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Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT) has seen its stock price surge by more than 11% in premarket trading after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted and filed its Efficacy Supplement application to the Biologics License Application (BLA) for ELEVIDYS.

uncle, Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said he would have easily become the party president had he been the son of the «senior» leader. The Nationalist Congress Party president, who rebelled against his uncle Sharad Pawar last year to join the Shiv Sena-BJP government, also denied the allegation that corruption cases forced him to switch sides. Speaking at a party function here, Ajit Pawar said he was accused of «stealing» the party founded by Sharad Pawar, but the Election Commission of India and Maharashtra assembly Speaker gave rulings in his favour (affirming that the Ajit faction was the real NCP). «Had I been born to the senior (leader), I would have become party president naturally, in fact, the party would have come under my control. (But) I too was born to your brother,» he said, without naming his uncle.

Navalny died in prison inside the Arctic Circle. The prison service in the Yamalo-Nenets district said he had "felt unwell" after a walk on Friday. The report cited Federal Penitentiary Service as saying, "After a walk on February 16 the convict did not feel well and fainted almost instantly.

A major milestone for Cboe Global Markets and BlackRock has been reached this week, as the listings exchange firm added the asset managers iShares ETFs to its Australian platform.

The multicurrency wallet is currently contacting customers directly with Wyre log-in details and instructions on how to reactivate their accounts. Users will then be able to migrate these details to the RockWallet platform.

Empower has achieved record earnings as the firm’s retirement and wealth management services posted strong growth in 2023.

ALSO READ: 'Mamata Banerjee is known for genocide of Hindus': Smriti Irani slams Bengal CM after Sandeshkhali violence Malviya accused Banerjee of "protecting a criminal and negating sexual exploitation of poor marginalised women, who come mostly from the SC/ST communities". He informed that the BJP delegation "will now visit the Governor to highlight the complete collapse of law and order in Bengal".

By Kanishka Singh

Lok Sabha privileges committee summoned Chief Secretary BP Gopalika, DGP Rajeev Kumar and other officials, a six member BJP’s Fact-Finding team, comprising two Union Ministers and four MPs, were stopped at Rampur, on their way to Sandeshkhali on Friday. The Committee urged the police to allow them but the area was barricaded and cordoned off. The team said they will meet Governor CV Ananda Bose in Kolkata today and complain to him on the issue. Apart from DGP Kumar and Gopalika, North 24 Parganas DM, Basirhat SP and additional SP have also been summoned for «oral evidence» in Delhi on Monday, based on a complaint of police brutality which led to Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar injuries in Taki “What else can the state government do? The government wants to suppress the fact and so they stopped us. We have come here to give justice to the people,” Union Minister of States (MoS)-Education Annapurna Devi said.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made an exit from the Grand Alliance and joined hands with the NDA, however, RJD still seems hopeful of Kumar again making a 'U-turn' as RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav said that «doors remain open». When asked about giving a chance to Nitish Kumar again, Lalu Prasad Yadav said, Ab aayenge toh dekhenge, khula hi rehta hai darwaaza' (if he will we will see, door remains open)." A day earlier, the duo was seen exchanging pleasantries in a brief encounter at the state assembly. Despite their brief interaction, the footage of their meeting became widely discussed on social media. This was the first meeting between the two leaders since their recent separation.

By Andrew Goudsward

Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies moved little on Friday and were set for a muted weekly performance as markets remained largely convinced that the Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates early this year.

Investing.com-- Gold prices moved little in Asian trade on Friday after retaking a key level as weak U.S. retail sales data spurred some doubts over when the Federal Reserve will begin cutting interest rates.

First, says Sanju Ballurkar, President of EXPERIS, this is not just a problem in India but is seen across the world. “Women representation in the tech industry is less than 27% for various reasons including but not limited to the gender pay gap, lack of similar opportunities as compared to their counterparts, sexism and harassment. It is more a reflection of broader societal challenges rather than just an isolated industrial issue. Addressing this requires extensive collaboration across all sectors of society to ensure a fair representation of women in the tech workforce,” he says.

Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2023-24: The new scheme of the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) 2023-24 which is popularly known as Sovereign Gold Bond 2024 opened on 12th February 2024. The new series of the SGB will remain open till 16th February 2024. This means investors have just one day in hand to apply for the Series IV of SGB. As per the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Sovereign Gold Bond Series IV price has been fixed at ₹6,263 per gram. However, an online applicant can save ₹50 per gram as the RBI has announced a ₹50 per gm discount for an online applicant.

-Bharat Bandh and farmers protest: Farmers' umbrella body Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), along with central trade unions, have called for 'gramin bharat bandh', or nationwide strike today, February 16. This Bharat Bandh call will take place from 6 am to 4 pm amid ongoing ‘Delhi Chalo’ march that will mark its fourth day today to press the centre for farmers' demands relating to the agriculture sector, including a law guaranteeing Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops.

White House has confirmed that Russia is developing a capability to target satellites in space and called Moscow's pursuit of this particular capability «troubling.» White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said the US is closely monitoring this Russian activity and will continue to take it seriously amid reports of Moscow reportedly developing a space-based nuclear weapon designed to disable or destroy satellites. While addressing a press briefing on Thursday (local time), John Kirby said, «While I am limited by how much I can share about the specific nature of the threat, I can confirm that it is related to an anti-satellite capability that Russia is developing. I want to be clear about a couple of things right off the bat.»

Republican lawmakers bashed and Democrats praised a Department of Labor investment advice proposal Thursday at the second congressional hearing on the measure since the beginning of the year.

AI technology with large organisations such as Service Now, ANSR churning out their own large language models (LLMs) and others such as TeamLease and GetWork serving unique use-cases using GenAI. Global tech leader Service Now partnered with Hugging Face to roll out the Now LLM, an instruction fine-tuned version of a model in the StarCoder model family, for HR leaders to drive productivity and operational efficiency by reducing redundant and manual tasks. «Now Assist, powered by our proprietary Now LLM, helps HR managers to handle issues from payroll discrepancies to paperwork changes without needing to sift through loads of information,» Sumeet Mathur, vice president & managing director, ServiceNow India Technology & Business Centre.

Kylian Mbappe has told officials at Paris Saint-Germain that he intends to leave when his contract expires at the end of the season, a source close to the Ligue 1 champions said on Thursday. The 25-year-old, who arrived in Paris from Monaco in 2017, had extended his contract in 2022 until 2024 but last summer declined to activate a clause allowing him to stay another year at PSG. Mbappe has been widely tipped to move to Real Madrid and, according to a source close to the matter, has already entered negotiations with the Spanish giants.

Electric vehicle (EV) owners in Canada may start to see their insurance rates jolt in the coming years, a new report indicates.