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Financial Express Chandigarh
100 mn Indians could be on GLP-1 drugs by 2030
Healthify on Wednesday announced a partnership with Novo Nordisk India, the local arm of the Danish pharmaceutical giant behind the weight-loss drug Wegovy, to provide specialised nutrition support for patients on GLP-1 medications. Alongside the deal, the company unveiled Ria Voice, a real-time Al health coach built with OpenAl. Founder-CEO Tushar Vashisht tells Anees Hussain, how India is on the brink of an inflection point for weight loss drug adoption. Excerpts:
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
FM: States to benefit from tobacco excise duty hike
© Proceeds to be part of the divisible pool
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Meesho’s ₹5,421-cr IPO booked 2.35x on Day 1
THE INITIAL PUBLIC offering (IPO) of SoftBank-backed e-commerce firm Meesho received 2.35 times subscription on the first day of share sale on Wednesday, helped by across the board investors’ participation.The three-day IPO got bids for 65,40,18,165 shares against 27,79,38,446 shares on offer, as per NSE data.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Govt taps thermal plants for room for more solar in grid
THE GOVERNMENT WANTS coal plants to invest in upgrades that would to allow them to work regularly ata lower capacity, creating space for a greater share of renewables in the power mix, according to people familiar with the matter.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Telcos gross revenue nears ₹1 L cr in Sept qtr
TELECOM SERVICE PROVIDERS gross revenue in the September quarter of 2025-26 increased by 9.19% year-on-year to a record high of ₹99,828 crore, nearing the ₹1 lakh crore mark in a quarter, according to a report by sector regulator Trai.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
ENVOYS LOOK TO PM’S CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Putin's India visit sparks Europe's push to end war
HIGH-LEVEL MEET l@ European envoys have urged Modi to tell Putin to stop the war as they are friends and that Putin listens to Modi @ Prior to this, European leaders had asked India to condemn Russian action in Ukraine in February 2022 @ Senior MEA officials, gave the European envoys a patient hearing while they prepared for Putin's two-day visit @ On previous meets, Modi had conveyed Putin to abstain from ‘war'
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Next stop 100?
THE RUPEE SLID smoothly through 90; and eventhough it was hardly a surprise — it had been knocking at the door for the past week — the media was all aflutter.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Women athletes power 5x digital lift
SHARP COMMERCIAL SHIFT
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Rupee risks steeper fall on tariff woes, weak FDI
Slide in exchange rate underscores divergence in India’s macro data
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
JSW, JFE in JV for BPSL unit
Today's announce- ment brings together JSW's exper- tise with JFE's tech strengths
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Revisiting citizen-centric saving models
Both the POSB and the EPFO are key to enhance our financial system’s ability to deliver value to the Indian citizen’s lives and manage their wealth
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Top Indian artists' works fetch ₹310 cr in a year: Report
AMOUNTS FETCHED BY the sale of theworkby top-50 Indian artists alive rose by a moderate 3% to ₹310 crore in the year, a report said on Wednesday.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Proposed TER rationalisation can unlock investment-led growth
INDIA'S MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE has reinvented itself with each technological leap. This evolution has been matched by an extraordinary deepening of mutual fund participation.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
AI emerges as key margin lever in 2026: TCS study
GLOBAL MANUFACTURERS ARE accelerating their shift toward AI-driven operations, with a large majority expecting artificial intelligence to playa central role in both profitability and decision-making over the next three years, according to the Future-Ready Manufacturing Study 2025 released by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Industry ignoring vulnerabilities in supply chain, rues Goyal
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday expressed concerns over the lack of urgency among the industry in identifying and plugging vulnerabilities in their supply chains at a time when the world has seen weaponisation of trade.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
IIT K sets Day 1 placement record with 672 job offers
THE INDIAN INSTITUTE of Technology Kanpur (IIT K) kicked off its 2025-26 campus placement season with 672 job offers on the first day, a 16% increase over last year.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Shift from silence to discourse
A DISCLOSURE-BASED REGIME IS MORE THAN TRANSPARENCY: IT'S ABOUT CULTIVATING TRUST
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Macro fundamentals are intact, FDI terrain shifted to net inflows, says CEA
CHIEF ECONOMIC ADVISER V Anantha Nageswaran on Wednesday downplayed concerns over the rupee’s sharp fall past the 90-per-dollar level, stressing that the currency’s weakness does not currently pose risks to India’s inflation trajectory or export competitiveness.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Time for India Inc to shake out of comfort zone: Uday Kotak
AS THE RUPEE slipped to an all-time low against the dollar on Wednesday, Founder and Director of Kotak Mahindra Bank Uday Kotak said it was time for Indian businesses to “shake out of comfort zone”.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Trump has lost his political superpower
HOW LOW CAN President Donald Trump go?
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Silver hits record high
SILVER TRADED NEAR a record high as traders bet on further monetary easing by the Federal Reserve and supply tightness. Gold slipped.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Crash dims rate cut hopes tomorrow
THE RUPEE HITTING a new low against the dollar has virtually ruled out chances of a rate cut in the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Friday, most economists said.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Sectors picked for higher exports to Russia
Agri, pharma & engg are natural fit for expansion, say officials
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
IndiGo cancels more than 200 flights
Disruptions likely for 48 more hours; travellers complain of no updates from airline
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Sanchar Saathi pre-installation order revoked
Govt says spike in downloads hints at app gaining traction
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Trump sees Fed chair pick ‘early next year’
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP said he plans to announce his selection to lead the Federal Reserve in early 2026 and teased National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett as his possible choice on Tuesday, fuelling further speculation about the next leader of the US central bank.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
CrowdStrike bets on India presence with tech tie-ups
US-BASED CYBERSECURITY MAJOR CrowdStrike is expanding its presence in India as leading technology and consulting firms begin integrating its Falcon cybersecurity platform into large-scale digital and AI initiatives.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Venugopal appointed Reliance Retail CEO, president
RELIANCE RETAIL VENTURES, the holding entity of the country’s leading retailer Reliance Retail, has appointed former Flipkart executive Jeyandran Venugopal as its president & CEO.
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
The ‘bot coolie’ trap
IT FIRMS MUSTAVOID REPLICATING THE LOW-COST IT SERVICES MODELIN THE AI SPACE
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December 04, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Airbus cuts delivery target to 790 jets
AIRBUS CUT ITS full-year commercial delivery target by 4% to around 790 aircraft on Wednesday but maintained its financial goals, sending its shares bouncing higher as the European planemaker cleared the air over its latest industrial setback.
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