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Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy, the revolutionary new drugs for weight loss used by the likes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Hollywood stars, have become all the rage among the country’s swish set, too. According to doctors and fitness experts, queries come in every other day from (well-heeled) patients, asking whether they can take the expensive, injectable drugs to shed those stubborn kilos. “It’s coming up in conversations everywhere. Patients ask me about it all the time,” says Ambrish Mithal, chairman and head of endocrinology, Max Healthcare. There are a lot of people interested in taking Ozempic because “the weight loss is so dramatic”, says Kiran Sethi, medical director, Isya Aesthetics.

Cytiva on Thursday opened a new manufacturing facility and Experience Centre in Pune. The new facility will double Cytiva's manufacturing capacity in India and provide critical training programmes to accelerate the development of novel therapeutics.

Sectorally, buying was seen in capital goods, IT, consumer durables, auto, and bank stocks while power, utilities, healthcare, and telecom stocks witnessed selling pressure. Stocks that were in focus on Thursday include names like Kaynes Technology (up more than 4%), Syrma SGS (rose more than 6%), and Cromandel International (that closed with gains of nearly 2%). Kaynes Technology and Syrma SGS rose over 40% in the last 3 months while Coromandel International also recorded gains of more than 20% in the same time period. We have collated a list of three stocks that either hit a fresh 52-week high, or all-time high or saw a volume or a price breakout. We spoke to a analyst Vivek Mashrani on how one should look at these stocks the next trading day entirely from an educational point of view. Here’s what the CFA and Director at Technofunda Ventures Private Limited had to say: Kaynes Technology Kaynes Technology has been forming continuous higher highs with excellent uptrend.

Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures were broadly lower as traders awaited a batch of fresh labor market data over the final two days of the trading week. Meanwhile, attention remains focused on the bond market after a rally in sovereign debt on Wednesday provided some relief to battered stock markets, and crude prices remain on the back foot after their steepest one-day decline in over a year.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stirred a significant controversy on Wednesday with his remarks on the transgender community and gender issues, aligning his views with those of Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy, a potential Republican presidential nominee for the 2024 US elections. During his closing speech at the 2023 Conservative Party conference, Sunak firmly asserted that individuals cannot freely choose their gender, emphasizing that «a man is a man, and a woman is a woman,» rejecting the notion that «people can be any sex they want to be.» In a similar vein, Ramaswamy, during the GOP's second debate, classified gender dysphoria as a mental health disorder. He stated, «Transgenderism is a mental health disorder.

₹5,000 crore in Rajasthan, a state gearing up for elections and emphasized that these projects would contribute to the state's continued development. As reported by PTI, during an event in the region, Modi initiated various development ventures across sectors such as transportation, healthcare, and education, in addition to laying the foundation stone for some of them.

medical devices such as ventilators, nebulisers, and x-ray equipment to continue production for “a limited period” amid a delay in issuing new regulatory licences, a senior official said. With the Central Drugs Standard Organisation (CDSCO) missing the October 1 deadline to provide licences to them, it is likely that those manufacturers that have already applied may get an extension for a limited period, the official said.

Manitoba voters made history Tuesday night.

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'Making Money' host Charles Payne discusses the impact of the expansion of the UAW strikes.

(Reuters) — Healthcare workers launched a planned three-day strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities on Wednesday, even as the union and the company said talks were continuing. Strikes have begun in Virginia and Washington, with additional strikes set to begin later in the day on the West Coast.

. A study on publicly-funded health insurance (PFHI) for the elderly has been reported to have raised concerns over rising out-of-pocket expenses for the poor. The key limitation of the PFHI policy, it appears, is the over-reliance on a poorly regulated private sector.

Residents from fire-stricken Lahaina are petitioning Hawaii's governor to delay his plans to reopen a portion of West Maui to tourism starting this weekend

'Making Money' host Charles Payne discusses the impact of the expansion of the UAW strikes.

Nipah virus cases, including two deaths, in Kozhikode district in the southern state of Kerala. As of September 27, 1,288 contacts of the confirmed cases were traced, including high-risk contacts and healthcare workers, who are under quarantine and monitoring for 21 days, the WHO said as quoted by AFP. Since September 12, 387 samples have been tested, of which six cases were positive for Nipah virus infection, while all remaining samples tested negative, said the UN's health agency.

Complementary medicines and dietary supplements are becoming more advanced and increasingly formulated to meet specific health goals, leading Australians to better recognise the role they can play in supporting wellbeing challenges and improving overall health.

dialysis chain, NephroPlus, valuing the chain at '1,800-2,000 crore ($200-250 million). The US-based Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) and the World Bank's lending arm International Finance Corporation (IFC) are exploring the sale of about 30% stake in NephroPlus, said multiple people aware of the development.

Mumbai: Private equity firm Warburg Pincus has acquired a stake in IT services firm Everise Holdings at a valuation of $1 billion, the companies said in a statement. While Everise’s majority owner Brookfield Asset Management will retain some of its stake, co-owner Everstone will exit as part of the transaction. Brookfield had previously decided to sell a majority stake in Everise, but Tuesday’s statement did not specify whether Warburg indeed acquired a majority stake.

Eye care chain Dr. Agarwals Eye Hospitals said it will be investing upto $150 million in next 2-3 years to almost double its network to 300 eye hospitals in India and Africa. «We are planning to open at least one eye-hospital every week, for next 2-3 years,» said Dr. Amar Agarwal, chairman, Dr. Agarwals Eye Hospitals in an interview to ET.

Assam government on Tuesday announced its plans to carry out socio-economic assessment of Assam's Indigenous Muslim communities. The chief minister office Assam in X stated, “In a meeting held at Janata Bhawan, HCM Dr @himantabiswadirected the officials concerned to carry out a socio-economic assessment of Assam's Indigenous Muslim communities (Goria, Moria, Deshi, Syed & Jolha). These findings will guide the Government to take suitable measures aimed at the comprehensive socio-political and educational upliftment of the State’s indigenous minorities.” Government has given its in-principle nod to the initiation of the process for a «Socio-Economic Assessment» of the State's five indigenous Muslim communities: Goria, Moria, Deshi, Syed and Jolha. Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma instructed the concerned authorities to take necessary measures so as to ensure the upcoming «Socio-Economic Assessment», on its completion, is able to furnish adequate data that can be utilised by Government of Assam to take steps for comprehensive socio-political, academic and economic uplift for the five indigenous Muslim communities.