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Obesity products take centre stage, in India and abroad

Smart pricing and collaborations stir the market as generic versions wait in the wings

7 Nov 2025 8:47 pm
Amit Shah: Tejashwis favourite CM Stalin heads party that compares Biharis with bidis

Amit Shah claimed Tejashwi Yadavs favourite CM, Tamil Nadus MK Stalin, belongs to a party that insults Biharis and opposes Sanatan Dharma

7 Nov 2025 4:59 pm
Interio by Godrej to execute 90 crore projects for Kochis infrastructure development

The portfolio includes a 69 crore electrical & mechanical work order from KMR) for Phase 2 of Kochi Metro, and the successful completion of a 24 crore design-and-build project for KSITIL

7 Nov 2025 3:56 pm
59% of Bihar-linked unrecognised parties fail to file audit reports, says ADR

Several Bihar-registered parties showed minimal or no electoral activity, despite declaring incomes and donations running into crores.

7 Nov 2025 3:56 pm
Welspun wins 3,145-cr Panjrapur water project to boost Mumbais supply network

Partnering with global water solutions leader Veolia, the project aims to enhance Mumbais water infrastructure with sustainable, technology-driven systems.

7 Nov 2025 3:47 pm
PB Healthcare acquires Fitterfly, for undisclosed sum

The development marks PB Healthcares goal to build a care model that reduces avoidable hospitalisations and extend health assurance to those uninsured

6 Nov 2025 8:51 pm
Piramal Pharma Q2 performance impacted by CDMO destocking development

The drugmakers revenue from operations for the quarter under review was down 9 per cent, at 2,044 crore

6 Nov 2025 8:47 pm
Kashmir pushes organic farming amid rising pesticide-linked cancer cases

Kashmir promotes organic farming to combat rising pesticide-linked cancer cases and ensure sustainable agricultural practices in the region.

6 Nov 2025 4:46 pm
India becomes second country to get access to Bayers Kerendia for heart failure condition

Finerenone (Kerendia), a drug used for patients of chronic kidney disease with Type II diabetes (2022), is now approved for the additional indication of heart failure

6 Nov 2025 11:00 am
Mixed feelings, varied hopes of Bihari migrants in Andhra over home state polls

The migrant workers toil for long hours to earn a little more than what they earn at home; but the struggle to earn a living has to continue, although the desire to return to their villages remains strong

6 Nov 2025 9:01 am
Bihar Election Phase 1: NDA-Mahagathbandhan duel plays on caste and welfarism

Besides caste that remains the strongest determinant of electoral outcome in Bihar women have emerged as a separate support base

5 Nov 2025 7:04 pm
Chhath Puja and election to delay return of Bihar workers to Tiruppur

The textile town of Tiruppur has the largest migrant population with workers from Bihar constituting 5-10 per cent, say industry sources

5 Nov 2025 5:58 pm
Rahul Gandhi shows proof that BJP and EC stole Haryana Assembly Elections

In a press conference, Rahul Gandhi presented documents and slides to prove that there were 25 lakh irregular entries in Haryana that include 5,21,619 duplicate voters, 93,174 invalid addresses and 19,26,351 bulk voters

5 Nov 2025 1:48 pm
India, Israel sign pact to boost defence cooperation and technology sharing

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Tel Aviv following 17th meeting of the IndiaIsrael Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation

4 Nov 2025 9:59 pm
Kirloskar Ferrous to invest 3,000 crore in Karnatakas Hiriyuru plant expansion

The company plans to ramp up production capacity, launch sponge pipe manufacturing, and enhance its steel output

4 Nov 2025 9:47 pm
Reel life returns to Pahalgam; Rekindles hopes for tourism revival

The arrival of the crew has reignited hopes for the revival of tourism, battered since the attack that brought all activity in the area to a grinding halt

4 Nov 2025 3:49 pm
SIR begins in UP; BLOs to visit households with forms

As part of the exercise, booth-level officers, or BLOs, will visit every household from Tuesday to December 4, to verify and update voters' details

4 Nov 2025 10:02 am
EV makers urge Tamil Nadu to extend 100% road tax waiver beyond 2025 to boost adoption

Tamil Nadu first introduced the incentive under its 2019 EV policy, later extended from 2022 to 2025.

3 Nov 2025 8:03 pm
REC approves 7,500 crore for Brookfields Kurnool renewable energy project

The 7,500-crore renewable energy project at Kurnool comprises of 640 MW of wind and 400 MW of solar capacity

3 Nov 2025 3:56 pm
Acer, Dell and HP bag laptop orders from TN government

Nearly 10 lakh laptops are to be distributed for free to college students in this fiscal

2 Nov 2025 1:58 pm
I have a roadmap for a job per family in Bihar, says Tejaswi Yadav, Opposition CM candidate in Bihar

In an interview withbusinessline, Yadav explains how he plans to provide for this scheme in a state which is in poor fiscal health

2 Nov 2025 1:00 pm
Projects worth 1.78 lakh crore to be launched by Dec: Assam CM

He said that a thermal power project worth 40,000 crore will soon commence in the State

1 Nov 2025 10:57 am
Hartek Commissions 300 MW Solar Project in Rajasthan

The project, valued at 474 crore, was awarded by a prominent global renewable energy independent power producer (IPP)

28 Oct 2025 9:01 pm
Flood warning issued for Tamil Nadu villages along Palar river after dam releases surplus water

Locals have been strictly advised not to enter, cross, bathe, or wash clothes in the river, and to keep livestock away from the riverbanks to ensure safety

28 Oct 2025 1:59 pm
Air quality remains 'very poor' as Delhi wakes up to hazy morning

An app developed by the pollution control board showed that 27 of the 38 monitoring stations in the city reported 'very poor' air quality, with readings exceeding 300

28 Oct 2025 10:51 am
Delhi to conduct 1st cloud seeding trial today once aircraft arrives from Kanpur: Minister Sirsa

Minister said the visibility in Kanpur is currently at 2,000 metres and once it reaches 5,000 metres, the plane will take off for the trial.

