Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (July 16, 2026)

From battery recycling breakthroughs at Metastable Materials to the strategic appointment of former ISRO chief S Somanath to Agnikul’s board, YourStory brings you today’s headlines with the latest developments across sectors. Featured stories Shubham Vishvakarma & Manikumar Uppala, Oct 2021, Bengaluru. Inside Metastable Materials' Bengaluru refinery India imports most of the critical metals used in batteries, even though spent lithium-ion batteries, whose volume is growing every year, contain ma