Apple may hit $4 trillion stock market valuation due to AI enhancements aimed at revitalizing sluggish iPhone sales. Currently valued at approximately $3.86 trillion, Apple shares surged by about 16% since early November, adding nearly $500 billion to its market capitalization, Reuters reported. Reportedly, Apple stands to sell upwards of 240 million iPhones in the 2025 fiscal year.

Tokyo Olympic gold medal-winning javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra's reign as world champion ended on Thursday as he failed to defend his title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Neeraj came eighth in the final, finishing outside top two of an event for the first time in four years. Neeraj had finished in top two in 26 consecutive events.

Nvidia on Thursday announced that it will invest $5 billion in struggling chipmaker Intel. The chip giant also stated that it will jointly develop PC and data centre chips with Intel. "The companies will focus on...integrating the strengths of Nvidia's AI and accelerated computing with Intel’s leading CPU technologies and x86 ecosystem ," Nvidia said in a statement.

Indian javelin thrower Sachin Yadav finished above defending champion Neeraj Chopra in the World Athletics Championships 2025 final in Japan's Tokyo. Sachin finished fourth with a best throw of 86.27 metres. Neeraj finished eighth with a best throw of 84.03 metres. Meanwhile, Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem finished tenth with a best throw of 82.75 metres.

Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran said tariff dispute between India and US could be resolved within two months. He added the US may soon withdraw the 25% penalty tariffs on Indian goods, and talks are underway to reduce India's reciprocal tariff from 25% to around 15%. The US had imposed 25% penalty tariffs over India’s purchase of Russian oil.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of voter list manipulation as "incorrect and baseless". It clarified that no member of the public can delete votes online. On Rahul's claim that 6,018 voter names were deleted in Karnataka’s Aland constituency, the ECI said deletion attempts were made in 2023 but failed and no votes were removed.

Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said that Chief Election Commissioner of India Gyanesh Kumar is protecting those who have destroyed Indian democracy. He said that voters are being deleted from booths where Congress won. He added the deletion of voters is being done in centralised manner using software and not through individuals.

During a press conference, LoP Rahul Gandhi said that some force is systematically targeting millions of voters for deletion across India. He added, "Different communities mainly who were voting for the Opposition, Dalits, Tribals, minorities, OBCs, are specifically targeted. We had heard this many times and now we found 100% proof of it," he added.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued heavy rainfall warning for 13 states/Union Territories for Friday (September 19). According to the IMD's latest bulletin, heavy rainfall is very likely over Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Bihar, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, West Bengal, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

Recognising how Ivy League universities have already made Generative AI central to business education, BITSoM has introduced a six-month online certification in Business Analytics with Generative and Agentic AI. Designed for beginners, the program focuses on live projects and practical application. Admissions will be conducted through a national qualifier test on September 21.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) released a muted video claiming match referee Andy Pycroft apologised to Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha for handshake row. Reacting to it, an X user commented, "Video without audio is proof. Just Pakistani things." Another user wrote, "One more fake claim by Pakistanis." Another comment read, "What I see is Pakistan apologising to Pycroft."