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Northvolt AB raised US$1.2 billion from North American investors including BlackRock Inc. and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as the Swedish battery maker is said to be in talks to set up a new factory in Canada.

Indian market is a predominantly generics market: Branded, trade and INN. All these three categories are me-too drugs but marketed and distributed differently. Branded generics are promoted to doctors, while trade generics are sold through the trade network (with higher margins), and usually not promoted to doctors.

Life insurance. The company has allocated a capital basis of Rs. 10 billion for each of the enterprises, according to media reports.

The space race India aims to win this week by landing first on the moon's south pole is about science, the politics of national prestige and a new frontier: money. India's Chandrayaan-3 is heading for a landing on the lunar south pole on Wednesday. If it succeeds, analysts and executives expect an immediate boost for the South Asian nation's nascent space industry.

By Howard Schneider

Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Officer Jane Fraser is weighing an overhaul of the firm’s most powerful committee of decision makers as she seeks to simplify the Wall Street giant. 

Morgan Stanley analysts maintained an Overweight rating on Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) in a note Tuesday ahead of the SELECT trial data. The analysts raised the price target on the stock from DKr 1,210 to DKr 1,370 per share.

(Reuters) -Novavax Inc said on Tuesday its updated protein-based COVID-19 vaccine generated an immune response against emerging forms of coronavirus such as the «Eris» subvariant in small studies in animals.

Call the Midwife season 12 is set to land on Netflix in the United States in early September, including all eight episodes and the Christmas special. The series, after concluding its run on the BBC and PBS, now continues its journey on Netflix.

The crypto market has recently been hit by a series of developments that have rocked investors and swayed sentiment. The most notable among these is the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) move to classify numerous cryptocurrencies as securities and file lawsuits against several crypto exchanges. 

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has entered a not guilty plea in Manhattan federal court in response to a new indictment that alleges charges of fraud and conspiracy. 

The United States has long been viewed as a land of opportunity with thousands of Indians making a bid to work and study abroad every year. Against this backdrop a Bengaluru-based techie has gone viral for his decision to work and ultimately settle in India. Google employee Aanshul Sadaria opined that the ‘standard of living in India can be amazing’ and flagged the many benefits of remaining within the country.

Canada’s largest pension fund has joined a project to produce carbon credits by planting more than 100 native tree species on degraded land in Brazil’s Amazon region.

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) have failed to reduce but rather have “amplified financial risks” in less developed economies, according to a new study published by the The Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

pilots plan to form an association to challenge flying duty regulations they say cause fatigue and jeopardise safety after an IndiGo pilot collapsed and died before his flight. Former pilots have taken to social media and newspaper columns to publicly raise concerns that airlines, though operating within regulatory frameworks, are stretching them to the brink as air travel booms in India. The sudden death last week of an IndiGo pilot heightened those worries although India's biggest airline says he had a 27-hour break before duty and was in good health.Captain Shakti Lumba, a retired vice president at IndiGo, has garnered the support of hundreds of pilots who plan to come together with an existing group of 600 to raise awareness and lodge concerns over fatigue with authorities and airlines. «The main focus of the group will be compliance with international standards and recommended practices, flight safety and pilot fatigue — which is a clear and present danger to (the) safety of aircraft operations in India,» said Lumba, who was involved in setting up IndiGo's operations from 2005. India's aviation watchdog did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. In the United States, regulators allow flights manned by two pilots to serve maximum duty time of 14 hours during the day and 9-10 hours for late-night flights.

United States will impose visa restrictions on Chinese officials to address «forcible assimilation» of Tibetan children in government-run boarding schools, the State Department announced on Tuesday, without providing details or naming any officials. «We urge PRC authorities to end the coercion of Tibetan children into government-run boarding schools and to cease repressive assimilation policies,» Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.Tibet has been ruled by China since 1951, when troops took control in what it says was a peaceful liberation. China maintains that it protects the rights of all ethnic minority cultures and its constitution grants groups the freedom to use and develop their own written and spoken languages.

Indian IT engineers have a significant presence abroad, particularly in countries like the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and various European nations. These engineers are often sought after for their technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and strong work ethic. An Indian software professional is frequently presumed to pursue the American Dream.

₹533.75 crore during the session. As per the NSE data, FIIs cumulatively bought ₹8,854.08 crore of Indian equities, while they sold ₹9,349.25 crore --- resulting in an outflow of ₹495.17 crore. Meanwhile, DIIs infused ₹6,027.22 crore and offloaded ₹5,493.47 crore, registering an inflow of ₹533.75 crore.

The vice chancellor of Germany has reportedly proposed tightening the screening process for foreign direct investment from China, according to reports from local media outlets. 

crypto investors, with Bitcoin seeing its most significant weekly drop since the November 2022 FTX crash. In the past week, Bitcoin declined 11.5%, hitting $26,023.3, according to CoinGecko's data as of 5.30 pm on Monday. Similarly, significant alternative cryptocurrencies like Ethereum fell 9.7%, Ripple lost 16.9%, Solana crashed 13.3%, and memecoins such as Dogecoin and Shiba Inu declined nearly 16%. The broader market was already in a bear phase, but Bitcoin faced an 8% plunge on August 18 as Elon Musk's SpaceX reportedly divested its Bitcoin holdings, akin to Tesla. SpaceX had accumulated $373 million in Bitcoin during 2021-2022.

Private equity firm Roark Capital is nearing the completion of a deal to acquire the Subway sandwich chain for approximately $9.6 billion, according to Wall Street Journal.