17, Sep 2026
HUAWEI eKit Launches Intelligent Office Solution 2.0, Making Intelligent Office Accessible to All
SHANGHAI, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sept 16, 2026, at the 2026 HUAWEI eKit Launch Event in Shanghai, Leon Wang, President of Huawei’s Data Communication Product Line, delivered a keynote unveiling the upgraded HUAWEI eKit Intelligent Office Solution 2.0, which targets digital transformation pain points for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
“Digital and intelligent transformation is essential for the high-quality growth of SMEs,” said Leon Wang. “Featuring superior quality, simplicity, and full-scope security, the lightweight, highly adaptable, and secure solution lowers the barrier to intelligence for SMEs—bringing the intelligent world within reach and making intelligent office accessible to all.”
For startups, Huawei introduced a minimalist solution in 2025, which required only one device and one screen. This year, HUAWEI eKit has upgraded its aesthetics and performance.
- Aura10: Featuring three-color ambient lighting, four proprietary folding antennas, and an industry-first dual-polarization desktop design, the router doubles signal strength and boosts Wi-Fi speeds by 40%.
- IdeaHub B3 Base Smart Screen: Powered by a decoupled screen-compute architecture, it supports one-click switching between Android and Windows. Integrated with the DeepSeek LLM, its smart search and generation capabilities quickly organize fragmented information to enhance workplace productivity and decision-making efficiency.
For SMEs, Huawei introduced a Wi-Fi 7 + 2.5GE high-performance networking solution with comprehensive security protection in 2025. This year, HUAWEI eKit AR281 was launched to simplify networking and O&M. A single device does the work of five by integrating routing, NVR, WAC, private line access, and online behavior management. SuperCoding 3.0 achieves up to 85% video storage compression (one disk, six times the capacity), significantly cutting enterprise storage costs. In addition, the solution supports one-stop unified deployment and O&M, minimizing deployment cycles and costs.
In office security, HUAWEI eKit applies its full-scope security philosophy to protect business secrets from hidden recording. The new DF10 premium handheld spycam detector features a new meeting guard mode. Paired with the iGuard mobile app, it enables one-touch automated scanning with a 1.5-hour battery life for silent, continuous meeting protection. With the multi-dimensional AI identification model, false alarms are reduced to 5%.
Long committed to SME intelligence, HUAWEI eKit continues to address real enterprise pain points and lowers the barrier to digital transformation—making intelligent office accessible to all SMEs.
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17, Sep 2026
Soach Global Set For Substantial Gains In Partial Exit From National Stock Exchange
Mumbai, Sep 17: Soach Global Strategic Holdings Limited, Mauritius, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Soach Global Opportunities Fund, is part exiting from its decade-long investment in the National Stock Exchange of India Limited. The Fund is selling through the offer for sale in NSE‘s initial public offering, which opened today.
The Fund acquired 1,50,000 NSE equity shares from Industrial Finance Corporation of India Limited in January 2016 at ₹3,950 per share, aggregating ₹59.25 crore. Over the following decade, the holding multiplied to 82,50,000 shares through corporate actions, without any additional investment. Adjusted for these corporate actions, the Fund’s average acquisition cost is ₹71.8 per share.
The Fund is now selling 16,50,000 equity shares, which is 20% of its holding, at the IPO price band of ₹1,700 to ₹1,785 per share, valuing the sale at approximately ₹280 to ₹295 crore. This realises nearly five times the Fund’s entire original investment, a return of roughly 25x. The Fund will continue to hold 66,00,000 shares, 80% of its position, valued at approximately ₹1,120 to ₹1,180 crore at the price band.
“Bharat is a fast-growing economy with a large number of growth-aspiring youngsters who are quickly learning the risks and rewards of participating in capital markets. We are participating in the offer for sale and selling a partial stake of what we own because we would like to see a large number of the mass retail population hold some stake of NSE. As these retail investors buy small stakes in NSE, directly or indirectly through mutual funds, they will also benefit from the growth of NSE, the same way we have by buying our stake over ten years ago. Of India’s 1.4 billion people, only about 130 million are registered investors on NSE, and that is the opportunity,” said Anubhav Dayal, Founder & Director, Soach Global Opportunities Fund.
