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Piyush Goyal recently held a crucial meeting with several prominent stakeholders from the pharmaceutical industry to address concerns of pharmaceutical exporters. The meeting held on Wednesday was attended by the General Secretary of the Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IMDA), along with several other prominent stakeholders from the pharmaceutical industry. According to a statement by minister's office, the discussions aimed to address the pressing challenges faced by pharmaceutical exporters and explore potential solutions to enhance India's global standing in the sector.

Justin Trudeau admitted that his government had not provided «hard evidentiary proof» when accusing India of involvement in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said Trudeau’s statement «only confirms» what New Delhi has maintained «consistently all along.» The MEA also blamed Trudeau's «cavalier behaviour» for damaging relations between India and Canada. «What we have heard today only confirms what we have been saying consistently all along—Canada has presented us no evidence whatsoever in support of the serious allegations that it has chosen to level against India and Indian diplomats,» MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in an official statement. He added, «The responsibility for the damage that this cavalier behaviour has caused to India-Canada relations lies with Prime Minister Trudeau alone.»

rape and murder of a young woman, whose half-charred and semi-clad body was recovered by Nadia district police in West Bengal on Wednesday morning in Nadia’s Krishnanagar near a Durga Puja pandal. The body of the woman was reportedly found in a place which was close to the office of the Superintendent of Police’s earlier this morning. The girl went missing since Tuesday evening. As per statements provided by the family members of the victim, the girl went out on Tuesday evening. Her family started searching for her after she did not return home till late hours.

Gypsy-Rose Blanchard expressed sadness over her late mother Dee Dee Blanchard not getting to know her future granddaughter. In a recent episode of The Viall Files podcast, Gypsy-Rose shared her feelings about the situation. Gypsy-Rose, who was released from prison in December 2023 after serving eight years of a 10-year sentence for conspiring to murder her mother, is currently expecting a baby girl with her boyfriend Ken Urker. She explained, «I do, from time to time, think about what could have been, and it makes me sad.» Reflecting more on the past, Gypsy-Rose mentioned that Kristy, her stepmother, has played a significant role in her life. “Kristy is going to be grandma,” she stated.

working conditions, and recognition of their newly-formed labour union, the Samsung India Workers Union (SIWU). What was the state government’s role? Initially, the state government did not step in to help resolve the dispute after workers at the Sriperumbudur plant struck work on September 9. It was only a few weeks later when chief minister M.K. Stalin returned from a trip to the US that the government decided to engage in talks with the workers.

Thomas Tuchel was hired as England coach on Wednesday and will take on the challenge of ending the national team's decades-long wait for a trophy. The German, who previously managed Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Bayern Munich, will begin his tenure in January ahead of the 2026 World Cup in the United States. The English Football Association said Tuchel had been identified as the «preferred candidate» after what it described as an extensive search to replace Gareth Southgate, who stepped down after the European Championship in July.

Uday Kotak backed Kotak Mahindra Bank’s ambition to be India’s third largest private sector lender could expose it to significant M&A risk given the integration challenges and the weaker RoA of smaller banks, Bernstein Research a part of the Société Générale group has said. The brokerage house also said that given the high growth outperformance ask, inorganic growth would almost be inevitable for Kotak Mahindra to achieve its ‘Top 3’ objective. To emerge as the third most profitable private sector bank, Kotak will need an organic earnings growth which is 7% percentage points higher than Axis which looks unlikely, it said. In a recent interview with The Economic Times, Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO Ashok Vaswani had said that he aspires that the bank would become the third largest private sector bank by profits by 2030.

GCCs) in India to provide centralised support to their businesses. Large Indian corporations are also building such facilities, often to beef up their technology capabilities. Reliance Industries, Adani Group, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) and Bank of Baroda are among Indian entities that have set up such centres locally in the past two to four years. Indian firms are estimated to have set up around 50 GCCs in the last couple of years in sectors like telecom, financial services and automotive, said Arindam Sen, GCC leader and partner for media, entertainment and telecommunications practice at EY India.

IndiGo's market share rose to 63 per cent while that of Air India climbed to 15.1 per cent in September 2024, as per the data released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). AIX Connect, which was merged with Air India Express this month, topped the list of airlines in terms of On Time Performance (OTP) at 70.1 per cent, replacing Akasa Air, whose OTP slipped to 62.1 per cent.

Blinkit, the quick-commerce arm of food delivery major Zomato, has rolled out 10-minute returns for footwear and clothing categories. “Customers can initiate a return/ exchange in case of a size or fit issue with the delivered product. This solves a crucial problem of size anxiety for categories like clothing and footwear,” Albinder Dhindsa, chief executive of Blinkit, wrote in a post on microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter). Dhindsa said that the Zomato-owned platform has been testing the return feature in Delhi NCR for a few weeks and has now enabled it for Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Pune, with plans to expand to more cities soon.

Diddy' Combs is facing new civil lawsuits alleging multiple rapes and sexually abusing minors. Six new people have sued music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, claiming sexual assault, rape, and sexual abuse. The first accusers of 120 alleged victims to file civil lawsuits against Combs, 54, were two Jane Does and four John Does, who filed the lawsuits in New York on Monday. Earlier this month, Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee made the announcement, as reported by USA Today.

