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Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington, author and founder of behaviour tech company Thrive Global, have launched a customised, hyper-personalised AI health coach, Thrive AI Health, to improve daily habits and chronic health issues. Thrive AI Health will be available as a mobile app and will be integrated with Thrive Global's enterprise products. The company will train the model through peer-reviewed science, along with personal biometric and medical data that a user shares with the company.

Bharti Enterprises and Del Monte Pacific Ltd, on Thursday announced Abhinav Kapoor as its new chief executive officer with immediate effect. He will lead the Del Monte Foods senior leadership team across functions and steer long-term strategy for the business, a company statement said. According to Harjeet Kohli, joint managing director, Bharti Enterprises, Kapoor will also amplify focus on the B2B and B2C spaces. Kapoor was previously vice president, sales at VIP Industries, where he was overseeing P&L, multiple channels and sales, the company said in a statement, adding that Kapoor has over two decades of experience in sales and distribution within consumer businesses. He has previously held leadership positions at Cavinkare, Britannia Industries, Mondelez and Marico, the statement said. He succeeds former chief Mahesh Kanchan.

Mint Primer: The fallout of India's unpredictable farm trade policy According to one of the officials, the ministry’s budget proposals include the introduction of digital cards for farmers with geo-tagging under the PM-KISAN scheme, increasing the agriculture infrastructure fund, a push to clean plant programme for horticulture crops, including grapes and lemons, and building a team of 90,000 Krishi Sakhis (women associates in the farm sector). However, there is no proposal as of now to increase farmers' income support under PM-KISAN, the official mentioned above added.

Several plant-based milks are being pulled off the shelves across Canada due to potential Listeria contamination that has resulted in illnesses.

 Strategas' Jason Trennert says it is hard to not be involved in the stock market on 'Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street.'

Co-host of ‘The Big Money Show’ Brian Brenberg analyzes the latest inflation data and discusses California’s $20 minimum wage increase.

Jyothy Labs Ltd.(up 5.78%), Hatsun Agro Products Ltd.(up 5.60%), Zydus Wellness Ltd.(up 2.85%), JHS Svendgaard Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.99%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 0.96%), Adani Wilmar Ltd.(up 0.95%), Bikaji Foods International Ltd.(up 0.83%), Prataap Snacks Ltd.(up 0.66%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(up 0.58%) and LT Foods Ltd.(up 0.46%) stood among the top gainers.

A lawsuit has been filed in the case of a Massachusetts teen who died after participating in a spicy tortilla chip challenge on social media

Former Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Hoenig reacts to Jerome Powell saying the Fed is not ready to start cutting rates on 'Cavuto: Coast to Coast.'

dark stores of leading quick commerce platforms, especially for packaged foods, after several hygiene lapses came to light in recent weeks, said people familiar with the matter. Not just these warehouses, but direct-to-consumer food brands too have received ‘surprise visits’ from Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) officials, the people told ET on condition of anonymity. Quick commerce companies are exercising more caution — in hygiene as well as in adding small-scale new-age brands to their platforms, they said.

qingzhen. The term is Chinese for “pure and true" and can mean both halal and Islamic (mosques are known as qingzhen temples). Ningxia officials built a halal industrial park with room for hundreds of companies in Wuzhong, a majority-Muslim city of 1.4m people.

LT Foods Ltd.(up 9.61%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(up 4.57%), ADF Foods Ltd.(up 3.91%), Emami Ltd.(up 3.71%), Nakoda Group Of Industries Ltd.(up 2.58%), Parag Milk Foods Ltd.(up 2.24%), Dangee Dums Ltd.(up 2.07%), Zydus Wellness Ltd.(up 1.83%), Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.(up 1.41%) and Varun Beverages Ltd.(up 1.27%) were among the top gainers.

Five weeks annual leave is an idea whose time may have come. A decade ago, a Productivity Commission inquiry into Australia's industrial relations system, recommended governments periodically «examine whether there are any grounds for extending the existing 20 days of paid annual leave». Now, with the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association pushing for an extra week of annual leave for 1.3 million retail and fast food workers, the issue may be about to get a serious hearing.

Invesco has reduced the fair value of fintech company Pine Labs and food delivery firm Swiggy in its books, according to its half-yearly shareholder report filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). As of April 30, Invesco valued Pine Labs at $3.5 billion, compared to $3.8 billion as of January 31, and $4.8 billion as of December 31, 2023.

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Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada, the English translation of his 2015 Marathi book, Anna He Apoorna Brahma. This is pertinent in the context of the regular debates that rage in the country about vegetarian and non-vegetarian dietary habits, notions of purity and ethics of food, and the idea of free will. Yet, while discussing the culture of food, we tend to ignore why certain communities eat the way they do—is it out of choice or compulsion? Patole writes that food habits and caste cannot be separated in Indian culture.

oil marketing companies have announced a reduction in the prices of commercial LPG gas cylinders, effective Monday. The cost of a 19 kg commercial LPG cylinder has been slashed by Rs 30, bringing the new price to Rs 1,646 in Delhi.

Mumbai-based business analyst Sweta Chandra earns well, but also pays a high tax because her salary structure is not very tax-friendly, she doesn’t avail of all the deductions available to her, and invests in tax-inefficient options. TaxSpanner estimates that Chandra can save more than Rs.91,000 in tax if the taxable allowances in her salary are replaced with tax-free emoluments and her employer offers her the NPS benefit. She also needs to invest in the pension scheme on her own.

inflation, incomplete transmission of the 250 basis point policy rate hikes since May 2022 could delay reversal of the rate cycle by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

In FY14, the headline inflation in the country stood at 9.4%. In a matter of 10 years, the headline inflation has dropped to 5.5% in FY24, according to data provided by the Ministry of Finance.

barbeque season kicks off, experts advice Canadians to take precautions when grilling red meats and hot dogs. While those tempting char marks add flavour, they also carry potential health risks.Fortunately, you can enjoy your favourite grilled foods while minimizing the danger.Cooking meat at high temperatures can create potentially harmful chemicals.