“In our country, we have a culture of buying gold at a festival or for a ceremony. Gold, once purchased by a family, is held for a long time, even generations. It is sold only when in desperate need of money. Retail buyers can compare shares of NSE with buying gold. As a multi-asset-class trading platform, NSE will book growth in revenue while operating at a fixed cost, most of it already incurred. It is a high-technology platform settling trades in nanoseconds, and a multi-asset-class exchange: equity, commodities, electricity futures, bond index futures and coal. As India develops, the list of tradable products will only increase, adding to revenues on a largely fixed cost base. This will reflect in its price per share post-listing. This is a one-way partial exit and we have no plans of re-entering,” he added.
17, Sep 2026
STARPRIME Responds to Diverging Gold Market Demand with AM/PM Fixing and XAU24/7
New offerings address two distinct market needs: fixing-related exposure management and continuous quote-driven gold access.
PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — STARPRIME is expanding its gold offering with AM/PM Fixing and XAU24/7, giving market participants two distinct ways to manage and access gold exposure. Both offerings will be available in time for Forex Expo Dubai 2026, where STARPRIME will showcase its expanded liquidity offering as a Platinum Sponsor.
The additions complement STARPRIME’s existing gold suite, including Spot XAUUSD, with contract variations for Top of Book and Order Depth, as well as XAU Futures. Together, they respond to increasingly different client requirements across physical and electronic gold markets.
AM/PM Fixing is designed for physical hedgers and other market participants managing exposure around fixing prices. Clients can trade fixing contracts directly with the STARPRIME Trading Desk, with orders subsequently converted into spot contracts. This enables exposure to be offset against other positions and may reduce margin requirements associated with maintaining separate exposures.
XAU24/7 addresses a different shift: growing demand for quote-driven products beyond conventional market hours. As continuous access becomes increasingly familiar across financial markets, the product provides around-the-clock gold trading while operating as a distinct instrument with its own pricing environment and contract specifications, including pricing generated outside traditional reference-market hours.
“Physical gold participants increasingly need efficient ways to value and hedge inventory, while another segment is seeking continuous, quote-driven access. These are very different requirements, and liquidity solutions need to evolve around both,” said Jay Mawji, CEO of STARPRIME.
STARPRIME will showcase its expanded liquidity offering as a Platinum Sponsor of Forex Expo Dubai 2026, taking place 22–23 September at Dubai World Trade Centre. Visitors can meet the team at Booth 152. STARPRIME will also contribute to the event programme through a Liquidity Panel and fireside chat, exploring how liquidity requirements are evolving across brokers, institutions and professional trading businesses.
About STARPRIME
STARPRIME is an institutional CFD liquidity provider and market maker, combining multi-asset liquidity with pricing technology, low-latency execution and dedicated client coverage. Its solutions are shaped around each client’s flow, scale, and market requirements, with a focus on transparency, consistent service, and long-term partnerships.
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17, Sep 2026
PM Modi Calls on Young Engineers to Drive India’s Next Semiconductor Push
India’s semiconductor ambitions are entering a new phase, with the country increasingly focusing not only on setting up chip manufacturing facilities but also on building the talent, research capabilities and supporting industries needed to sustain a complete technology ecosystem.
Addressing the SEMICON India 2026 event in New Delhi on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on young engineers, researchers and technology professionals to take a more active role in developing advanced technologies in India. He highlighted the country’s large engineering workforce as an important strength at a time when semiconductor companies are looking to expand manufacturing and diversify global supply chains.
The Prime Minister said the government is working towards training one lakh engineering students in semiconductor-related skills, with more than 70,000 already trained. He also encouraged Indian researchers and technology professionals working both within the country and abroad to contribute to the development of advanced technologies.
The emphasis on skilled manpower comes at a time when semiconductor manufacturing is becoming increasingly important for sectors ranging from smartphones and automobiles to telecommunications, artificial intelligence, electronics and defence technologies. For India, developing a strong talent base is therefore closely linked with the ability to attract investment and build higher-value capabilities.
