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NXP Semiconductors plans to invest over USD 1 billion to double its research and development activities in India over the next few years, a top company official said on Wednesday. Speaking at Semicon India 2024, NXP Executive Director, President and CEO Kurt Sievers said the company is engaging with the whole industry, downstream in the automotive sector, industrial sector, which is going to make India extremely powerful as an economy. «In that context, NXP is committed to double its R&D efforts here in the country in the next few years, which is far in excess of a billion dollars,» he said. Sievers said NXP has been present in India for about 50 years.

Niti Aayog to prepare a framework for future pandemic preparedness has suggested enacting separate legislation to handle public health crises. The report titled 'Future Pandemic Preparedness and Emergency Response — A Framework for Action' said learning from the experience of COVID-19, the experts have realised that responding in the first 100 days of an outbreak is crucial for effective management. «A separate Public Health Emergency Management Act (PHEMA) is proposed to facilitate the management of any public health crisis. »The PHEMA can address various aspects beyond epidemics, including non-communicable diseases, disasters, and bio-terrorism, and should be in place for a developed country," it said.

NITI Aayog has proposed enacting a new Public Health Emergency Management Act (PHEMA), setting up of a special pandemic preparedness and emergency response fund and creating an institutionalized empowered governance mechanism to tackle public health emergencies in future. Recommendations are part of the Pandemic Preparedness and Emergency Response (PPER) framework, proposed by an expert group set up for the purpose after Covid 19 pandemic. The idea is to put in place an emergency response which begins action on day zero and gives the required results to have disease prevention, mitigation and control in place within 100 days of the outbreak.

avoid the fate of Micromax? Why is the Indian consumer suddenly falling out of love with smartwatches? The one-word answer is fatigue. The focus on one’s health in the aftermath of the pandemic saw a large part of the population take to an active lifestyle. Smartwatches that helped measure your daily calorie burn, step count, heart rate monitor and sleep pattern analysis, became a much sought-after accessory.

A drug approved to treat obesity in adults and teens is safe and effective for use in kids as young as 6, when combined with diet and exercise

₹223 crores, while NTC Industries’ standalone net profit fell almost 78% to ₹44 crores in Q1 FY25. Even ITC, the most diversified player in the tobacco business, reported a mere 0.3% on-year rise in its standalone net profit to ₹4,920 crore in the same period. Also Read: ITC shares hit a new high post budget.

Taylor Swift says she’ll be voting for U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris in November’s presidential election.

India is one the first counties amongst the G20 nations to fulfill Paris commitments on Green Energy, nine years ahead of the 2030 target, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the International Conference on Green Hydrogen. Modi said that climate change is not just a matter of the future. «The impact of climate change is being felt here and now. Time for action is here and now.» The prime minister said that India is committed towards a cleaner and greener world. He added that the country had increased its non fossil fuel capacity by 300 per cent in last 10 years. «Solar energy capacity increased over 3,000 per cent in 10 years and we are not resting,» Modi stated.

Securities and Exchange Board of India won’t make it go away. Nor will chair Madhabi Puri Buch’s decision to stop answering questions about her potential conflict of interest prevent the opposition Congress Party or Hindenburg Research from asking them. Buch, the first SEBI chief from the private sector, is yet to respond to the opposition party's repeated questioning of her income sources, though she was quick to deny the short seller’s criticism of her past investments. Also Read: Madhabi Buch maintained complete silence for weeks: Hindenburg

insurance products unchanged. HDFC Life fell 4.4% to ₹703.40, ICICI Prudential Life declined 1.5% to ₹746.50 and ICICI Lombard General Insurance dropped 2.7% to ₹2,172.

Economic Survey 2024: Farmers should move to high-value agriculture to increase income “We need to reimagine the role of agriculture in the economy. In field crops, which are grown on 94% of our land, growth hasn’t even been 2%. So, the segment that is driving growth is not benefitting all farmers.

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India and the UAE have inked a pact that provides a framework for giving services for operation and maintenance of nuclear plants in the emirate. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Bhuwan Chandra Pathak, Chairman and Managing Director of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), and Mohamed Al Hammadi, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) of the UAE. The MoU was inked during the ongoing visit of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to India. Al Nahyan held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.

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National Institutional Ranking Framework, an official said on Tuesday. Under the 'Prime Minister Professorship' initiative, the government will provide substantial funding, postdoctoral support, and necessary resources to build research groups in these universities, Ajay Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union government said. He said the decision was taken during the inaugural Governing Board meeting of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sood said the mentorship will be given by scientists and professors from national laboratories and top institutions like the IITs.

Donald Trump is narrowly ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris. The survey, which was carried out between September 5 and 6, by Mainstreet Research USA and the Florida Atlantic University Political Communication and Public Opinion Research Lab, revealed that Trump, the Republican nominee, was leading Harris, the Democratic nominee, in Georgia by 2 points and North Carolina by 1 point. Both polls are based on the responses of at least 647 registered U.S. voters who live in the respective states. The margin of error for the Georgia poll is 3.9 percent, and the margin of error for the North Carolina poll is 3.7 percent. Patriot Polling's survey indicates a dead heat between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in seven swing states, with Trump expected to win Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. In a race with multiple candidates, RealClear Polling finds that Harris leads by an average of 1.9 percent (47 to 45.1%) in national polls. Based on survey responses, that average also includes third-party candidates on the ballot, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who withdrew from the 2024 contest and endorsed Trump.

Mint spoke with expect Apple to register up to a 20% boost in iPhone sales in India in the next three months as retailers unleash discounts and product launches to celebrate the country’s peak festive season. This, in turn, could help Apple close in on the $15-billion revenue milestone in India in 2024-25, driven by consumer thirst for the benchmark-setting company’s latest AI offerings, a natural consumer upgrade cycle, better pricing, and more affordable instalment plans.

Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired the first governing board meeting of the newly formed Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), officials said. The meeting of the foundation, which will act as an apex body to provide high-level strategic direction towards scientific research in accordance with the recommendations of the National Education Policy (NEP), was attended by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

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Mint poll of 27 economists. Inflation was 6.8% in August 2023. While inflation would be below the Reserve Bank of India’s medium-term target of 4.0% for the second consecutive month, economists have cautioned against drawing conclusions based on the current trajectory.