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NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened a special session of Parliament on Monday with an emotive speech, for the last time from the old Parliament house, in which he paid rich tributes to the country’s democratic traditions and recalled contributions of all former prime ministers—Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee to Manmohan Singh—and said the colonial-era premises will remain a “source of inspiration" and “place of pilgrimage" for all time to come. Future proceedings of Parliament will commence from a modern building complex next to the old one, which Modi inaugurated in May this year.

China’s regime has begun to spy spies everywhere. Students are being enlisted to root out snoops, and ordinary residents are being asked to question neighbours to ascertain their patriotism. Videos instructing college-goers to serve as a “defence line" against foreign forces were reportedly beamed at a university, while a national security-themed party was held at another.

Chandra Shekhar has said that Lord Ram came in his dream and asked to save him from the people who are selling him in the market. Bihar Education Minister addressed the public at the former teacher association president late Lakshmi Yadav on her death anniversary. “Lord Ram was against the caste system. Make the country the way Ram ji wanted, then see how we will leave America behind.

Trinamool National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said his party has always urged all like-minded anti-BJP parties to come together and CPM can clarify its own stand on the INDIA alliance's coordination committee meeting. Banerjee's comments came a day after the central committee of the CPM allowed the Bengal CPM unit to field candidates against the Trinamool Congress in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Trinamool Congress also posted on its 'X' handle that «recognising the importance of solidarity in safeguarding democratic values, Shri @abhishekaitc affirmed that our doors are always open to all like-minded parties.

Saudi Arabia is in talks with Tesla about setting up a manufacturing facility there, people familiar with the discussions said, as part of an ambitious push by the kingdom to secure metals needed for electric vehicles and help diversify its economy away from oil. The talks are at a very early stage and could fall apart.

MUMBAI : Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi is overhauling its syllabus after a decade to weave in sustainability and bring in flexibility in engineering courses to engage the younger generation. The institute, established in 1961, is reaching out to India Inc, recruiters and education consultants to bring in more experiential ways of learning. The publicly funded institute is concerned that its corpus of ₹600 crore falls way short of what it needs— ₹10,000-12,000 crore—to build infrastructure and offer better options to grow the institute.

NEW DELHI : The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has extended the ceiling prices of orthopaedic knee implants for another year till 15 September 2024. In 2017, the regulator slashed the price of orthopaedic implants by up to 69%. Since then, manufacturers have been lobbying the government to raise the prices.

G20 Summit has inspired me immensely of the true potential we have as a country and our place in the world. More on this in the coming weeks and months as the new conversations begin now," Jain said in a Linkedin post. “Creation excites, and I am moving on to create something exciting," Suri said on Linkedin.

Commonwealth Financial Networks announced Monday that R&R Wealth Management, a firm that managed nearly $223 million in assets under advisement at Avantax Investment Services, has affiliated with Commonwealth’s network of independent advisors.

₹5 per kg in Maharashtra. But food inflation won’t ease anytime soon. That’s because inflation in cereal prices, especially wheat and rice, is still high.

₹80-85 trillion in capital expenditure will be made in this sector between 2022-23 and 2026-27. Debt, typically contributing about 70% of the project funding requirement, is expected to play a key role. Given the scale of the funds required, embracing risk-based pricing can help mobilize finance at an optimum cost.

Nykaa parent FSN E-Commerce Ventures' CEO Falguni Nayar has predicted India's emergence as the third largest consumer market globally by 2030, asserting she is «excited» about what the future holds for Nykaa, according to a release. Nykaa, in a joint venture with GCC's retail conglomerate Apparel Group, would open its first international store before the end of 2023, the release said, adding that Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) offers a large Beauty and Personal Care (BPC) market size of over USD 30 billion and as a region is in its early-stage journey of ecommerce adoption. India's entrepreneurial spirit, as well as young and aspirational population makes it the «best place» to build consumer focused businesses and brands, Nayar said at the FSN Ecommerce Ventures' Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2023, according to a release. Noting that India's per capita Beauty and Personal Care (BPC) consumption is likely to grow, the company said «this presents a significant opportunity for Nykaa», which already enjoys an annual consumption value of USD 80 per capita, over 5 times the national average. «India has quickly become the most preferred destination for many global brands to meet their growth ambitions...By taking an unconventional technology-first approach, we were able to disrupt and democratise both demand and supply for the industry while reaching over 98 per cent of the market,» Nayar said in her speech. Nayar said almost one-third of the GMV contribution in FY23 came from the newer businesses, with all of them being built from scratch over the last 4 to 5 years.

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TDP and the YSRCP traded barbs in Lok Sabha on Monday as Telugu Desam Party MP Jayadev Gala raised the issue of the arrest of his party chief and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu. Gala accused the ruling YSRCP in the state of indulging in vendetta politics and said it was a black day for democracy when the TDP leader was arrested. He was participating in the discussion on Parliamentary Journey of 75 years starting from Samvidhan Sabha — Achievements, Experiences, Memories and Learnings'. «Today we see an unblemished senior leader being arrested with political incarceration.

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will lead a function in the Central Hall of Parliament on Tuesday to commemorate the country's rich parliamentary legacy and resolve to make Bharat a developed nation by 2047.

renewable energy, telecom, and defence among others. In June this year, during prime minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US, India entered Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) alliance, a US-led alliance of 14 countries that aims to catalyze public and private investment in critical mineral supply chains globally.

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Sumit Deb, outgoing President of the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI). In his address during the 57th annual session of FIMI, he expressed doubts whether international Junior Exploration Companies or domestic exploration companies would be keen to participate in the auctioning of exploration licenses under the proposed regime. “We feel that the amended Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 2023 may not achieve the desired objective of establishing the required resources of much needed deep-seated and critical minerals,” Deb said. He noted that there is a need to revisit the mineral concession policy and to adopt conducive framework in line with international practices.

India and France is putting in place a partnership for security and sovereignty which has a particular meaning, France and India being two major stakeholders in the Indo-Pacific region, noted Thierry Mathou, French Ambassador designate to India. The two countries would also work for a partnership for the planet and global issues which is essential to meet the challenges of climate change, according to Mathou who till recently was French envoy to Thailand. He further noted that France is embracing the concept of “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” — One Earth, One Family, One Future- proposed by India as the outlook of the recent G20 Summit. “This Summit gave an opportunity to our leaders to assess and review the progress in our bilateral relations since the historic visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Paris last July as the Guest of Honor of the French National Day on the occasion of 25th anniversary of the France-India Strategic Partnership, at the initiative of President Emmanuel Macron.” “My role is now to implement with determination and ambition for our partnership the roadmap adopted by our leaders…Let me tell you that this is very concrete and is intended to translate into numerous programs and projects that will have an impact on daily life, such as training new generations of Indian students in France where they are welcomed with open arms; create tens of thousands of new jobs in India where French companies are already very active and fully committed to the Make in India motto; bring together our scientists and engineers to advance research and technology in all fields; improve the lives of Indians, whether through water treatment, access to new sources of clean and affordable energy, or the development of transport;

(Reuters) — GE HealthCare Technologies Inc has received a grant of more than $44 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop AI-assisted ultrasound technology, the company said on Monday.

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