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The investment values Pivot Path at ₹230 crore and includes ₹50 crore in primary capital, which will be used for technology development and global expansion.Pivot Path Pvt Ltd, formerly the Arco Lab Global Capability Centre (GCC) of Strides Pharma Science Ltd, has demerged into an independent pharmaceutical operations and technology company after securing ₹100 crore in funding from Ascent Capital Advisors and co-investor Vintage Classic.The demerger, approved by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in May 2026, formalises the transformation of Arco Lab from Strides Pharma’s centralised GCC into an independent pharmaceutical operations and innovation platform.“Pivot Path, the demerged entity…
More than 104 crore health records so far have been linked with ABHA, through the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), which the government calls one of the largest health programmes in the world. The agenda behind this health account is to connect a “patient’s health history with doctors, hospitals, and insurers on one network”. Considering the advancing global standards of healthcare infrastructure, India is also moving away from traditional paper records and making it easier for citizens to reach healthcare.Ever since the ABDM started across the country, in 2021, it has grown as an “ecosystem that links patients, hospitals, labs,…
Raghav Juyal, actor and dancer, has had a career full of career opportunities that have been unpredictable. He gained fame initially due to his distinct dance skills on DID aka Dance India Dance. Thereafter, he became one of the most liked hosts of TV. But now, he has become an actor who doesn’t shy away from experimenting. After shocking the masses with his performance in Kill, his hilarious character in The Ba**ds of Bollywood, Raghav is now taking things in a different direction and trying his hand at full-fledged comedy.Raghav Juyal says Shah Rukh Khan taught him one thing about…
England and Australia should be open to the idea of playing a Test match in India to help generate interest in the format, says the chief executive of Cricket Australia. The two sides traditionally only meet in Test cricket as part of an Ashes series, which is played on a home-and-away basis, with each country hosting it roughly every four years.Australia and England are, though, poised to play a one-off Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 2027 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first meeting between the sides.And Cricket Australia chief executive Todd Greenberg told BBC Sport…
The remarkable act of Joe Root (Image: AI Generated) NEW DELHI: Joe Root finished the ODI series against India unbeaten, scoring 249 runs in three innings to guide England to a 2-1 series victory. At 36, while many of his contemporaries have retired, Root continues to redefine consistency across formats. All of Root’s scores in this series 76, 99, and 74 came when the team needed him most, and he was deservedly named Player of the Series.Across the three-match ODI series against India, Root was England’s batting backbone. He scored 76 in the first ODI to help England recover to…
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk early on Friday ended his 26-day hunger strike after meeting Union ministers J.P. Nadda and Jitendra Singh, marking a significant development in the ongoing student-led agitation over the alleged NEET paper leak and examination irregularities.Wangchuk ended his fast in the presence of the two Union ministers.ET BureauSonam Wangchuk ends fast in the presence of JP Nadda, Jitendra SinghEarlier in the day, Wangchuk reiterated his appeal for peaceful protests, saying the movement must remain non-violent despite reports of attempts to provoke unrest elsewhere. “Peace and only peace is my way,” he said in a post on X,…
New Delhi: Seventy medical colleges and hospitals, including several prominent government institutions in Delhi, have failed to comply with the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) mandatory requirement to link their CCTV surveillance systems with the regulator’s Command and Control Centre despite repeated directions issued since 2022.The non-compliant institutions include Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences (ABVIMS) and Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Maulana Azad Medical College, University College of Medical Sciences and GTB Hospital, ESIC Medical College, Basaidarapur, G.B. Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Central Health Education Bureau, and the Indian Railway Post-Graduate…
For the first time, the report included details of private schools in the state, providing a comparative picture of school education in UP.Prayagraj: Private schools have emerged as the preferred choice for a majority of school-going children in Uttar Pradesh, with 51.7% of students from Classes 1 to 12 enrolled in private institutions, although the govt spends more than Rs 1,000 crore annually on the state’s education system.The figures are part of the Project Approval Board report released by the Union education ministry’s Department of School Education and Literacy on June 29. For the first time, the report included details…
‘Jana Nayagan’ box office collections day 1: Thalapathy Vijay’s farewell film opens strong; earns Rs 41 Cr India Net Thalapathy Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ has made an impressive start at the box office. The actor’s final theatrical release opened to strong numbers across India and overseas.According to early estimates by Sacnilk, ‘Jana Nayagan’ earned Rs 41 crore net in India on its opening day.Jana Nayagan Movie ReviewThe film was screened across 13,067 shows on its first day. With a domestic gross of Rs 48.27 crore and an overseas gross of Rs 30 crore, the film’s total worldwide gross collection reached Rs…
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal and New Zealand’s Trade and Investment Minister Todd McClay sign the India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, in New Delhi on April 27, 2026. Picture: X/@PiyushGoyal India and New Zealand on Monday (April 27, 2026) signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that the Prime Ministers of both countries hailed as a “historic” step towards deepening trade, investment, and people-to-people ties between the two countries. The FTA, signed by Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and his New Zealand counterpart Todd McClay in New Delhi, will see New Zealand removing all tariffs on all goods imported from…