The report highlights that Gurugram has experienced the most significant increase in newly-launched housing prices, jumping from Rs 7,500 per square foot in 2019 to Rs 19,500 per square foot in 2024. It marks an increase of 160% in five years. Noida has experienced a price jump from Rs 6,500 in 2019 to Rs 16,000 in 2024, reflecting a rise of 146% in five years. Bengaluru prices has risen from Rs 5,051 in 2019 to Rs 10,020 in 2024, a notable increase of 98% in five years. In Hyderabad, the price rose from Rs 4,686 in 2019 to Rs 8,500 in 2024, representing an 81% rise in five years. Chennai recorded a surge from Rs 4,451 in 2019 to Rs 8,023 in 2024, indicating an 80% rise during the five-year period.

Microsoft on Monday said that its vice president of GenAI research, Sebastien Bubeck, is leaving the company to join ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. It was unclear what role Bubeck would assume at the Microsoft-backed AI startup. «Sebastian has decided to leave Microsoft to further his work toward developing AGI,» a spokesperson for Microsoft said, adding that the company looks forward to continuing their relationship through Bubeck's work with OpenAI.

Google said on Monday it signed the world's first corporate agreement to buy power from multiple small modular reactors to meet electricity demand for artificial intelligence. The technology company's agreement with Kairos Power aims to bring Kairos' first small modular reactor online by 2030, followed by additional deployments through 2035. The companies did not reveal financial details of the agreement or where in the U.S. the plants would be built. Google said it has agreed to buy a total of 500 megawatts of power from six to seven reactors, which is smaller than the output of today's nuclear reactors.

Taiwan's defence ministry on Tuesday detailed the surge in Chinese warplane activity around the island during war games the previous day, saying it had detected a record 153 Chinese military aircraft. China held a single day of what it called "Joint Sword-2024B" drills on Monday as a warning to «separatist acts», following last week's national day speech by Taiwan President Lai Ching-te that Beijing denounced. In its daily update on Chinese military activity around the island in the previous 24 hours, Taiwan's defence ministry said it spotted 153 Chinese military aircraft, updating a figure given on Monday evening of 125 which it had already said was a record high for a single day.

Wipro has rolled out a new hybrid work policy that requires employees to work from the office three days a week. Announcing the new policy, Saurabh Govil, Chief Human Resources Officer at Wipro, highlighted the company's focus on a «balanced» work environment that fosters «innovation» through in-person collaboration, while also respecting the personal needs of its associates. The policy allows Wipro employees to select their in-office days based on their need for collaboration, while maintaining the flexibility to work remotely for the remaining days.

festive season sales, according to industry insiders. While trends point towards a 35-50% jump in the total number of transactions this year against the festive months of last year, a significant chunk of the payments was through credit cards, EMIs (equated monthly instalments) and pay-later modes. «Between October 3 and 12 this year, our platform saw a remarkable 106% increase in credit card transactions and a 60% rise in UPI transactions compared to the Navratri season last year,» said Rahul Kothari, chief operating officer at Razorpay, which offers omnichannel payment capabilities to merchants.

rural employment scheme fell for the 11th consecutive month in September from a year before, a decline that experts attributed to the impact of strong economic activities that open up more remunerative job opportunities and to a favourable base effect. About 18.93 million people sought work in September under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), down 14.2% year-on-year, showed preliminary data compiled by the rural development ministry.

Bharat Milap fair in Varanasi, leaving some people injured. Opposition Samajwadi Party and Congress slammed the Yogi Adityanath government over mismanagement at the historic event. According to eyewitnesses, the incident took place on Sunday when the police stopped the Yadav brothers, who carry the Pushpak Viman during the performance, from advancing with Lord Ram's Pushpak Viman, resulting in a verbal altercation between both sides. Rumours of baton charge by cops soon spread across various social media platforms. The police, however, denied allegations of any 'lathi charge' at the event, held at Nati Imli here. Later in the evening, Ashok Kumar Singh, the in-charge of Nati Imli police outpost, was suspended without a stated reason, according to Varanasi Commissionerate.

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi held a high-level meeting on Monday with senior officials from the Jal Board, Flood and Irrigation Department, Revenue Department, and all district officials ahead of the Chhath Puja. The Chief Minister instructed the officials to start all necessary preparations in advance to avoid last-minute rushes, ensuring that devotees face no difficulties during the festival. CM Atishi emphasized that Chhath Puja is a festival of faith for millions of devotees and assured that the Delhi Government is committed to ensuring the festival is celebrated with joy and that devotees can worship Chhathi Maiya without any inconvenience.

Iran said Monday it currently sees «no grounds» for its indirect talks with the United States via intermediary Oman, citing the crisis in the Middle East. In June, Tehran said it had engaged in indirect talks with Washington via Muscat, despite the two countries having no diplomatic relations. US news website Axios reported at the time that officials from Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman «on how to avoid escalating regional attacks».