From Policy Plans to Commercial Production
India’s semiconductor programme has gradually moved beyond policy announcements and project proposals towards actual manufacturing activity. During SEMICON India 2026, commercial production at two semiconductor facilities in Mohali and Surat was highlighted as part of this transition.
The development signals a broader shift in the country’s approach to electronics manufacturing. Instead of concentrating only on chip fabrication, India is seeking to develop capabilities across design, manufacturing, assembly, testing, equipment, materials and other specialised areas.
A stronger domestic ecosystem could also help companies reduce their dependence on long and concentrated global supply chains while creating opportunities for Indian businesses to participate in different stages of semiconductor production.
Building More Than Chip Factories
The semiconductor industry requires a wide network of supporting businesses. Chip manufacturing depends on specialised equipment, chemicals, gases, materials, testing systems and advanced packaging technologies.
Recognising this, the Prime Minister urged companies operating in these areas to explore the opportunities emerging from India’s semiconductor programme. Growth in supporting industries could create additional investment opportunities and allow domestic suppliers to become part of the wider global chip value chain.
The government has also been pushing for greater participation by startups and design companies. The focus on fabless semiconductor companies is particularly significant because chip design and intellectual property can generate high-value technology businesses without requiring companies to own fabrication plants.
Talent and Research Become Critical
India’s large pool of engineers is emerging as an important component of its semiconductor strategy. However, the industry requires specialised expertise in areas such as chip architecture, semiconductor design, fabrication, advanced packaging, testing, artificial intelligence hardware and related technologies.
The call for greater industry participation in research and development reflects the need to connect academic institutions, startups and established technology companies more closely.
Such collaboration can help turn research into commercial products while giving young engineers practical exposure to advanced technologies. It can also create opportunities for Indian companies to develop intellectual property that can compete in international markets.
New Technologies Could Expand the Opportunity
The next stage of semiconductor development is expected to extend beyond conventional chips. Technologies such as silicon photonics and compound semiconductors are gaining importance as demand grows for faster computing, artificial intelligence infrastructure and high-performance data systems.
Silicon photonics, in particular, can support high-speed data movement and has potential applications in AI-focused infrastructure and advanced computing systems.
Building expertise in these emerging areas could help India participate in newer segments of the semiconductor industry rather than limiting its role to conventional manufacturing and assembly.
Global Supply Chains Create a Larger Opportunity
The global semiconductor industry has been undergoing significant changes as companies and governments seek more resilient and diversified supply chains. India is attempting to position itself as one of the locations capable of supporting this transition.
At SEMICON India 2026, the government highlighted the importance of building a reliable ecosystem that connects international companies with Indian manufacturers, startups, researchers and suppliers.
For global companies, the availability of engineering talent, a large domestic electronics market and growing policy support could make India an increasingly relevant location for technology investment. For Indian businesses, the expansion of the semiconductor ecosystem could open opportunities in manufacturing, design, logistics, materials, equipment and specialised services.
Semiconductor Growth Could Support Wider Industry
The impact of semiconductor investment is likely to extend beyond chip factories themselves. A stronger electronics ecosystem can support demand for suppliers, technical services, industrial infrastructure, logistics and skilled manpower.
It could also encourage more companies to invest in research and product development in India. Over time, this may help strengthen links between semiconductor manufacturing and industries such as automobiles, consumer electronics, telecommunications, renewable energy and artificial intelligence.
For young engineers, the expansion of the sector could create opportunities across chip design, research, manufacturing, testing and other specialised technology functions.
India’s Semiconductor Story Moves Forward
SEMICON India 2026 reflects the changing nature of India’s semiconductor ambitions. The focus is gradually moving from attracting individual projects to developing a connected ecosystem in which talent, research, manufacturing, design and supporting industries grow together.
The Prime Minister’s message placed young technical talent at the heart of that effort, while also calling on industry to invest more deeply in research and development.
As semiconductor demand continues to grow globally, India’s ability to build specialised skills, develop intellectual property and establish reliable manufacturing and supply networks will be central to determining how deeply Indian companies can participate in the global chip economy.
