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Syngene International will be in focus on Tuesday after the company announced that it acquired its first biologics facility in the United States from Emergent Manufacturing Operations Baltimore, a unit of Emergent BioSolutions, for $36.5 million. “The new site will increase Syngene’s single-use bioreactor capacity to 50,000L for large molecule discovery, development, and manufacturing services. Additionally, it will provide Syngene’s customers with continuity of supply from its four development and manufacturing facilities located in India and North America, offering services ranging from cell line development, process optimization, and both clinical and commercial supply,” the company said in its press release.

CBSE class 10 Mathematics examination took place on March 10. According to initial student reactions, the paper was moderately difficult. Although CBSE does not release an answer key, an unofficial answer key can be accessed by students on several educational and institutional websites. The answer key will serve as an essential resource for students to verify their answers and estimate their scores. The CBSE Class 10 Mathematics question paper had 38 questions for 80 marks. The time allowed to write the paper was 3 hours. All questions were compulsory with some questions having internal choices.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s tourism sector has been on a recent high buoyed by three elements integral to Indian culture: religion, cricket, and music.

United States President Donald Trump’s tariff war has become a complicated roller coaster of international trade disputes.

Christo Grozev was in New York, sitting in a café, planning to go back to his home in Vienna. But that changed suddenly when the US law enforcement came to him and told him not to go back home. It was believed that a “red team” was waiting for him—something more than just hacking or surveillance. He stays back in the US, and this may have been a lifesaving decision for Grozev.

Moana 2 has performed well at the box office and will soon be available for streaming. The movie has earned over a billion dollars globally and continues to generate revenue. It will likely hit its final box office milestone before its release on Disney+.

Indo-Pacific could offer an alternative trading framework, but many countries—especially India—will be uneasy about China’s dominant role within it, commented Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times. He set the tone for CUTS International’s webinar on geopolitics last week. The two-session brought together global experts, policymakers, and thought leaders to assess the implications of President Donald Trump’s second term on the Indo-Pacific region’s geopolitics, trade, and security frameworks. Ambassador Meera Shankar, former Indian Ambassador to the U.S., emphasised that “Collective security, collective prosperity, and a rules-based order drive the Indo-Pacific region.” However, she noted that while economic cooperation has progressed, collective security remains a work in progress.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Thousands of U.S. companies opened for business on Friday with no idea whether they had to pay tariffs.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025 title with a four-wicket win over New Zealand in the final at Dubai International Stadium on March 9. New Zealand, batting first, posted a total of 251 runs. In response, Rohit Sharma led with 76 runs, while contributions from KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, and Ravindra Jadeja ensured India’s victory.

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) on Monday announced the launch of admissions to undergraduate promgrammes for students excelling in the National and International Olympiads. These are competitive examinations that challenge students in several academic subjects and skills. Termed as ‘Science Olympiad Excellence’ (ScOpE), this admission is outside the JEE (Advanced) Framework and students under this initiative will be admitted from the academic year 2025-2026. ScOpE is similar to the admissions through Sports Excellence Admissions and Fine Arts and Excellence modes. It will have two two supernumerary seats per programme of which one seat will be exclusively for women students..

Pawar, speaking in the state assembly, said that Mumbai's new airport will be proposed near Vadhvan port and Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train station will be near this port. Currently, India's financial hub has two airports, Chhatrapati Sivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIAL) located in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), and the other airport in Navi Mumbai, which is likely to be operational in this year. He said that 85 per cent work of Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIAL) has been completed and trials are completed, too.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tribunals were meant to be India’s answer to an overburdened judicial system—a fast-track mechanism to resolve disputes efficiently outside the traditional civil court structure. However, the idea of tribunals being a faster and better alternative to court cases has not worked out as expected.

In an email in October 2023, Richard Heys, deputy director at the ONS, said that the «sample size for the industry in the LFS survey has collapsed to only five individuals». As such, Heys told a swathe of senior recipients of the email that «there is little and falling merit in retaining the LFS».  He added: «The key point is not when the Transformed Labour Force Survey (TLFS) is perfect, it is when it is clearly superior to the LFS.» Cost of Labour Force Survey revamp nearly doubles in a year to £40.4m The emails were dated in the same month that the agency decided to pull the ...

