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substitutes instead of real cheese in burgers and nuggets at a McDonald's outlet last week, the state of Maharashtra will be inspecting outlets of all global fast-food chains for food regulation violations, Reuters reported citing an official. The Indian state will run a check for misleading promotion of non-cheese items as containing cheese after mcdonald's crackdown and also inspect all McDonald's outlets in Maharashtra for the same, widening its scrutiny post crackdown by the state's Food and Drug Administration (FDA). «We are planning to check all outlets of McDonald's,» Abhimanyu Kale, the FDA chief told Reuters. «We will also take action on other well-known and frequently visited global fast-food chain outlets,» he added, but declined to identify the brands being targeted.

TV advertising is touted to touch Rs 9872 crore in 2026, up from Rs 4586 crore in 2023, on the back of growing connected TV (CTV) penetration, says a GroupM report titled 'The Changing Landscape of Indian Television'. Addressable TV refers to content that is consumed across on-demand, linear, and live streaming. The report highlighted that the total number of CTV households is expected to grow by 32% to reach over 45 million households by the end of 2024. Furthermore, the report adds that there has been a 117% growth in the number of unique CTV devices from 2022 to 2023.

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By Tom Westbrook

Motilal Oswal Financial Services has initiated covering Cello Word stock, indicating an uptick of 31% from the counter's current market price (CMP). The brokerage has a buy rating for the stock with a target price of ₹1,100.

within the Indian TV industry, highlighting the transformation in audience media consumption patterns. “When we published the first edition in December 2022, we had forecasted that addressable TV household is expected to surpass 40 million by 2025. And we are very happy to admit that the rapid growth and the potential this medium has shown has exceeded all our expectations," said Rajiv Rajagopal, head-advanced TV, GroupM Nexus.

Investing.com-- Japanese consumer inflation fell slightly less than expected in January, although core inflation remained near a two-year low as consumer spending slowed amid pressure from weakening economic conditions. 

Sanofi India with a target price of Rs 9170. The current market price of Sanofi India Ltd. is Rs 9039.3. Sanofi India Ltd., incorporated in the year 1956, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 20816.69 Crore) operating in Pharmaceuticals sector.

₹449.30 apiece on the BSE. One97 Communications, the parent company of Paytm said it has withdrawn its nominee from the Paytm Payments Bank Board and Vijay Shekhar Sharma has stepped down as Part-Time non-executive Chairman and Board member to enable the reconstitution of the board.

₹1,125 from ₹1,265. The new target price implies a potential downside of 11 percent. The firm's operating profit margin (OPM) has declined to 5 percent in the nine months ended FY24 against 9-12 percent in FY15-21, the brokerage said.

Indian Bank with a target price of Rs 600. The current market price of Indian Bank is Rs 525.0. Indian Bank, incorporated in the year 1907, is a banking company (having a market cap of Rs 70452.95 Crore).

By Lewis Jackson and Sameer Manekar

Federal Reserve may begin cutting interest rates. The yen firmed slightly after figures showed consumer inflation stayed at the Bank of Japan's 2% target, rather than dipping below it for the first time in nearly two years, as economists had forecast.

Asian shares struggled to advance on Tuesday, with slightly warmer-than-expected Japanese inflation putting investors on guard ahead of price data due in Europe and the U.S. this week. The yen steadied at 150.57 to the dollar and inched off a three-month low on the euro as Japanese inflation stayed at the central bank's 2% year-on-year target, keeping alive expectations it would exit negative rates by April.

steady at 6.5 per cent for the sixth consecutive meeting on February 8, 2024, and also decided to remain focused on the withdrawal of accommodation. In its latest minutes-of-the-meeting, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said that the current setting of monetary policy is moving in the right direction, with growth holding firm and inflation trending down to the target. Also Read: RBI MPC Minutes: Job on inflation front not over, ‘last mile’ of disinflation can be sticky; 5 key highlights "At this juncture, monetary policy must remain vigilant and not assume that our job on the inflation front is over.

Day trading guide for Indian stock market today: On account of weak global market sentiments, the Indian stock market ended lower on Monday. The Nifty 50 index lost 90 points and closed at the 22,122 level, the BSE Sensex dipped 352 points and ended at the 72,790 mark whereas the Bank Nifty index corrected 235 points and closed at the 46,576 level.

Sony Group Corp. dodged a bullet when its lawyers nixed a $10 billion Indian merger that executives had spent two years trying to bring to fruition. The spurned target hasn’t been as lucky. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. has no other suitors on the horizon, and its founders’ mounting legal troubles are threatening to engulf the firm. To foreign investors, the Sony-Zee saga is a reminder of the need to approach Indian deals with an abundance of caution. In 2008, Daiichi Sankyo Co. shelled out $4.6 billion to buy Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., a generic drugmaker, from New Delhi-based brothers Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Singh. Shortly after, US regulators barred more than 30 drugs made at two of the Indian company's plants and halted reviews of new products at one of the factories because the firm had falsified data. Daiichi got pulled into a rabbit hole to win an arbitration award against the brothers for suppressing facts, and then to get it enforced. Sixteen years later, governance at many Indian family-controlled firms isn’t any better. The market watchdog, which is investigating Zee’s founder Subhash Chandra and his son Punit Goenka, the chief executive officer, for siphoning funds from the publicly traded firm, has found a 20 billion rupee ($241 million) diversion, roughly 10 times bigger than what was revealed to a preliminary probe.

Asian Paints slumped 3.9% on Monday after brokerage CLSA downgraded its rating on the stock to 'sell' following the entry of Birla Opus into the industry. The firm slashed its price target to ₹2,425 from ₹3,215, implying a downside of over 15% from Monday's closing price of ₹2,868.40. «Birla Opus is the latest new entrant in the decorative paints market, promising an incremental 40% addition to industry capacity, with aggressive sales and dealer acquisition targets,» said CLSA's analysts Aditya Soman and Vatsal Dujari in a client note. "...we believe near term its growth and margins will not be immune to this competitive pressure although it may maintain its long-term market position."

By David Ljunggren

Jurgen Klopp's last dance at Liverpool is off to the perfect start. Klopp steps down as manager at the end of the season and looks determined to go out on a high. Having collected his eighth trophy with the Merseyside club on Sunday – beating Chelsea 1-0 to win the English League Cup – he is targeting another three before he walks away. The Premier League title, FA Cup and Europa League are still within reach in what could be a glorious finale.

No praise can be too high for how Shubman Gill and Dhruv Jurel channelled their sense of purpose to secure a major victory for India in Ranchi. Two upright batsmen, both playing with straight bats and nimble feet, accessing areas of the ground with little risk, put on an unbeaten stand of 72 to seal the deal. Gill, with a two-day stubble and batting in a cap against the spinners, was the picture of calm.