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Maratha Quota Row: As Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde agreed to the demands of Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil, ally in Maharashtra government Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Chhagan Bhujbal tore into the state calling it a mere “eyewash". Bhujbal, who is the minister for food and civil supplies in the Maharashtra government questioned the “backdoor entry" of Marathas into the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community. On Saturday, 27 January, Jarange Patil called off his protest as the Maharashtra government responded to the demands with a draft ordinance regarding reservation in education and jobs under the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) category.

Connecticut after she ate a cookie from the American grocery store chain Stew Leonard that had not been properly labelled as containing peanuts.Órla Baxendale, a 25-year-old dancer, died of anaphylactic shock on Jan. 11 after she ate Stew Leonard’s vanilla Florentine cookies which she assumed, based on the label, were safe for her to consume despite her severe peanut allergy.

The U.N. trade body sounded an alarm Thursday that global trade is being disrupted by attacks in the Red Sea, the war in Ukraine, and low water levels in the Panama Canal

business class passengers, catering to the rising demand. After two sluggish years due to the pandemic, airlines have not only seen a rousing revival in corporate travel, boosting occupancy in the business class, but also a new class of leisure travellers willing to spend more for extra legroom and other perks. Deepak Rajawat, chief commercial officer of Vistara, said the debate over whether the pandemic would drive a shift towards work-from-home and reduce business-related travel has been put to rest. «There has been a phenomenal increase in the percentage that we carry in the front end,» he said, referring to business class flyers. Air India, under its new owner Tata group, is seeking to position itself as a world class airline and target more higher-paying customers.

Cutting taxes for lower-income Americans would improve their upward mobility, health and lives overall, and contribute to growth of the US economy — even if doing so means raising taxes for wealthier people, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said.

Investing.com — Underlying U.S. price growth rose by 0.2% as expected in December, a rate that, if sustained, many economists believe could help cool inflation back down to the Federal Reserve's target.

FMCG companies have used strong aspirational demand to cross-subsidise sales in the mass category as they negotiated a surge in inflation. Pricing power at the top end of their product portfolio is allowing them the flexibility to experiment with pack sizes to keep consumers from downtrading. Grammage in price-sensitive packages is being increased and bridge packs are being introduced to create pathways for volume growth.

Federal Reserve's favored measure of inflation ticked higher last month, according to government data published Friday, indicating that its long-running battle against rising prices is not over yet. The latest announcement will likely ensure the US central bank remains on hold at its next interest rate decision announcement on Wednesday, as policymakers continue talks on when to start cutting.

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'Barron's Roundtable' host Jack Otter discusses Biden's economy as the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is expected to take aim at Trump's economy and Big Tech stocks' impact on markets.

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday gave nod to Zomato for its online payment aggregator operations. According to a communication to the stock exchange, Zomato Payments Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Zomato, has been given the approval to operate as an aggregator in the field of online payments.

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BENGALURU , NEW DELHI : Peak XV-backed Rebel Foods that owns Faasos, Behrouz Biryani and Mandarin Oak is working towards an initial public offering (IPO), which would make it the country’s first cloud kitchen business to go public. Rebel Foods plans to file its draft share sale papers in the later half of the year and list on exchanges next year. “An IPO is an important milestone for the company since it became a unicorn.

A 25-year-old professional dancer from England who moved to New York City to pursue her career has died after eating a mislabeled cookie containing peanuts

When Lise Lalonde found out she had advanced stage two breast cancer that had already spread to her lymph nodes last July, her life came to a standstill so she could undergo a rigorous but debilitating treatment plan.

Scientists stated that they are nearer to comprehending the best method for making the human body responsive to an organ donation from another breed, in an attempt to resolve the undergoing organ shortage, as per a CNN report. Over 100,000 people in the US are on the waiting list for transplants with an average of 17 dying each day at the time of waiting. Doctors have gone through many decades conducting experiments with substitutes and several at present see some potential in the replacement of human organs which are failing with intrinsically adjusted pig organs.

The maker of Robitussin is recalling several lots of cough syrup due to contamination that could pose a serious risk to people with weakened immune systems

₹250 crore in FY23, compared to a loss of ₹66 crore a year earlier, according to a regulatory filing. “As Ola’s India Mobility business turns profitable in FY23..our focus on sustainable growth..has also set the stage for an exciting future of expansion and industry leadership," Bakshi said in a statement. The company is now divided into three business segments—Ola Mobility, Ola Financial Services and Ola Logistics—to streamline operations.

Optimism sweeps across India’s urban-rural divide as consumers turn more confident about their prospects in the days ahead, multiple surveys showed, despite inflation remaining a niggling concern. The positive sentiment portends good news for businesses, as they look to tap rising spending in an election year. At a time confidence fell in key Asian markets, Indian consumers turned upbeat in the December quarter, a McKinsey & Co.

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India has begun commercial export of pomegranates to the USA after it lifted the export ban in 2022. The government expects this move to open a big market for the Indian pomegranates, a fruit which is being increasing preferred by consumers across the world for its health benefits.