28 Oct 2025 8:52 am
ECI launches second phase of electoral roll revision in 12 States and UTs from Nov 4

Final voter lists for A&N Islands, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, MP, Puducherry, Rajasthan, TN, UP, and West Bengal to be published on February 7, 2026

27 Oct 2025 8:49 pm
Maharashtra signs 56,000 crore MOUs for maritime development

Investment has also been committed by Chowgule group, Synergy Shipbuilders and Goa shipyard to develop shipyards in the State.

27 Oct 2025 6:07 pm
Cyclone Montha: Andhra govt prepares action plan for relief, essential supplies

The supply of food grains to all fair price shops in coastal areas to be completed by October 26 and sufficient stock is already placed at Mandal Level Stock Points

26 Oct 2025 10:00 am
19 dead in Kurnool bus fire; AP government launches probe

Out of 46 passengers on board, 27 survived, and 12 were injured. Eyewitnesses said the fire engulfed the bus in under two minutes, leaving little time for escape

24 Oct 2025 5:48 pm
Keralas Ayurvedic medical tourism earns 13,500 crore in 2024

The sector, integrating modern medicine, Ayurveda, and wellness, is witnessing a 16% CAGR, with Kerala aiming to capture 10% of Indias $8 billion modern medical value tourism market

24 Oct 2025 4:59 pm
TN govt to provide free meals to Chennai sanitation workers, sanctions 186 cr

The announcement comes close on the heels of prolonged agitation by the sanitation workers protesting against the privatisation of waste management operations in two zones under the GCC, and regularisation of jobs

24 Oct 2025 2:04 pm
Vedanta to invest 1 lakh crore more in Odisha, create 1 lakh jobs

The move will generate over one lakh direct and indirect jobs and reinforce Odishas position as a key metals and manufacturing hub.

23 Oct 2025 10:52 pm
Assam tea production likely to be marginally higher in 2025 compared to 2024

Assam produced 627.95 million kgs of tea in 2024, contributing around 52% to Indias total production of 1203.65 million kgs

23 Oct 2025 3:57 pm
World Bank to release second tranche of $200 million for Amaravati capital project by Dec

The World Bank and Asian Development Bank have each committed to fund $800 million, totalling $1600 million (13,600 crore), for Amaravati capital city phase-I development

23 Oct 2025 2:02 pm
Northeast Monsoon submerged 16,000 hectares of farmland in Tamil Nadu: MRK Panneerselvam

The well-marked low-pressure area that lies over the southwest Bay of Bengal, off the Tamil Nadu coast, brought torrential rains to several parts of Tamil Nadu

23 Oct 2025 11:41 am
Modi to attend ASEAN Summit virtually, not in person

This puts to rest speculations on possible meeting between Modi and Trump on the sidelines

23 Oct 2025 10:44 am
AP on red alert: Low-pressure system likely to turn depression, heavy rain forecast

Red alerts have been issued for Prakasam, Nellore, Kadapa, Annamayya, Tirupati, and Chittoor districts, with forecasts of extremely heavy rainfall exceeding 20 cm in 24 hours

22 Oct 2025 3:49 pm
Chennai Rains Live: Regional Meteorological Centre issues orange and yellow alerts for various parts of the State

Chennai Rains LIVE: Find here all the live updates related to Chennai weather and rains for 22nd October 2025.

22 Oct 2025 8:50 am
Defence Ministry to take up 10,000 cr missile deal for S-400 Systems

This procurement aims to significantly bolster Indias air defence capabilities following the S-400s successful operational deployment during Operation Sindoor

21 Oct 2025 8:02 pm
Mumbai metropolitan region set to emerge as one of world's leading urban economies: MMRDA

Shankar Deshpande said in the next five years, MMR aims to achieve a GDP of about 25 lakh crore, growing at a real compound annual rate of 10%, with per capita income rising to 810 lakh by 2030

21 Oct 2025 2:49 pm
Bihar polls: RJD releases list of 143 candidates, 5 of them to fight against INDIA bloc partners

The list was released hours before the filing of nomination papers for the second and final phase was to be over

20 Oct 2025 3:05 pm
19 Oct 2025 9:48 pm
MP farmers to get 90% subsidy for solar pumps: CM Yadav

He said farmers would get a solar pump of one step higher capacity than their existing ones.

19 Oct 2025 9:55 am
Karnataka Cabinet approves 117-km Bengaluru Business Corridor

Addressing a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Shivakumar said the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project has been rebranded and cleared as the Bengaluru Business Corridor

17 Oct 2025 11:03 am
Spurt in infiltration before winter: Two more intruders killed in north Kashmir

Troops observed suspicious movement near the frontier and challenged the intruders, triggering a brief exchange of fire, officials said

14 Oct 2025 8:08 pm
Chhattisgarh coal 'scam': EOW/ACB submitted forged document in SC, alleges Cong leaders

The forensic analysis showed the use of two different fonts, proving the document was not created in court, Baghel added

13 Oct 2025 9:08 am
Gadkari to lay foundation of 436-crore elevated corridor in Puducherry

Gadkari will also dedicate 3 national highway projects worth over 2,000 crore to the nation, besides improvement works on a 14-km stretch of the East Coast Road

13 Oct 2025 9:02 am
Revised CGHS rates to kick-in at empanelled hospitals, Monday

Whether this price revision will encourage more private hospitals to support Government-run schemes in general, will depend on the impact of the CGHS revision on patients and hospitals, say hospital representatives

12 Oct 2025 7:03 pm