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The two-day event will bring together Indian companies and several dozen Walmart buyers from the United States to evaluate their products for export, with buyers offering real-time, on-the-ground deals and prospects. Aligned with Walmart’s commitment to annually source $10 billion of goods from India by 2027, the goal of the event is to partner with the Make in India initiative, increasing exports across categories where India has expertise including food, consumables, health and wellness, general merchandise, apparel, shoes, home textiles and toys.The event will further enhance Walmart’s efforts to support India’s ambition to develop the country’s supply chain to be a leading participant in global markets, bringing together the Walmart sourcing innovation team and India-based supply chain innovators.Andrea Albright, Executive Vice President, Sourcing, Walmart, said, “Walmart has long invested in India, and sees tremendous opportunity in continuing to expand exports with our existing suppliers while developing relationships with new ones.

Iran on Thursday rejected a G7 statement which called on Tehran to stop supporting Hamas militants and taking actions that «destabilise» the Middle East. Tehran's comment came a day after foreign ministers from the G7 group of advanced economies, meeting in Tokyo, expressed support for «humanitarian pauses and corridors» in the Israeli-Hamas war. Israeli air strikes have pounded the Palestinian territory of Gaza since Hamas gunmen stormed across the heavily militarised border on October 7 to kill more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians, and seize around 240 hostages, according to Israeli officials. The subsequent Israeli bombing campaign in Gaza has killed more than 10,500 people, two-thirds of them women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The G7 also called on Iran to «refrain from providing support for Hamas and taking further actions that destabilise the Middle East, including support for Lebanese Hezbollah and other non-state actors.» On Thursday, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani «strongly condemned» the statement by the group which includes the United States, Britain, Germany, Canada, Italy, France, and Japan. He said Iran has engaged in «non-stop efforts to stop military attacks of the Zionist aggressor regime (Israel) on the defenceless citizens» in Gaza.

Wipro may not give hikes to "top performers with higher compensation" as salary revisions are made in December. The move will affect workers in the company's largest business line. Employees will receive their raises on December 1.

stark choice in the second round of its presidential election on November 19th. Sergio Massa, the current finance minister whose government is presiding over inflation of 138% and a bizarre system of various official exchange rates, is facing Javier Milei. Mr Milei is a libertarian who says he wants to tear down the system, borrowing ideas from Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman and other free-market economists.

Assam Police has arrested Congress MLA Aftabuddin Mollah for allegedly making derogatory remarks about the priests. Police arrested Mollah in Guwahati Tuesday night for making derogatory remarks on temples and namghars (prayer places) during a public rally at Goalpara on November 4. Assam's Special DGP Harmeet Singh said, “A complaint was filed and accordingly police found it cognizable as per the law and he was arrested and produced before the court.” Mollah said that in criminal activities priests and saints are involved. Several FIRs were filed against the MLA after his remarks went viral on social media, Mollah issued an apology, and the Congress party issued a show cause notice.

Wipro may skip giving hikes to «top performers with higher compensation» in its largest business line in the upcoming round of salary revisions in December, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. The move comes at a time when India's No.4 software services exporter is dealing with a plethora of problems ranging from weak client spending to tough competition from larger rivals.

Supreme Court and once they take oath, the top court will function with its full strength of 34 judges. Delhi High Court Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, Rajasthan High Court Chief Justice Augustine George Masih and Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta were appointed as top court judges.

PM Modi slams Bihar's Nitish Kumar, BJP seeks his resignation over ‘porn story Yesterday also PM went all guns blazing against the Congress in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, saying that the grand old party followed a "Laapata" model, in which development was missing when it ruled the state. PM Modi, Amit Shah greet LK Advani on his 96th birthday On Wednesday, PM Modi addressed election rallies in Guna, Damoh, and Morena. PM Modi accused Congress of playing with national security and said that it did its first scam of independence India in defence.

In Heather Reisman’s first quarterly conference call with analysts since her return to Indigo Books & Music Inc. in September, she introduced herself as both the company’s CEO and “chief book lover.”

A major Russian bank has created a solution that lets digital ruble holders perform real-time “withdrawal”-type cash conversions at ATMs.

After leading her small town through a historic and devastating wildfire season, one of Quebec’s youngest mayors is taking a step back from politics to take care of herself.

Kerala district that began a day ago continued on Thursday. The ED raided the Kandala Services Cooperative Bank near Kattakada here and several other locations, including the residence of its former president and local CPI leader N Bhasurangan.

That is not democratic. We need a reasonable peace plan to end this, this is a country whose president just last week was hailing a Nazi in his own ranks." The incident refers to the Canadian Parliament giving an ovation to 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka who served a Nazi unit in Worl War II. Vivek Ramaswamy’s position earned rebukes from the other Republican Presidential hopefuls Nikki Haley and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who said Washington should support Kyiv against Russia’s war against the country.

Diwali celebration. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the UK Prime Minister's office wrote, “Tonight Prime Minister @RishiSunak welcomed guests from the Hindu community to Downing Street ahead of #Diwali - a celebration of the triumph of light over darkness." The visuals showed that Downing Street was enlightened by diyas and colorful lights. A large number of people had joined the celebration.

New York | Cravath, Swaine & Moore, the elite US law firm that has customarily set the pay standard for its peers, has established a non-equity partner tier, in a further departure from the “lockstep” partner pay model.

A fire at a chemical plant in rural Texas had sent a massive plume of black smoke into the sky

Beyond Meat’s revenue fell nearly 9% in the third quarter as higher sales of its plant-based meat in Europe failed to make up for plummeting demand in the U.S. Beyond Meat on Wednesday reported revenue of $75.3 million for the July-September period

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told a senior Chinese military official that Moscow and Beijing should expand their cooperation on military satellites and other prospective defense technologies

Georgia’s state taxes on gasoline and diesel will be suspended until lawmakers return for a special session on Nov. 29

King Charles III has immersed himself in London’s vibrant Korean scene before the state visit later this month of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol

General Motors will not break its partnership with Andretti Global to enter Formula One and is not interested in considering other teams to partner with to gain entry to the global motorsports series