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A year ago, sales had grown 15% while profit expanded 26%, indicating that P&G's growth rate halved amid falling demand in the Indian consumer goods market after the pandemic-induced boom. P&G India reported sales of ₹17,429 crore and net profit of ₹1,583 crore in FY24 across its four companies-pharmaceuticals firm P&G Health, shaving products maker Gillette, P&G Health & Hygiene and P&G Home Products. In India, P&G competes mostly with Unilever's local unit Hindustan Unilever (HUL), which is over three times its size.

Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) will be releasing a new 'strategic matrix' in the near future that will be more aggressive than the previous ones and accelerate the pace of growth from a high base, IHCL CEO Puneet Chhatwal told ET. Looking at the chain's last ten quarters, as well as the immediate visibility into the current and upcoming quarters, Chhatwal said he is 'confident' of the outlook. «It's notable that Q2 has surpassed Q1, a trend we don't typically see as Q2 usually dips. This has been an exceptional outcome, particularly considering that the previous quarter was impacted by elections held in extreme summer conditions,» he said. «The market guidance for double-digit growth is well within reach-and by double-digit, we aren't talking about 10%, it could well be 12%, 14%, or potentially higher,» he added. IHCL posted a consolidated net profit of ₹583 crore in the September quarter, an over-threefold increase from ₹179 crore a year earlier.

onion prices continued this week as the quality of the kharif crop from Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Karnataka was poor and boosted demand for the old, pricier crop at a time when there was also a surge in export demand. The maximum price of best quality onions jumped to Rs 70 per kg from Rs 51/kg a fortnight back, while the average prices have increased to Rs 58/kg from Rs 51/kg during the same period at the Pimpalgaon market in Nashik. There has also been a surge in exports as Bangladesh removed import duty on onions. Traders expect prices to decline only after 8-10 days as newer crop arrivals start elsewhere in the country. Onion prices crossed the five-year high of Rs 54/kg last week at the benchmark Lasalgaon market in Nashik. Traders said it was because of supply shortages as the wholesale markets were closed for many days across the country for Diwali. There was a rise of 30-35% during the last week in the wholesale prices.

Under the scheme that began in April, the majority of the 27 companies enlisted as beneficiaries are yet to even start production. And those who have started, are producing volumes too small to have any significant revenue impact to meet the incremental targets. Some are yet to make even initial investments under the scheme.

TA Associates will acquire the Bengaluru- and US-based revenue cycle management (RCM) services provider Vee Healthtek for $250 million (about ₹2,100 crore), said sources aware of the development. TA will own a significant majority stake, while the promoter — Chennai-based Valliappa family — will retain a minority stake, added sources. Vee Healthtek, owned by South India-based Sona Group, provides a range of services, including revenue cycle management, professional billing, and IT services to hospitals, health systems, pharmaceutical companies, and physician groups globally. The company boasts a workforce of 5,000 employees worldwide, and is expected to post $100 million in revenue in FY25.

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Israel launched deadly strikes on Gaza and Lebanon Sunday, rescuers and authorities said, ahead of a US deadline for improved aid delivery to the Palestinian territory. Rescuers in Gaza on Sunday said 30 people, including 13 children, were killed by Israeli strikes in the territory's north. The first strike early Sunday hit a house in Jabalia, killing «at least 25» people including 13 children and injuring more than 30, Gaza's civil defence agency said.

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday alleged that Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will don many avatars to 'cheat' people and called the recent seaplane demo flight as one such. He alleged Naidu had been going around for two decades claiming that he had 'invented' cell phones and computers. «Chandrababu Naidu will conjure up tricks and con people to ultimately cheat them. To this end, he will don any number of avatars. The recent seaplane visit from Vijayawada to Srisailam was a similar one,» said Reddy in a post on X. According to the opposition leader, there is nothing new with the seaplane as they were being operated since 114 years while Kerala first started seaplane operations in 2013 in India but stalled them later.

Addressing a rally here, Shah also urged people to make BJP candidate Umesh Atmaramji Yawalkar win from the Morshi assembly seat, and promised to he will come back to attend Yawalkar's victory parade. «Today we have launched BJP's Sankalp Patra and Maha Vikas Aghadi's promises are only to get votes while PM Modi always fulfils the promises made to the public. Article 370 was removed, Ram Mandir was built in Ayodhya, Triple Talaq was abolished, Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Uniform Civil Code were introduced. Waqf Amendment Act will also be passed in Parliament,» Shah said.

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ballistic missile which would be able to hit moving warships or aircraft carriers at distances of over 1,000 kms. The ballistic missile is expected to be tested in the next few days by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, defence sources told ANI. The anti-ship ballistic missile would be capable of being launched from both warships and shore-based locations, the sources said.

