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‘Vishwanath and Sons’ box office collections day 19 vs ‘DC’_ Suriya starrer ‘Vishwanath and Sons’ registered a slight rise in its domestic earnings on the third Tuesday. The film added Rs 79 lakhs to its India net collection on Day 19. The latest figure came from 1,281 shows across the country.The Tuesday collection was higher than Monday’s Rs 75 lakhs. This translates into a 5.3% day-on-day increase.India net collection reaches Rs 117.54 CrThe latest earnings have taken the film’s India net total to Rs 117.54 crore. Its India gross collection has reached Rs 136.09 crore so far.The Telugu version contributed…

Sun Pharma has offered Most Favoured Nation (MFN) pricing to US Medicaid programme New Delhi: Facing the threat of potential tariffs, India’s largest drug firm, Sun Pharma has offered Most Favoured Nation (MFN) pricing to US Medicaid programme under an agreement with the Trump administration. MFN pricing typically ensures that a buyer procures at the lowest price, compared to other developed nations.The deal provides a playbook for domestic pharma companies looking to expand their sales in the US, the world’s largest market, by building their portfolio of innovative or speciality drugs. The agreement signed on Aug 31 recognises Sun Pharma’s…

‘Dangerous power grab’: top Democrats decry USPS system that could thwart mail-in votingRepresentative Robert Garcia, ranking member of the committee on oversight and government reform, is speaking out following disclosure of a whistleblower report alleging the US Postal Service is poised to launch a computer system that could derail mail-in voting. Democratic senator Richard Blumenthal disclosed this whistleblower statement, which warned of potential mail-in voting chaos, on Tuesday.“The Oversight Committee has received whistleblower reports that President Trump’s attack on vote-by-mail for the 2026 election is more serious than previously understood,” Garcia said in a statement. “This new secret tracking system…

Death toll from the Aug 26 Himalayan flood rose to 1,066 across Nepal and Tibet on Tuesday TRISHULI BAZAAR (NUWANKOT, NEPAL): Death toll from the Aug 26 Himalayan flood rose to 1,066 across Nepal and Tibet on Tuesday, while 4,462 people remained missing as rescue operations entered a critical phase.Of those killed, 1,050 were in Nepal and 16 in Tibet. Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority listed 3,916 people missing, including 583 foreign nationals, while China’s latest count listed another 546 missing in Tibet.Seven days after the flood, hope of finding survivors in the open along the Bhote…

Mumbai: Bombay High Court has upheld Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies’ cancellation of the admissions of three students to the two-year Masters of Management Studies for submitting forged documents showing inflated marks.“They would not have secured admission to the MMS course on the basis of their actual marks…In order to uphold the integrity and fairness of the academic admission process, we, accordingly, decline to interfere with the impugned communications,” said Justices Riyaz Chagla and Farhan Dubash in Monday’s verdict.The students, aged between 23 and 24 years, were granted admission for 2024-26 under Children of Indian Workers in Gulf Countries…

New Delhi: Inadequate fire-safety measures and an attempt to maximise profit by flouting building norms resulted in the loss of 23 lives in a devastating fire that tore through a bed and breakfast in south Delhi’s Hauz Rani on June 3, according to a chargesheet filed by Delhi Police Tuesday.Investigators named three accused in the case: Lovkesh Bajaj, owner of Flourish Stay B&B, manager-cum-accountant Jay Mishra, and cook Kesar Negi.According to the chargesheet, the fire originated in the kitchen of the B&B, apparently from an unattended oil fryer that Negi allegedly left unattended while oil was heating and went to…

Protest at Dayananda Sagar University Bengaluru: Discontent is brewing among students at two private universities in the city. Students living in S-Residences Hostel, Dayananda Sagar University (DSU) main campus, are protesting over inadequate facilities, while a section of students at St Joseph’s University (SJU) has raised concerns over convocation fee.Students at S-Residences Hostel in DSU’s Harohalli campus have been complaining about inadequate basic amenities and poor hostel conditions for nearly a month. The complaints led to protests on Aug 26 and Aug 31.Among the issues raised are unstable or non-functional Wi-Fi, frequent electricity fluctuations, lack of hot water during peak…

Central team to inspect Kothagudem airport sites on Sept 7 Hyderabad: A central technical team will visit Telangana on Sept 7 to inspect alternative sites for the proposed Kothagudem airport, a key project that the state hopes will boost connectivity and drive development in Bhadradri Kothagudem district.Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao said this on Tuesday after meeting civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu in New Delhi. According to Tummala, two sites examined earlier were found unsuitable for airport construction owing to technical constraints. The state govt subsequently identified four to five alternative locations and submitted them for consideration.“The technical team…

MSME minister P Mathan Raja CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu govt has proposed to set up nine industrial estates exclusively for women entrepreneurs in eight districts, as part of a wider push to promote micro, small and medium enterprises and generate employment.MSME minister P Mathan Raja announced in the assembly on Tuesday that the estates would be developed through the Small Industries Development Corporation (SIDCO) at a cost of Rs 237 crore. The locations include Madhavaram in Chennai, Thiruvathavur in Madurai district, Suriyur and Manapparai in Trichy, Periyaseeragapatti in Salem, Minnur in Tirupattur, Sangaraperi in Tuticorin, Narasinganallur in Tirunelveli and Palayapatti in…

Union minister of civil aviation K Ram Mohan Naidu (L) with Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel at the inauguration of the hub-and-spoke flight operations at SVPI on Tuesday Ahmedabad: Building airports is no longer the biggest challenge for India’s aviation sector; connecting them effectively to domestic and international networks is, Union civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu said on Tuesday.Speaking at the launch of the hub-and-spoke model at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport in Ahmedabad, Naidu said the model would provide passengers from the city access to international destinations through Delhi while making travel more seamless.“The challenge is no…