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Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said.
The situation in Tehran is the result of “a perfect storm of climate change and corruption,” says Michael Rubin, a political analyst at the American Enterprise Institute.
“We no longer have a choice,” said Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian during a speech on Thursday.
Instead Iranian officials are considering moving the capital to…

Iran's Capital Has Run Out of Water, Forcing It to Move
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame

Bengaluru-based digital payments startup Juspay raised $50M, in a mix of primary and secondary investments, from WestBridge Capital at a $1.2B valuation (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/t

Juspay closes $50 million funding from WestBridge Capital; valuation hits $1.2 billion
Founded in 2012, Bengaluru-based Juspay powers payment systems for major global brands such as Amazon, Flipkart, Google, IndiGo, and Swiggy. The company said in a statement that it now processes over 300 million transactions daily, with annualised total payment volume exceeding $1 trillion.

I like when the #NYPost says the quiet part out loud. See, ending illegal labor practices and paying workers a living wage is "anti-capitalist." Being in favor of #capitalism means being happy crushing your workers and driving them into poverty.
If only they said that more…

Iran's president says moving the capital Tehran is now a necessity as the water crisis deepens. That'll be moving 16 million people (metro area) then, almost equal to the entire population of the Netherlands.
https://www.iranintl.com/en/202511209098

Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain.

How President Trump reshaped capitalism in 2025 (Maria Aspan/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/22/nx-s1-5639916/trump-crony-capitalism-free-market
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p30#a251222p30

All my haters are broke, everybody else is a victim of capitalism.
#Capitalism #Hate #AntiCapitalism

"German City Wins European Green Capital Title With Bold Environmental Vision"
#Germany #Environment
https://hap…

German City Wins European Green Capital Title With Bold Environmental Vision | Happy Eco News
Heilbronn wins European green capital award for 2027 with 600,000 euros in funding. Learn how the German city's innovative environmental planning beat competitors across the continent.

It is horrific, This "peace plan" means that we are fighting for nothing, giving our lives for nothing.
“I have no words, because this is a proposal to capitulate to an enemy that is destroying civilians, that is killing people,”
https://www.

To Many Ukrainians, U.S. Peace Plan Looks Like ‘Capitulation’
While the White House has cautioned that the proposal is still in “flux,” its contours reflect maximalist demands made by Russia throughout the war that Ukraine has consistently rejected.

UnifyApps, which lets companies build AI chatbots by connecting SaaS apps and data, raised a $50M Series B led by WestBridge, after a $20M Series A in 2024 (Chris Metinko/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/pro/enterprise-software-deals/2025/10…

Exclusive: UnifyApps raises $50M Series B led by WestBridge Capital
Siloed systems of record and data make it harder for enterprises to adopt AI.

Capital One agrees to acquire Brex, which specializes in tech to administer corporate credit cards, expenses, and rewards, for $5.15B in cash and stock (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/capital-one-to-buy-fintech-brex-e2dacc67