17, Sep 2026
GpCC: New Operating Framework Enables Global Capability Centers to Extend Their Mandate into Global Payroll
Neeyamo introduces the Global Payroll Capability Center (GpCC) framework, with its Neeyamo Payroll platform as the technology layer that lets a GCC run payroll for 160+ countries as a single enterprise function
CHENNAI, India, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Global Capability Centers (GCCs) now have a defined operating framework for taking on global payroll, the function that has largely stayed outside their expanding mandate. Neeyamo, a technology-enabled provider of global payroll and Employer of Record (EOR) solutions, today introduced the Global Payroll Capability Center (GpCC), a framework that lets a GCC own and run payroll across every country where the enterprise operates.
A GpCC is a unit within a GCC that holds enterprise-wide ownership of payroll, combining global governance, a single payroll technology platform, and standardized processes with in-country execution and statutory compliance. It replaces the country-by-country structure through which most multinationals still run payroll with separate vendors, systems, and owners in each market with one accountable function, one platform, and one consolidated view of payroll data across the enterprise.
This is being released as an open industry framework, according to Neeyamo, and can be adopted by any GCC. It was first outlined at N’gene, Neeyamo’s GCC Conclave held in Hyderabad earlier this year.
India’s 2,117 GCCs have expanded their mandates well beyond their original technology and back-office scope, with an increasing number now holding global ownership of finance, HR, analytics, and transformation functions, according to the NASSCOM–Zinnov India GCC Landscape Report 2026. Global payroll has been a notable exception. Because payroll is governed by local statute in every country, it has typically remained outside GCC consolidation programs even as adjacent finance and HR processes have moved in, with the constraint being less about talent than about technology: no single system could run payroll natively across the full country footprint.
GpCC addresses that gap by defining what a GCC needs in place to take payroll on. The framework specifies four components:
- Ownership and Governance: a single global payroll owner within the GCC, with a defined operating cadence, service levels, and escalation path across all markets
- Technology and Data: One payroll platform and data model, native to every operating country and integrated with the enterprise HCM and finance systems
- Standardized Process: A common end-to-end payroll process framework, with variation permitted only where local statute requires it
- In-country execution and Compliance: Local statutory capability in every operating market, connected to the global framework rather than operating independently.
These four components together enable GCCs to operate one global process, one data model, and one set of controls, while country-specific calculation, filing, and compliance are handled in-house rather than through separate local vendors. Integrations with leading HCM systems and Neeyamo’s own legal entities in 45 countries extend the framework to markets where the enterprise has no local presence.
“GCCs have already taken ownership of technology, data, and transformation. Payroll is the capability that hasn’t made that journey yet; it still sits across dozens of countries, dozens of vendors, and dozens of spreadsheets,” said Samuel Isaac, CMO & President, Neeyamo. “A GpCC gives the enterprise one owner, one standard, and one view of payroll, without pretending that payroll in Brazil works the way payroll in Japan does. The platform is what makes that possible; the GCC brings the ownership.”
For GCC leaders, the model defines a new function that fits the capability-center profile: high volume, compliance-intensive, and data-rich. For global HR and finance leaders, it provides a structured route to consolidating a function that has historically resisted consolidation, without trading local compliance for global consistency.
Neeyamo’s GpCC framework is available here.
About Neeyamo
Neeyamo is a technology-enabled provider of Global Payroll and Employer of Record solutions for multinational and micro-multinational organisations, processing payroll natively across 160+ countries with legal entities in 45. Learn more at www.neeyamo.com.
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Editor’s note: Global Payroll Capability Center is styled GpCC — capital G, lowercase p, capital C, capital C.
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17, Sep 2026
Factrika Raises INR 8.9 Cr Seed Round Led by Info Edge to Scale On-Demand Industrial Workforce Platform
September 17, 2026: Factrika, an on demand industrial workforce platform, today announced it has raised ₹8.9 Cr in seed funding led by Info Edge. Founded in July 2024, the company will use the capital to strengthen its team, deepen its technology, and expand into more industrial clusters across India.
