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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned eight companies, including pharmacy giants CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA), against manufacturing or marketing unapproved ophthalmic drug products.

By Saeed Azhar and Lananh Nguyen

BJP workers locked up Union minister Subhas Sarkar in their party office in West Bengal's Bankura on Tuesday, alleging that he was being "dictatorial" in running the district unit. Sarkar, the MoS for Education and MP of Bankura, was chairing a meeting around 1 pm when a group of BJP workers shouting slogans marched into the party's district office and locked him up. One of the protesters, Mohit Sharma, alleged that Sarkar was not giving importance to dedicated party workers and making people close to him members of the district committee.

Piyush Goyal on Tuesday suggested the auto industry not to import components unnecessarily if the exporting country is not giving equal access to Indian players. He however said that companies can import quality products if those are not available or manufactured domestically. «Where things are being unnecessarily imported without India getting an equal opportunity in those countries I would be tempted....,» he said here at the annual convention of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers. He did not elaborate on these remarks. Goyal also said that the government may have to look at the practices of some of the players in the sector who get dictated by their parent companies on sourcing and pricing of imports of components.

Nipah virus management," Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. The health department of Kerala suspects two more people of the same family to be infected by the Nipah virus and their samples have been sent for testing. The state government has also established a control room in Kozhikode district.

₹1.5 lakh threshold to qualify for state payouts. The idea of charging customers separately for a charger came in handy for some, enabling a lower vehicle price, but this dodge was called out by policy monitors. While grey areas may exist in letter over how the product is defined, the spirit of a qualifying price cap was clear all along.

In the end, the 2023 G20 Leaders Summit was over almost before it started. Halfway through Day 1, Indian negotiators had hammered out a consensus on the Leaders’ Declaration that, in the words of India’s G20 Sherpa, had “absolutely no dissent, no footnotes, no chair summaries." It was that rare example of a well-achieved global consensus. With 112 outcomes and presidency documents, India’s was arguably also the most productive G20 presidency, having more than tripled the substantive output of previous presidencies.

Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called upon domestic defence companies to invest more in research and development for India to keep pace with the evolving world. Addressing the North-Tech Symposium, jointly organised by the army's Northern Command, the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) and IIT-Jammu, Singh described the country's defence manufacturing sector as «imaginative, innovative, dynamic and progressive». «Though research and development (R&D) is a risky venture as it requires out-of-the-box thinking and sometimes does not give desired results, it still remains one of the basic elements for the development of any country,» he said.

Household products and personal care sector can generate up to an additional USD 62 billion in annual business value by 2030 if it makes nature a central focus of its operations, a new research by the World Economic Forum (WEF) said on Tuesday. The projection is part of a broader USD 10.1-trillion business opportunity that could be unlocked by 2030 if more nature-positive solutions are embraced by the private sector, the WEF said. By emphasising on water stewardship, responsible sourcing, nature conservation, and circularity, household products and personal care sector can reshape its role in halting and reversing nature loss by 2030, the research titled Nature Positive: Role of the Household and Personal Care said. The sector currently generates around USD 700 billion in annual revenue, but sometimes at the expense of the environment. For instance, the cosmetics industry alone produces 120 billion packaging units a year.

airport during his return. The India visit was far from smooth for the Canadian delegation as it came amidst the rough patch in Indian-Canada relations due to Canada's non-committal and soft stand on anti-India activities in various parts of Canada. In a bilateral meeting with Justin Trudeau, PM Modi expressed strong concerns about anti-India activities in Canada.

Unions aren’t the force in the U.S. that they used to be. That doesn’t mean they can’t pack a punch.

BJP workers locked up Union minister Subhas Sarkar in their party office in West Bengal's Bankura on Tuesday, alleging that he was being «dictatorial» in running the district unit. Sarkar, the MoS for Education and MP of Bankura, was chairing a meeting around 1 pm when a group of BJP workers shouting slogans marched into the party's district office and locked him up. One of the protesters, Mohit Sharma, alleged that Sarkar was not giving importance to dedicated party workers and making people close to him members of the district committee. «Some of us have been show-caused.

₹600 crore by selling scrap. Moreover, the centre is aiming to earn ₹1,000 crore by October. The centre managed to generate revenue of ₹600 crore till August by selling waste in the form of weeded out files, discarded equipment and obsolete vehicles, reported News18.

Chevron and the Offshore Alliance of trade unions have been sent back to mediation ahead of a full bench hearing of the Fair Work Commission set for September 22 in a last-ditch effort to resolve the protracted industrial dispute that is threatening Australia’s LNG exports.

Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday claimed that the BJP-led central government was planning to use the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Income Tax (IT) Department to target the leaders of opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh, similar to the action going on in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan where the grand old party is in power. He also said that as per the poll surveys, the Congress would come to power in Madhya Pradesh after the assembly elections to be held by the year-end. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit back at Singh, and asked why the Congress leaders were afraid of the central agencies as they work independently.

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday praised the central bank for keeping a lid on inflation with double-digit interest rates and said there were no insurmountable challenges when it came to limiting the rouble's volatility.

By Huw Jones

Ganesh Chaturthi, the festival celebrating the birth of Lord Ganesha, stands as one of India's most cherished and widely observed festivals, particularly in the state of Maharashtra. This year, it is scheduled from Tuesday, September 19, to Thursday, September 28. The arrival of Lord Ganesha marks the onset of the auspicious ten-day celebration.

By John Kruzel

FIR was lodged by the Manipur Police allegedly on the basis of the contents of his book published in January 2022. The top court also protected a professor against possible coercive action in connection with another FIR lodged on the basis of his alleged speech made in public. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of the submissions that no lawyers were willing to take up their cases and appear in the Manipur High Court. «Issue notice.

Shah Rukh Khan on his way to create a hat-trick at the box-office? After rescuing Bollywood from a dry spell with the action-packed espionage thriller ‘Pathaan’ earlier this year, King Khan is back with another action-extravaganza ‘Jawan’. Armed with a stellar cast, led by the Bollywood Baadshah in a dual role, ‘Jawan’ has created history at the box-office. As per a report by the Indian box-office tracking portal Sacnilk.com, ‘Jawan’ has crossed Rs 319 crore at the domestic box-office within five days of its release! In Hindi, the action flick minted Rs 282.58 crore, in Tamil and Telugu, the film earned Rs 21 and Rs 15 crore respectively. ‘Jawan’ is also the only movie to cross Rs 35 crore in dubbed languages. Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter to share the box-office collections of the movie. “300 CR NOT OUT *TODAY*… UNSTOPPABLE — UNSHAKABLE… #Jawan SUPERB HOLD on a working day [Day 5], after a 4-day *extended* weekend… Thu 65.50 cr, Fri 46.23 cr, Sat 68.72 cr, Sun 71.63 cr, Mon 30.50 cr. Total: Rs 282.58 cr,” he wrote.