Beside delivering several landmark judgements like the Ayodhya land dispute, abrogation of Article 370 and the decriminalisation of consensual gay sex that shaped society and politics, he was part of 38 constitution benches during his eight years tenure as a judge in the Supreme Court. During his tenure at the apex court, he rendered more than 500 judgements, some of them having wide ramification to the society and legal field.

pizza lovers disgusted as the footage, allegedly from Madhya Pradesh, shows a man spotting worms in his pizza. The man and his family had already started eating the pizza before spotting worms. The video, shared on X (formerly Twitter), has gone viral, amassing over 867,000 views and sparking widespread outrage and concerns. The caption accompanying the video reads, «Bro Ordered a Pizza and Found out insects inside it, MP,» although the exact location and date of the incident remain unverified.

James Anderson's registration for the IPL 2025 mega auction to MS Dhoni's retention for Rs 4 crore by Chennai Super Kings. Anderson, who retired from Test cricket earlier this month after finishing with 704 wickets and as the third highest wicket taker, has last played a T20I in 2009 and T20 match in 2014. It came as a surprise to everyone when the 42-year-old put his name in the IPL auction for Rs 1.25 crore.

Manipur's Imphal East district on Sunday, police said. Security forces — Army, BSF and police — retaliated, resulting in a fierce exchange of fire at Sanasabi, Sabungkhok Khunou, and Thamnapokpi, officials said. Tension remained high in the surrounding villages as farmers were unable to tend to their paddy fields due to the firing from hilltop positions towards the low-lying fields of Sanasabi, they added. To prevent the situation from escalating further, additional forces have been deployed, police said. PTI COR

Vistara merger over different retirement age limits for pilots of the two Tata Group-owned airlines as the management is yet to address the issue, according to sources. At Air India, which was owned by the government since the 1950s and came into the Tata fold in 2022, the retirement age for pilots and other staff is 58 years, whereas at Vistara it is 60 years. Vistara — jointly owned by Tata Group and Singapore Airlines — is set to be merged with Air India on November 11 as part of the salt-to-steel conglomerate's consolidation of its aviation business. The sources said resentment is brewing among a section of Air India pilots as the management is yet to formulate a common superannuation age for the integrated entity.

Vistara in November. The merger, announced on November 29, 2022, and set to be completed on November 11, 2024, will result in Singapore Airlines having a 25.1 per cent stake in the enlarged Air India. Full-service carrier Vistara, which started flying on January 9, 2015, is a joint venture between Tatas and Singapore Airlines, where the latter holds a 49 per cent shareholding. Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group on Friday said its consideration for the merger comprises the 49 per cent interest in Vistara and Rs 20,585 million (Rs 2,058.5 crore) in cash in exchange for a 25.1 per cent equity interest in the enlarged Air India.

Cinema Lovers Day on May 31. Then, September 20 was celebrated as National Cinema Day. On both days, multiplexes capped ticket price at Rs99. This was followed by re-releasing old films which stakeholders in the exhibition industry said would be an ongoing strategy if the pipeline of Hindi films is not strikingly good enough to attract footfalls in theatres. In a sharp contrast to the prevalent business strategy of multiplexes, Mukta A2 Cinemas capped prices of food and beverages at Rs99. Quite expectedly, these initiatives have borne fruits. It is estimated that 30 lakh tickets were sold across languages and formats on the National Cinema Day itself. Even Hindi films which were re-released in theatres recorded higher collections than when they were released. A prime example is the Hindi film Tumbbad, which collected over Rs36 crore on its re-release. This is much higher than close to Rs16 crore the film collected when it was released in 2018. A key reason for this is exhibitors offered tickets in the range of Rs110-150. All these favourable developments have transpired when fresh films in the Hindi film industry are failing at the box office. This shows that when tickets are priced economically people come to theatres irrespective whether a film is old or new.

Israeli strikes on two houses in the north of the Palestinian territory. The first strike early Sunday hit a house in Jabalia, northern Gaza, killing «at least 25» people, including 13 children, and injuring more than 30, civil defence said. Since October 6, the Israeli military has been engaged in a withering air and ground assault on areas of northern Gaza, including Jabalia, saying they are seeking to stop Hamas militants from regrouping there.

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Hindustan Zinc Ltd by selling about 1.6 per cent stake. Through the two-day OFS on November 6-7, the government had proposed to sell over 5.28 crore shares, or 1.25 per cent stake, with a greenshoe option to retain additional subscriptions of a similar amount. As per the official data, the government has raised Rs 3,449.18 crore from the OFS. On the first day of the share sale offer on November 6, the institutional investors had placed bids for close to Rs 3,400 crore shares or about 1.58 per cent stake.