Indian factories face a 20 to 25% daily worker shortage, driven by fragmented, low tech contractor staffing models, resulting in lost output, higher costs, and operational disruption. Factrika matches manufacturers with verified workers by skill and availability, enabling deployment within 2 hours. Workers accept shifts digitally, with the platform managing attendance and payments while building a verified digital work record that enables skill based career progression.
Factrika has 10,000+ registered workers across 20+ skill categories, a 90%+ show rate, and deployment hours growing 50 to 70% month on month. Clients include Lenskart, Munjal Kiriu, Asahi India Glass, Jubilant Foods, Epack Durables, PG Technoplast, Hanon Climate, Bidso, and Talbros Auto Components. Workers gain 20 to 30% higher earnings through skill progression. The funding will support team growth, technology development, and cluster led expansion, starting with Bhiwadi, Manesar, Bawal, Noida, and Bahadurgarh, as Factrika targets India’s $23 Bn manufacturing workforce opportunity.
Factrika was founded by Kshitij Puri and Gaurav Asthana. Kshitij is a second time founder, having previously built and scaled ZipLoan, a fintech NBFC; he is an alumnus of UCLA Anderson and ICAI. Gaurav is an alumnus of BITS Pilani and IIM Ahmedabad, bringing more than two decades of experience across technology, operations, and product roles spanning recruitment, fintech, agritech, and marketplaces.
“India’s manufacturing workforce has a fundamental availability and reliability problem. We’re building Factrika to make industrial workforce supply more real time, skill led and transparent,” said Kshitij Puri and Gaurav Asthana, Founders, Factrika.
“Factrika is solving deep use cases in Indian manufacturing recruitment with an innovative, platform based approach. We’re excited to back them,” said Hitesh Oberoi, MD & CEO, Info Edge (India) Ltd.
17, Sep 2026
OCI N.V. statement regarding an open letter from shareholders
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — OCI Global N.V. (“OCI” or the “Company”) (Euronext: OCI) confirms that on 16 September 2026 it received from Oceanwood Capital Management LLP the attached open letter, written on behalf of a group of three shareholders in the Company. OCI is publishing the letter for information purposes only, without comment or endorsement.
Annex – Open letter to the Board of OCI Global N.V., 16 September 2026
ABOUT OCI GLOBAL
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17, Sep 2026
Venn Launches Blue Border for AI Governance & Security, Putting Native Claude Apps Under IT Control on Any Laptop
Regulated companies can now let remote employees and contractors run Claude, Claude Cowork and Claude Code on laptops the company doesn’t own: locked to company accounts, reachable only from trusted networks, and with no VDI or endpoint management required.
New York, New York, Sept 17. Venn, the secure remote work company, announced Blue Border™ for AI Governance & Security. The release lets organizations with remote and distributed workforces govern and securely use AI on any laptop, whether or not the company owns or manages it.
Blue Border installs on a Mac or PC and creates a company-controlled secure enclave on that laptop, isolating business activity from everything else on the same machine. Until now, its AI controls centered on data loss prevention for browser-based AI. Available today, the release adds three capabilities.
First, Anthropic’s Claude desktop apps, Claude, Claude Cowork and Claude Code, run natively inside Blue Border, on a personal machine, under the same controls that apply to browser-based AI. Second, tenant restrictions keep approved AI services to company-provided accounts, so a personal sign-in inside Blue Border is restricted. Third, IP-based access controls let organizations restrict sign-ins to those services to their dedicated Blue Border IP addresses, using the access policies they already run for Microsoft 365 and Salesforce.
The result is a secure way to adopt AI across all of a company’s workflows, in the browser and on the desktop, on every device its people use, without VDI. Unapproved AI tools stay blocked from company data, and DLP controls cover copy/paste, upload, download, screenshot, print and AI on any laptop.
Organizations in regulated industries cannot afford to fall behind on AI productivity, and cannot tolerate the data exposure that comes with open adoption. Venn found that 62 percent of all connections to browser-based AI tools inside Blue Border were made through personal, non-corporate accounts. When customers configured their tenant restriction settings, the number dropped to 5 percent.
