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Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted a short pledge reading 'We will do it!', drawing more than 20,000 likes within hours. The message, shared without further detail, has prompted wide speculation in India about which project or initiative the prime minister was referring to.

A group of major banks is backing OSERA, an initiative announced via the Linux Foundation, to create industry-wide remediation standards and fixes for securing open source software. The announcement was carried by PR Newswire and Morningstar, and has drawn attention across financial and technology press as a coordinated private-sector response to open source security risks in banking.

Insurance brokerage Reliance Partners has signed on as a Gold-Level Partner of the John "Art" Phillips Sales Institute at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The deal ties the company to the institute's sales education and student development programmes, and marks a corporate commitment to supporting the university's business school initiatives.

CZ Biohub, the US Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health are jointly committing $1.8 billion to a new initiative building large-scale virtual biology data resources. The funding aims to support digital models and shared datasets for biological research. Details on how the money will be allocated have not yet been laid out.

Columbus State University has established a new institute honoring the Moores, reinforcing its commitment to military history education and preservation. The university says the initiative will expand teaching and preservation efforts in the field and recognize the Moores' support. Little further detail is available beyond the university's announcement.

The U.S. government and Google have joined the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub in a $1.8 billion initiative to build large-scale biology datasets for artificial intelligence research. The partnership aims to accelerate scientific discovery by giving AI systems vast biological data to work with. The scale of the funding and the mix of government, Big Tech and philanthropic backers have drawn attention across the science and technology press.

An international, cross-sector coalition has committed nearly $2 billion to build foundational datasets for artificial intelligence models designed to predict and treat disease. The initiative brings together partners across countries and industries to create the large-scale health data needed to train models capable of anticipating illness and improving treatment, marking one of the bigger funding pushes so far for AI-driven medicine.

Biohub has announced a $1.8 billion initiative to apply artificial intelligence to biology, describing it as a major push to accelerate scientific research. The funding will support AI-driven work in life sciences, though details on specific programs and partners have not been laid out. The announcement is drawing attention as one of the larger commitments of AI funding in the biological sciences to date.

The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, the Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health and partner institutions have committed $1.8 billion to build large-scale, AI-ready datasets in biology. The initiative aims to organize biological research data so artificial intelligence systems can use it for drug discovery, disease research and other biomedical applications.

The Jeff Bezos Earth Fund has committed $25 million to ocean protection efforts. The grant, announced this week, is aimed at supporting marine conservation initiatives, though details on which organisations or regions will receive funding have not yet been fully outlined. Environmental groups have welcomed the pledge, while observers continue to scrutinise the fund's broader climate spending priorities.

A United Church of Christ congregation in a South Dakota town is leading an effort to preserve and share local African American history, a project its members describe as 'an act of love'. The initiative highlights Black stories in a region where such history is rarely documented, drawing attention to the church's role in community memory.

A church-run apple dumpling project is continuing to raise money that is donated to non-profit organisations, according to a local news report from Salem, Ohio. The long-running baking initiative channels proceeds from dumpling sales to community charities, and the church has reiterated its commitment to supporting local non-profits through the effort.

Levi's and Marks & Spencer have jointly launched an initiative to help their fashion suppliers switch to renewable energy. The programme, reported by trade publications covering supply chains and sustainability, aims to cut emissions across apparel manufacturing. It reflects growing pressure on major clothing brands to decarbonise not just their own operations but their wider production networks.

NBA star Pascal Siakam's PS43 Foundation is focusing on education, with programs designed to instill the value of learning in young people. The initiative reflects Siakam's off-court commitment to giving back, particularly to communities connected to his journey from Cameroon to the NBA. Coverage highlights the foundation's aim to make education central to its youth outreach.

Cleveland is preparing a $250,000 investment to revive the Summer Sprout program, the city's long-running community garden initiative. The plan would give the program a fresh start, restoring support for neighborhood gardeners across the city. Cleveland.com reported the proposal, drawing attention from residents interested in urban agriculture and community green space.