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After the indexes enjoyed a solid rally on Friday, the market turned its focus on Monday to Consumer Price Index (CPI) data, due out Tuesday morning. Economists expect a headline increase of 3.3% for October, easing from 3.7% in September.

India presents a promising growth story and, ideally, a sustainable one, but the inflow of investments may not match the scale witnessed in China, said Krishna Memani, chief investment officer at Pennsylvania- based Lafayette College's endowment fund. In an interview with Rajesh Mascarenhas, the seasoned money manager said sectors like healthcare and technology can deliver exceptional growth. Edited excerpts: What is your evaluation of India and where does it fit in your portfolio allocation? India's economic growth will be decent, perhaps not as turbocharged as it has been over the last few years. But it will still be the world's largest or fastest growing economy by a wide metric. Although India is an expensive market, foreign investors may have to accept this reality to participate in its growth potential, hoping that growth justifies the high valuation. However, Indian stakeholders must remain cautious. While India presents a promising growth story and, ideally, a sustainable one, the inflow of investments may not match the scale witnessed in China. Therefore, expectations should not outpace the capital allocation process. India is attracting attention from global fund managers alongside Brazil, albeit for different reasons, making them the focal point in the emerging market landscape.

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Jubilant Pharmova (formerly Jubilant Life Sciences Limited) witnessed a 6.45% surge in its share price, reaching ₹438.90 apiece during early trade on Monday after the company's Radiopharma business received ANDA approval for Technetium Sulfur Colloid Injection. The company, in an exchange filing on Friday, said that "Jubilant Pharmova Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary Jubilant Draximage Inc.

Cost of Living LIVE Updates Nov 13: The cost of living is basically the amount of money one needs to survive in a given place - and one's most essential needs such as food, water, housing, taxes, cost of commute, healthcare, etc. The high rate of inflation has pushed up the cost of living across the globe, burning a hole in the common man's pocket.

London | There are many ways to measure the pandemic’s disappearance into the rear vision mirror. One prime indicator, in the past six months, has been the heavy traffic in business class on QF1, the flight to London.

It’s pedal to the metal for KKR’s dealmakers, who are chasing another local infrastructure asset, or two, to park in their portfolio alongside TransGrid-owner Spark Infrastructure.

In the lexicon of the Indian bourses ‘Samvat 2080’ is more than the traditional Hindu accounting year beginning today. As always, there is a renewed air of anticipation as the bourses herald the new Samvat with their decades-old practice of  Muhurat (auspicious hour) trading. Post the pandemic, while the businesses have rebound with airlines, hotel-chains, cab-hire outfits getting busy, hospitals are also seeing increased footfalls with patients preferring a physical meet with the physicians than over a zoom call and other health  needs that took a back seat during the pandemic getting priority. What then is the outlook for the pharmaceutical industry and the healthcare providers.

Muhurat trading session on the occasion of Diwali. The session will be for about an hour, opening at 6:15 pm. Here are the companies that will be in focus in today's trade: Sun TV Sun TV's net profit increased 14% for the quarter ended September 2023 to Rs 456 crore. ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) reported a 65% growth in consolidated net profit to Rs 13,734 crore.

Also Read: Diwali 2023: What is ‘samvat’ and why does it hold significance for stock market investors? These results can be attributed to increased efficiencies, a decrease in commodity prices, and a steady demand environment. “The combination of stable yields and the Indian Rupee (INR), along with limited investment opportunities in sluggish markets like China, is anticipated to channel Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) into the Indian market," Ambani said in a note.

On October 30, 2023, President Joe Biden signed a pivotal Executive Order aimed at reinforcing the safety, security, and trustworthiness of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the United States. This directive is part of the Biden-Harris Administration's broader strategy to foster responsible innovation, ensuring that AI serves as a tool for enhancing public welfare, economic growth, and national security.

Blockchain technology has the potential to completely transform the services sector by improving efficiency, security and transparency. 

Dividend Stocks: Shares of several companies will trade ex-dividend in the coming week including Power Grid Corporation of India, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL), United Spirits, MRF, among others will trade ex-dividend in the coming week, starting from Monday, November 13. The ex-dividend date is the day on which the equity share price adjusts to reflect the next dividend payout. It is the day the stock becomes ex-dividend, which means it does not carry the value of its next dividend payment from that day forward.

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medical education affordable, said Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Friday. He informed that the MD seats have increased by 93% from 31,185 to 60,202 in the time period of nine years. Singh flagged off a 32-seater bus donated to AIIMS Jammu on Friday.

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Gaza Strip, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the United Nations Security Council on Friday, warning: «Nowhere and no one is safe.» He said that half of Gaza's 36 hospitals and two-thirds of its primary healthcare centers were not functioning and those that were operating were way beyond their capacities, describing the healthcare system as being «on its knees.» «Hospital corridors crammed with the injured, the sick, the dying. Morgues overflowing. Surgery without anesthesia.

Ramsay Health Care and Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby have agreed to sell their hospital unit to Columbia Asia Healthcare for 5.7 billion ringgit ($1.9 billion), according to a stock exchange filing.

3M India, the local unit of a US-based material science company, on Friday also approved an arrangement to accelerate growth of its healthcare business in India. The company said the licensed manufacturer and reseller model will allow 3M India to continue to have exclusive access to the health care products and IP portfolio of the new entity and to continue to participate in the growing health care market in India. The distribution model will permit 3M India to act as an independent exclusive distributor of the new entity’s products in India, ensuring continued leverage for the health care business. “We are pleased with the arrangement with the new world-class healthcare entity and its affiliates," said Ramesh Ramadurai, managing director, 3M India. «We believe it to be in the best interests of 3M India and all its stakeholders,” Ramadurai added. The agreements have an initial term of five years, and will become effective upon the spin-off of 3M Company’s healthcare business into a standalone, public company. 3M Company expects to complete the global health care spin-off during the first half of 2024, subject to the final 3M Company Board of Directors’ approval and other required conditions.