“AI is the most important shift our customers have navigated since the cloud,” said David Matalon, CEO and Founder of Venn. “Blue Border was built for exactly this moment: a world where sensitive work happens on any device, and where what needs to be protected is the data itself, not the machine. Blue Border for AI Governance & Security extends that protection to every AI tool, native app or browser, and gives IT and security teams control back.”
For regulated organizations enabling BYOD and contractor programs, this changes the ceiling on AI productivity. Financial services firm StoneX uses Blue Border to meet its compliance requirements while securing its workers. Remote employees and contractors can use the most capable AI tools in their full native form, with no hardware to ship and no virtual desktop in between. Support for additional applications, including ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, is on the roadmap for later this year.
17, Sep 2026
Study Finds Bile Acid May Help Reduce Liver Fat
Hyodeoxycholic acid reduces excess liver fat in mice through two distinct pathways, demonstrating multi-target therapeutic potential
Sept 17: Excess fat accumulation in the liver can contribute to the development and progression of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), highlighting the need for new approaches to manage the condition. Now, researchers have found that hyodeoxycholic acid (HDCA), a bile acid, can reduce liver fat in mice while also identifying the biological pathways involved. The findings suggest that HDCA could help inform the development of new approaches to managing MASLD.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), now known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), is a common condition that causes excess fat to build up in the liver, affecting about one-quarter of adults worldwide. In some people, this can lead to inflammation and liver cell or hepatocyte injury, triggering the formation of thick, fibrous connective tissue known as fibrosis. Over time, advanced fibrosis can progress to cirrhosis, in which permanent scarring impairs the liver’s normal function. MASLD is often described as a “silent” disease because symptoms may be absent or mild until the disease becomes more advanced.
Hepatic steatosis refers to the initial stage of MASLD, where excess fat gets accumulated in the hepatocytes. Though it is a common metabolic disorder, the mechanistic understanding of the biological pathways involved as well as effective therapeutic strategies remain incompletely understood.
Against this backdrop, a study from Chiba University found that a bile acid, hyodeoxycholic acid (HDCA), helps reduce excess fat accumulation in the liver.
The study was led by Professor Takashi Miki, Dean of the Graduate School of Medicine at Chiba University, Japan, with Dr. Eunyoung Lee as the first author, along with Professor Antonio Vidal-Puig of the MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, UK, and other researchers. The paper was made available online on August 7, 2026, and was published in Volume 45, Issue 8 of the journal Cell Reports on August 25, 2026.
“We unexpectedly found that adipose tissue transplantation increased circulating HDCA levels in our diabetic mouse model. This intriguing finding prompted us to investigate HDCA’s potential metabolic effects. We found that HDCA treatment prevented high-fat diet-induced hepatic steatosis,” says Prof. Miki.
To investigate the effects of HDCA, the researchers fed mice a high-fat diet and treated them with HDCA. At a 0.25% dose, HDCA reduced blood glucose levels, lowered the amount of triglycerides (fat) stored in the liver, and improved liver function without affecting the mice’s body weight, suggesting that its effects on liver fat were not due to weight loss.
The researchers then investigated how HDCA produced these effects. They found that HDCA increased the activity of PPARα, a protein that controls genes involved in breaking down fatty acids. In mice that lacked this protein, HDCA could no longer prevent fat from building up in the liver.
The researchers then identified two pathways through which HDCA activated PPARα. First, HDCA increased the number of invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells, a type of immune cell, in the liver. These cells produced more interferon-γ (IFN-γ), a signaling molecule that activated PPARα in liver cells. PPARα then switched on the genes that help liver cells break down fatty acids.
As another pathway, HDCA also increased the levels of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), a gut hormone that helps regulate metabolism. The researchers found that GLP-1 signaling was necessary for HDCA to reduce liver fat. When they tested mice that lacked the GLP-1 receptor, HDCA could no longer prevent fat from accumulating in the liver.
To further examine the role of GLP-1 and its relationship with iNKT cells and PPARα, the researchers injected liraglutide, a drug that activates the GLP-1 receptor and is used to treat type 2 diabetes, into normal mice and mice lacking iNKT cells, PPARα, or the GLP-1 receptor. Liraglutide reduced liver fat in both normal mice and mice lacking iNKT cells, but not in mice lacking PPARα. These findings indicated that GLP-1 reduces liver fat through PPARα and does not require iNKT cells.
