BIG NEWS - Pharma companies reduce price of cancer drugs by approx 70%

Great intervention by Supreme Court in this matter. #Health #Medicine #Policy

🇬🇧 UK issues advisory for 16 Countries in West Asia & beyond for sudden incoming escalation which may cause severe flight cancellations, airspace closures and travel disruptions.

🇮🇷 Iran
🇮🇱 Israel
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇹🇷 Turkiye
🇵🇰 Pakistan
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇾🇪 Yemen
🇴🇲 Oman
🇦🇪 UAE
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇧🇭 Bahrain
🇰🇼 Kuwait
🇮🇶 Iraq
🇸🇾 Syria
🇯🇴 Jordan
🇵🇸 Palestine

#InternationalNews

Cope harder, Bloomberg!
#Policy

Japan has dispatched officials to India to examine the possibility of using the India’s missile ranges for testing long-range weapons, including its Type 25 anti-ship missile, as well as attack drones: JASDF chief. #ForeignAffairs #Defence

📰 As per Pakistani Media Dawn, Pakistan's imports from India increased by 68.9% to $61.74 million during the period of July–September 2026, while Pakistan recorded no exports to India.

Reports indicate mainly pharmaceutical products including life saving drugs, organic chemicals, plastics, dyes, rubber, and some farm goods like spices, tea and cereals—routed via third countries such as the UAE and Singapore.

#IndianSubcontinent #economy #trade

India invites all 10 SCO member nations, including Pakistan, for the inaugural Civilisational Dialogue Forum in New Delhi from November 20-22.

#Geopolitics #Heritage

Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan presented a classification of 12 secretary types at a New Delhi performance review.

The types include file throwers, file sitters, latecomers who summon staff on Saturdays, those holding meetings after 7pm, those sending ministers decisions they could make themselves, and those asking female colleagues to come too close for files.

The review emphasized better meetings, workplace respect, timely decisions, and Deregulation 3.0 starting in January to cut red tape and improve ease of doing business. #Bureaucracy #Policy

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India makes hundreds of millions of rolling-element bearings a year. But the toughest grade rings to spin a jet engine or turn a wind turbine are almost entirely imported. #MakeInIndia

https://indiabuild.wiki/heavy-engineering/rolling-element-bearings-ball-and-roller

BPCL invests another $1.8 billion in Mozambique gas project, lifting total to $4.5-4.6 billion. Project 47% complete with first gas mid-2028; $2.8 billion already spent. Company holds 10% stake and has 1 mtpa SPA. #Oil #Energy

Indian Railways launches door-to-door parcel service in 8 cities via Ghar se Ghar Tak app. Bookings open 15 days ahead of departure and close 1 day prior. Rail freight refunds fully after ₹10 clerkage if cancelled before pickup. #Logistics #Railways

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AssetMark, a US wealthtech firm, opened its Global Wealth center in Hyderabad's Phoenix Hitech City.

The facility, with a capacity of ~500 employees, supports over 10,000 US financial advisors. After 10 years of outsourcing, AssetMark is transitioning global technology and business operations to an in-house team. #IT #Jobs

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Union Government deputes High-Level Central Team to Investigate Death of Cheetah due to Firearm Pellet Injuries in Madhya Pradesh. #Wildlife

Mizoram will receive piped natural gas for cooking by early 2028 via a 119.45-km pipeline from Panisagar, Tripura, to Aizawl, built by Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited. The Rs 491 crore project addresses LPG shortages, initially serving Mamit and Aizawl districts. #Energy

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Tata Motors completes Iveco acquisition to turbocharge global play

Tata Motors Ltd has completed the acquisition of Italian truckmaker Iveco Group, marking a major step in the Indian commercial vehicle giant’s expansion into global markets and new product segments. The deal comes after a 15-month process that faced delays and resistance from some minority shareholders over the offer price.

The Tata Motors-Iveco deal brings together two commercial vehicle makers with a combined annual sales volume of more than 540,000 vehicles and revenue of over $25 billion.

#Finance #Business

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📰 Draft Laboratory Animals Rules, 2026

The Indian government's proposed law shifts lab trials to a self-regulation model. The central government will now only require permission for "severe" experiments, allowing labs to internally approve "mild and moderate" procedures like inducing tumors or starvation on their own. 🏢🧪

PETA India and activists fiercely oppose this, warning it creates a loophole for companies to quietly resume banned cosmetics testing.

Alarmingly, labs could source animals from open markets, risking the capture of stray dogs, cats, and wild species for laboratory trials under vague justifications. 🐕

The rules also dilute welfare safeguards by removing mandatory lifelong rehabilitation. Furthermore, it suggests giving labs advance notice before inspections, making it easy for rogue facilities to hide cruelty. 🩹

Deadline: November 5, 2026
Submit views/suggestions to: ( cpcsea-mef@gov.in )📧✍️

#Policy #Wildlife

Union Cabinet approves ₹10,000 crore Container Manufacturing Assistance Scheme over 13 years to FY2040. Greenfield units need ≥1,00,000 TEU capacity; OPEX aid ₹8,891 crore at ₹49,500 per 20-ft container. Scheme targets 70% local content to FY32, rising to 90%. #MakeinIndia

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
held a meeting with US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on the sidelines of the 13th ADMM-Plus in Phillippines. The two leaders reviewed progress under the 10-year India - US Defence Framework, focusing on military technology, information sharing and co-production.

Rajnath Singh also raised the issue of F16 upgrades to Pakistan and its possible implications on India US ties!!

#defence