber said Asia supplied 46.9% of multinationals it attracted in 2025, bringing 64 MNCs and 309 SMEs to Dubai.
Technology
The updated MacBook Pro pairs an 18-core CPU with up to 40-core graphics, higher unified memory limits, Thunderbolt 5 ports, and new wireless.
Samsung India opened Galaxy S26 series pre-orders Feb. 25, set India prices and offered a ₹20,000 storage upgrade while highlighting new Galaxy AI.
OpenAI will take 100MW of AI data center capacity in India from Tata’s TCS HyperVault, scalable to 1GW, under its OpenAI for India initiative.
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled met PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi at the AI Impact Summit, as UAE and India advanced health, finance and AI compute deals.
At India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, PM Narendra Modi called for human centric AI, glass box safety rules and data sovereignty, citing India’s AI Mission.