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Shares of Eli Lilly climbed early Wednesday after the drugmaker detailed a study showing that its blockbuster weight-loss drug Zepbound helped patients shed more pounds than Wegovy from rival Novo Nordisk

Nilesh Shah, managing director and CEO of Kotak Mutual Fund, shared his views on the complexities surrounding food inflation and its role in economic policy during a recent event. Shah, also a part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, questioned the way food inflation is being calculated and included in policymaking. Shah raised concerns about whether the free food distributed to over 80 crore Indians under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) is accounted for when measuring food inflation. The program, which provides free or subsidised food grains to a vast segment of the population, could impact the headline food inflation number, Shah suggested. «My only submission will be are we measuring food inflation correctly? For example, 80 crore Indians are provided free food. That cost is more than our fiscal deficit. Is the credit taken in food inflation?» said Shah while speaking at a Kotak MF event.

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Rahul Bothra, CFO, and Sriharsha Majety, MD & Group CEO, Swiggy, in conversation with ET Now post announcement of Q2 results. Bothra says while some of Swiggy competitors have been raising funds, that is mostly defensive capital. Swiggy has a very strong balance sheet with Rs 8,000 crore plus cash balance existing with us. They have a profitable food delivery business that continues to accrue cash into the treasury and the quick commerce business, which is expected to turn profitable in six to seven quarters and for which they have a substantial cash balance. So, there are no near-term fundraising plans. On the overall consolidated EBITDA loss and the net loss, which has widened on a sequential basis, what is adding to the pressure on the bottom line and when can we expect the loss to start narrowing? Rahul Bothra: If you look at our overall numbers, we have improved our adjusted EBITDA by 30% in our B2C GOV businesses over the last year with an improvement of Rs 147 crore.

«I think that overall conditions should favour this and then March is usually a season when auto sales pick up because it is the year end clearance and all that. So, all of this excess backlog will probably get cleared at that time. So, I expect this weakness to be there for the next month or so,» says Sunil Subramaniam, Market Expert. So, firstly to start off with the auto sector. Now, we all knew that December is the month when discounts will come in from auto companies to boost their sales, but how long do you see the weakness that we are seeing in the auto space right now also because of a high base will continue going forward. For how long do you expect that to happen? Sunil Subramaniam: I think it will last till the middle of February, I do not see a quick turn on that because one of the things which is hurting and these are the bottom of the pyramid in the auto segment, two wheelers are the lowest priced vehicles and that is where the inflation has been hurting the consumer and hence demand at the bottom of the pyramid has been weak and I think until the monsoon forecast actually translates into lower vegetable and food prices and inflation eases.

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RBI has largely been following a data-driven and evidence-based approach in its pursuit of a contextually relevant Policy, a Policy stemming from the concerns at the time of formulation and an attempt to arrive at judicious Policy prescriptions. With an uncanny ability to connect the dots and draw meaningful inferences, it is not difficult to predict the shape of things likely to come as I have done repeatedly for the last several years. But this time is different, the choices are not so stark and we are confronted with the cognizable Shakespearean dilemma of “to be or not to be”. No wonder, then, opinion about the Policy move is divided: some believe that a rate cut is necessary to shore up a flagging economy; others maintain that given the ravages of the inflationary spiral, an unchanged rate would best serve the objectives of the central bank.

Agricultural powerhouse Cargill, one of the world’s biggest privately held firms with thousands of Canadian employees, is slashing its global workforce as part of a major restructuring effort.

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FSSAI has reclassified packaged drinking water and mineral water as a high-risk food category, mandating stricter regulatory controls and annual facility inspections. The move, effective immediately following an order dated November 29, requires manufacturers to undergo mandatory third-party food safety audits and comply with enhanced quality standards. Central licence holders in this category must now submit to annual inspections aimed at mitigating potential health risks associated with packaged water production. The reclassification by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) follows recent amendments to the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011, which previously removed mandatory BIS certification requirements for certain food products.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has been struggling with muted revenue growth for the past few quarters, thanks to a combination of weak pricing and subdued volume growth. Demand conditions are still not particularly exciting, with urban demand moderating even as rural is recovering.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Freshly cooked, piping hot fish and chips, sprinkled with salt and soused with vinegar, wrapped in paper and eaten out-of-doors on a cold and wintry day. Could there be anything more quintessentially British than fish and chips? The British love what Winston Churchill called “the good companions".

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian economy is in the midst of a cyclical slowdown. The government statistics office reported last week that economic growth had declined for a third quarter in a row.

According to data released by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) today (3 December), the November 2024 figure stood below both the three-month and 12-month averages of -0.1% and 0.5%, respectively. BoE warns of rising sovereign debt impact on UK financial stability Food sales increased 2.4% year-on-year between September and November, against a growth of 7.6% in the same period last year. Non-food sales dropped 2.1% over the three months to November, higher than the 1.6% decline reported in November 2023. Similarly, in-store non-food sales decreased by 2.2%, compared with a 2.2...

Varun Beverages, one of the largest bottling partners of food and beverage giant PepsiCo, dropped as much as 5.2% on Tuesday to Rs 600 on the BSE after the Group of Ministers (GoM) on GST rate rationalization decided to hike taxes on sin goods like aerated beverages, cigarettes, tobacco, and related products to 35% from the current 28%. The GoM has proposed that the 35% special GST rate on aerated drinks, along with tobacco and tobacco products, will be added on top of the existing four-tier tax structure, with slabs at 5%, 12%, 18%, and 28%.

Swiggy shares will be in focus on Tuesday as the food delivery giant, which has seen an impressive 27% increase over its IPO issue price of Rs 390, will be releasing its financial results for the second quarter ended September today. The food and quick delivery company debuted on the Dalal Street on November 13, with the company's shares listing on the NSE at Rs 420, reflecting a 7.7% increase from the IPO issue price, while on the BSE, the stock debuted at Rs 412, showing a 5.6% premium over the issue price.

Thousands of delivery drivers in Spain working for the food delivery app Glovo will soon be full employees after the company announced that it was moving to an employment-based model

If you're an employee contributing to the provident fund, your employer might be allocating a portion of it each month to the employee pension scheme (EPS). Many employees often wonder how this scheme works and whether they can access this portion before reaching the retirement age.

Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Navneet Singh Bittu shared the data of organic food products exported during the last five years and current year in a written reply to Lok Sabha. As per the data, 6,38,998 tonnes were exported in 2019-20 for USD 689.10 million; 8,88,179.68 tonnes for USD 1,040.95 million in 2020-21; 4,60,320.40 tonnes for USD 771.96 million in 2021-22; 3,12,800.51 tonnes for USD 708.33 million in 2022-23; and 2,61,029 tonnes for USD 494.80 million in 2023-24 financial year.