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Genome Valley at the center of this growth. Notable investments include a Rs. 2,000 crore joint venture between European company KrKA and Laurus Labs to establish pharmaceutical finished products and biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in Genome Valley. In addition, Laurus Labs has inaugurated an R&D center with an investment of Rs. 250 crore. Together, these projects are expected to create over 2,800 jobs. Another significant development is the partnership between Japanese pharmaceutical giant Takeda and Biological E, aimed at manufacturing 5 crore doses of the Dengue vaccine annually from Genome Valley. This collaboration positions Hyderabad at the forefront of the global fight against dengue, further solidifying its reputation as the “vaccine capital of the world.”

For the previous week, India's foreign exchange reserves dropped to $682.13 billion as of Nov 1. India's forex kitty: With its growing economic strength, India has achieved the significant feat of joining the ranks of the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, securing the 4th position globally after China, Japan, and Switzerland.

A European regulatory committee now recommends approval of the Alzheimer’s treatment lecanemab a few months after rejecting the drug

Japan’s economy eked out an annual rate of 0.9% growth in the July-September quarter as consumer spending held up

Asian shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks slipped as the rally following Trump’s election victory cooled further

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Japanese economy managed to continue growing for a second straight quarter thanks to a recovery in consumption, although the pace slowed amid the impact of natural disasters during the summer. Japan’s gross domestic product expanded 0.2% in the three months to September from the previous quarter, preliminary government data showed Friday.

Canadian pensions are underinvested in the country’s public markets, starving domestic companies of capital and exposing them to foreign takeovers, says the head of capital markets at Desjardins Group.

Shares have opened higher in Europe after mostly falling in Asia following a report showing inflation in the U.S. was roughly as expected last month

Deep in a dark warehouse, the sake sleeps, stored in rows of giant tanks

European markets opened higher on Wednesday while Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower as momentum cooled for the torrid “Trump trade” that swept U.S. markets following Donald Trump’s presidential victory

Japan’s nuclear watchdog has formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region from starting

Naoki Hyakuta is facing severe backlash after making a controversial comment suggesting that women might need to «remove their uteruses» after 30 and help reverse the declining birthrate in Japan. Naoki Hyakuta, Japan's Conservative Party leader made the bizarre claim in a YouTube video where he discussed measures to increase the country's birthrate as part of a broader discussion on the challenges Japan faces due to its ageing population. According to a report in the South China Morning Post, the leader of the Japanese Conservative Party also said the solution to the nation’s population crisis would be to ban women from getting married after the age of 25. He did not stop there.

Managed by Matthew Brett, the fund was launched in 1984 and holds a plethora of Japanese institutions such as SoftBank, Nintendo and Sony, as it aims to outperform the TOPIX index by 1.5% per annum over five years. In the 12 months to 30 September 2024, the fund returned just under 10.8%, short of its target benchmark return of 12.4%, according to data from Morningstar. Baillie Gifford's Iain McCombie: Rightmove's REA rejection 'really good news' for UK M&A Over the long term, however, the fund has performed well against the broader Japanese stock market and IA Japan sector, HL not...

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SoftBank Group Corp. will be the first Nvidia Corp. customer to build a supercomputer based on the chipmaker’s new Blackwell design, a move to meet growing demand in a country eager to catch up in artificial intelligence. SoftBank’s telecom unit plans to build Japan’s most powerful AI supercomputer to support a wide range of local services, the two companies said Wednesday. That computer will be based on Nvidia’s DGX B200 product, which combines computer processors with so-called AI accelerator chips. A follow-up effort will feature Grace Blackwell, a more advanced version. Nvidia’s chips have become a prized commodity for the world’s biggest tech companies, which use the components to develop and run AI models. The process requires software to be bombarded with data — something accelerator chips are especially adept at handling.

The corporate goods price index (CGPI), which measures the price that companies charge each other for goods and services, rose 3.4% in October from a year earlier, Bank of Japan data showed, above market forecasts for a 3.0% gain. It followed a 3.1% increase in September.

Visa said on Tuesday it was rolling out a flexible payments feature in the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates, as it looks to capitalize on the growing demand for a variety of transaction options. The «flexible credential» feature, already available in Hong Kong, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, lets customers use a single card to pay from different funding sources, the payments processor said. Customers are increasingly prioritizing convenience and flexibility in payments, especially as e-commerce flourishes, prompting companies to take proactive steps to maintain their edge in an industry being reshaped by digital disruptors.

A financially literate and economically empowered female population means more informed financial decisions at the household level, increased savings and investment, and ultimately, a more robust and inclusive economy. In an era of complex financial landscapes, the persistent gender gap in financial literacy remains a significant barrier to women's economic empowerment.

Asian Champions Trophy hockey here on Tuesday. India raced to a 2-0 lead in the first half through goals from Sangita Kumari (3rd minute) and Deepika (20th) before Korea mounted a strong comeback in the third quarter and drew parity with goals from Yuri Lee (34th) and skipper Eunbi Cheon (38th). But the match was far from over as Deepika scored from the spot in the 57th minute to eke out a close win for India.

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group swung back to profitability in the July-September quarter, boosted by its Vision Fund investments

bitcoin climbed to yet another record high. The world's largest cryptocurrency topped $87,000 for the first time on Monday. As of around 3:45 p.m. ET, bitcoin's price stood at $87,083, per CoinDesk, up over 28% in the last week alone. Dogecoin observed a dramatic surge, rising nearly 45% to $0.4037 in the past 24 hours. This rally adds to its impressive growth of 145% since Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 US presidential election.