Together, the researchers showed that HDCA may combat MASLD through two distinct pathways: an immune pathway involving iNKT cells and IFN-γ, and a metabolic pathway involving GLP-1. Both pathways ultimately activate PPARα, which helps the liver increase fatty-acid breakdown and reduce fat accumulation.
“Both HDCA and the GLP-1 receptor agonist liraglutide exhibited potent anti-steatotic effects in mice in a PPARα-dependent manner,” says Prof. Miki, highlighting PPARα as a potential target for developing strategies to combat MASLD.
Overall, these findings emphasize the potential of HDCA as an effective multi-target therapeutic strategy for the treatment of hepatic steatosis.
17, Sep 2026
The Ultimate Guide To Festive Jewellery From Candere By Kalyan Jewellers
The festive season begins to take centre stage in September, bringing with it celebrations, family gatherings and cherished traditions. From festive pujas and intimate get-togethers to family lunches and celebratory evenings, the month is filled with occasions to dress up and add a touch of sparkle to every look. As festive dressing continues to evolve, lightweight and versatile jewellery offers an effortless way to elevate traditional ensembles while keeping the overall look comfortable, contemporary and easy to wear.
This season, look beyond elaborate jewellery and embrace pieces that blend elegance, colour and contemporary design. From vibrant gemstones and intricate motifs to delicate diamonds and timeless pearls, Candere by Kalyan presents a curated selection of jewellery designed to complement every festive occasion and transition effortlessly from one celebration to the next.
Here’s a curated edit-
Superior Diamond And Gemstone V Ring
The Superior Diamond and Gemstone V Ring brings together the brilliance of diamonds and the vibrancy of colourful gemstones in an elegant V-shaped silhouette. Its refined design strikes the perfect balance between classic detailing and contemporary appeal, making it an effortless choice for the festive season.
Style it with a saree, kurta set or anarkali for a festive puja, family gathering or celebratory lunch.
Wear it solo for a touch of understated elegance, or stack it with delicate rings to create a refined, layered look.
Mayuri Mehndi Peacock Diamond And Gemstone Oval Bracelet
The Mayuri Mehndi Peacock Diamond and Gemstone Oval Bracelet beautifully brings together intricate mehndi-inspired detailing, a graceful peacock motif, sparkling diamonds and vibrant gemstones. Rich in colour and craftsmanship, its distinctive design adds an elegant touch of festive charm to traditional ensembles.
Style it with a saree or kurta set for a festive gathering, family celebration or special occasion. Wear it on its own to let the intricate detailing take centre stage, or pair it with delicate bracelets for a refined, layered look.
Spoked Chariot Pearl Diamond And Gemstone Collar Necklace
The Spoked Chariot Pearl Diamond and Gemstone Collar Necklace brings together elegant pearls, sparkling diamonds and vibrant gemstones in a distinctive collar silhouette. Its contemporary design adds a sophisticated touch to festive dressing while retaining the timeless appeal of pearls.
Let the necklace take centre stage by styling it with an elegant ethnic ensemble. Its distinctive collar silhouette pairs beautifully with understated festive looks, adding a refined touch of sparkle and colour. Complete the look with minimal earrings and accessories for a sophisticated finish.
Demi Diamond Dangle Earrings
Elegant and contemporary, the Demi Diamond Dangle Earrings feature a graceful silhouette accented with sparkling diamonds. Their delicate design adds movement and brilliance, making them a versatile choice for festive occasions without overpowering the overall look.
Style them as a subtle statement with an elegant festive look, allowing the delicate dangles and diamond sparkle to frame the face beautifully
Waverly Diamond And Gemstone Oval Bracelet
The Waverly Diamond and Gemstone Oval Bracelet beautifully combines sparkling diamonds and colourful gemstones in a classic oval silhouette. Its elegant design offers a refined balance of colour and brilliance, making it an effortless choice for festive occasions.
Its versatile design effortlessly complements both traditional ensembles and contemporary festive looks, making it an elegant addition to any occasion wardrobe.
