NSE IPO Watch: India’s National Stock Exchange has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus with SEBI for an estimated ₹30,000 crore IPO, structured entirely as an Offer for Sale, with major sellers including SBI and Mauritius-linked Aranda Investments; the DRHP also flags investor risks and a separate legal dispute over shares allegedly credited by mistake and later sold. Digital Payments Export: India’s UPI keeps expanding globally, with new cross-border adoption highlighted via partnerships such as Cambodia’s ACLEDA Bank and NPCI International, while South Africa weighs UPI as a low-cost path to cashless payments. Digital Governance & Identity: Nigeria’s central bank issued a UBO disclosure directive for fintechs and digital-payment firms, and Africa’s digital sovereignty conversation continues through events like ISOC-Togo’s AI governance forum and ID4Africa’s push toward sustainable digital identity ecosystems. Deep Tech Push: Economist Neelkanth Mishra urged India to build domestic deep-tech capabilities and globally competitive products, not rely on foreign trends. Maritime & Industry: India commissioned three new Navy warships and GRSE received Navratna status, underscoring faster domestic shipbuilding capacity. Environment & Science: New research on remote Scottish island wrens points to island-driven evolution, while broader climate and biodiversity concerns keep surfacing in policy debates.