During the interview, she explained the reasoning behind her career transitions. Her first job, at a service-based company, became repetitive after three years, leaving her with limited growth opportunities. The second company she joined underwent an acquisition, which led to widespread layoffs, prompting her to leave after nearly three years. In her current role, the work did not align with her long-term career goals. When she requested an internal transfer to a project better suited to her skills, she was informed that she would need to stay for at least 2.5 years before becoming eligible. With no immediate path to advancement, she started exploring external opportunities. However, the hiring manager was unimpressed. He was particularly dissatisfied with her response about long-term goals. When she mentioned her aspiration to become an Architect to gain a deeper understanding of projects, he questioned why she wasn’t more focused on customer satisfaction. She explained that delivering high-quality work would naturally result in satisfied customers, but her answer was dismissed as being too tech-oriented. Feeling caught between justifying her career decisions and meeting the hiring manager’s expectations, she wondered if she needed to change her approach in interviews.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. American defense companies have increased their dominance of the global arms trade, buoyed by European nations snapping up U.S. jet fighters and missiles.

Kairan Quazi, the teen prodigy, who, at 14, became the youngest staff member of Elon Musk's space tech firm SpaceX? Soon after, the youngster’s LinkedIn profile was deleted, as the platform requires users to be at least 16 years of age to avail its services. Now, he's back on LinkedIn. “Now that I’m 16, LinkedIn has let me back on the platform," revealed Quazi on Instagram. The post went viral, with many social media users welcoming him back enthusiastically. “Welcome back! We missed you." Another commented, “Back where he belongs." Since 2023, Quazi has been employed as a software developer at SpaceX, where he actively contributes to the Starlink initiative. His primary focus lies in designing data-driven solutions for complex optimization challenges, particularly in beam planning. This highly specialized role demands expertise in low-latency computing, high-efficiency processing, and real-time system development.

large language model of its own, named FoxBrain. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the company designed the model for internal use initially. FoxBrain can perform functions such as data analysis, mathematics, reasoning and code generation. Foxconn said Nvidia has supported the model through its Taiwan-based supercomputer and technical consulting, enabling successful model training.

Rodrigo Duterte said in Hong Kong that he was ready for possible arrest amid reports the International Criminal Court (ICC) was poised to issue a warrant over his years-long «war on drugs» that killed thousands. The «war on drugs» was the signature campaign policy that swept Duterte to power in 2016 as a maverick, crime-busting mayor, who delivered on promises he made during vitriolic speeches to kill thousands of narcotics dealers. The office of the current President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday no official communication had been received from Interpol yet, but indicated Duterte could be handed over.

Trump administration is boosting a powerful force in global affairs: anti-Americanism. Canadians have taken to booing the American national anthem and Panamanians to burning US flags. The British tabloids have tarred and feathered Vice President JD Vance for insulting British troops. A carnival float in Dusseldorf, Germany, displayed giant puppets of Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, shaking hands while squeezing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy between them into a bloodied pulp. A sign on the float read “Hitler-Stalin Pact 2.0.” Back at home, the Washington Post has published a guide on how to navigate hostility abroad (“dress neutrally, not patriotically”). There has never been a better time to be anti-American. Trump embodies everything critics of the US have always warned about, multiplied several times over. Yankee arrogance? He and Vance, in the Oval Office, shamelessly bullied the leader of a nation victimized by the Russian president’s aggression. Yankee imperialism? Trump bragged to a cheering Congress that he will take over Greenland “one way or another.” Yankee incompetence? His tariffs are destabilizing global stock markets and downgrading his own economy.

Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 0.57 per cent), Ashok Leyland Ltd.(up 0.49 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.33 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 0.07 per cent) were among the top gainers.

Zomato have approved the resolution to change the company's name to Eternal Ltd. Eternal will house four businesses: food delivery business Zomato, quick commerce unit Blinkit, going-out vertical District and business-to-business (B2B) grocery supply company Hyperpure. The company is rebranding itself for the second time. It was founded as Foodiebay in 2008 and renamed Zomato in 2010.