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☆ Hyundai explains how it plans to become one of the world's top three EV makers by 2030
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Hyundai Motor Group, whose brands include Hyundai, Kia and Genesis, nabbed sixth place in SNE Research's global EV sales ranking for 2022. It delivered 510,000 EV units last year, up 40.9% from 2021, according to SNE Research. We have another EV, Ioniq 7, the three-row largest SUV, in our pipeline for next year. Revenue climbed 24.7% year-on-year, from 30.3 trillion won to 37.78 trillion won. Domestically, Hyundai said it plans to invest 24 trillion won in South Korea's EV industry by 2030.

All agreed there was a marked increase in awareness among Indian Muslims about birth control and family planning. The 2021 census has been delayed but the United Nations has projected India's population will touch 1.42 billion this month. "There is a misconception among Muslims that Islam doesn’t allow the use of birth control measures," said Maulana Khalid Rasheed, the imam of the Lucknow Eidgah in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state. [1/5] FILE PHOTO-Members of a Muslim family sit down for a meal in an old quarter of Delhi, India March 3, 2023. Experts say the public health system is now unable to keep up with the demand for birth control services from people who are aware about their usefulness, also called an unmet need.

☆ Ex-Intel chief architect explores data center deals for AI startup in India
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Chavi Mehta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, April 5 (Reuters) - Intel Corp's (INTC.O) former chief architect Raja Koduri is in talks with Hiranandani-backed data center operator Yotta for a deal for his generative artificial intelligence startup, which he said will have a big presence in India. Koduri, who has worked on nearly two dozen generations of computer graphics chip, plans to build local data centers to ease the access to massive computing power needed for generative AI tools. Generative AI refers to technology such as ChatGPT that can use prompts to whip up haikus, essays and images. The southern state of Karnataka and Telangana have been "very supportive", he said, adding that subsidies on electricity will be crucial as data centers are power guzzlers. He is also joining the board of AI chip startup Tenstorrent, led by veteran chip architect Jim Keller, who led the design of Tesla's (TSLA.O) self-driving chip in 2016.

☆ 'Truth serum' drugs do exist. Here's how medicines like sodium pentothal and scopolamine can manipulate the brain.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Numerous accounts and scientific reports suggest that you're more prone to tell the truth under the effects of truth serum drugs, but the drugs have other side effects. Furthermore, not only are truth serum drugs not all that useful, they are illegal under certain circumstances, including interrogation. A truth serum experimentTo find out if truth serum works, TV journalist Michael Mosley experienced it for himself in 2013. To investigate sodium thiopental, one of the more popular truth serum drugs, Mosley took two different doses of it. The future of truth-telling drugsThere may be a more powerful truth serum drug out there that researchers have yet to discover.

☆ Exclusive: India may issue alert on Marion cough syrup exports after toxins found
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Krishna N. Das | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Logo of Marion Biotech, a healthcare and pharmaceutical company is seen on a gate outside their office in Noida, India, December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree FadnavisNEW DELHI, March 4 (Reuters) - India may issue an alert on cough syrup exported by Marion Biotech, whose products have been linked to deaths in Uzbekistan, after tests showed many of the company's drug samples contained toxins, a drug inspector said on Saturday. "The health ministry could issue an alert. Babbar has been part of a team that inspected Marion's plant four times after Uzbekistan said in December the children died after consuming the company's cough syrups. India in October suspended production at Maiden for violating manufacturing standards after the WHO said four of its cough syrups may have killed dozens of children in Gambia.

☆ Is the iPhone's 'Made in India' era beginning as Apple breaks with China?
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said Apple was already making between 5% and 7% of its products in India. His comments come at a time when Foxconn (HNHPF), a top Apple supplier, is looking to expand its operations in India after suffering severe supply disruptions in China. For years, Apple had relied on a vast manufacturing network in China to mass produce iPhones, iPads and other popular products. China headaches mountBut the world’s most valuable company posted shockingly weak earnings this month, partly because of its recent problems in China. According to Counterpoint’s Pathak, India accounts for 16% of the global smartphone production, while China constitutes 70%.

☆ WHO urges 'immediate action' after cough syrup deaths
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Jennifer Rigby | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Anushree FadnavisLONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization has called for "immediate and concerted action" to protect children from contaminated medicines after a spate of child deaths linked to cough syrups last year. The medicines, over-the-counter cough syrups, had high levels of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol. It called for action across its 194 member states to prevent more deaths. It also issued a warning last year for cough syrups made by four Indonesian manufacturers, PT Yarindo Farmatama, PT Universal Pharmaceutical, PT Konimex and PT AFI Pharma, that were sold domestically. It also asked governments and regulators to assign resources to inspect manufacturers, increase market surveillance and take action where required.

☆ India's HCLTech falls after lowering full-year revenue view
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

BENGALURU, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Shares of Indian IT major HCLTech (HCLT.NS) fell as much as 2.6% on Friday after lowering its revenue growth outlook for this fiscal year and flagging delays in decision making by its European clients. The Noida-based company on Thursday lowered its revenue growth projection for the fiscal year ending March 31 to 13.5-14% from 13.5% to 14.5% previously. Reporting by Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru; Editing by Dhanya Ann ThoppilOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Tata considers India, Europe for EV cell manufacturing plants
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Aditi Shah | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

GREATER NOIDA, India, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Tata group is considering setting up plants in India and Europe to produce battery cells for electric vehicles (EV), the chief financial officer of its auto unit told Reuters in an interview. With total sales of 50,000 electric cars to date, India's Tata Motors dominates the country's EV market and has outlined plans to launch 10 electric models by March 2026. The company expects electric models to make up a quarter of its total sales by 2025 from around 8% now. Localising cell manufacturing for EV batteries is key to increasing local components in electric cars and will help the automaker develop a local supply chain too, Tata Motors' P.B. Balaji said the investment in cell manufacturing will be made by its parent company Tata Sons but did not elaborate on the quantum or timeline.

☆ Indian maker of cough syrup linked to Uzbekistan deaths halts production
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - The Indian maker of a cough syrup that was linked to the death of 19 children in Uzbekistan said on Friday that it had halted production of all medicines after an inspection by the drug regulator. Indian media reported that the inspectors had found deviation from rules on manufacturing at one of Marion Biotech's units. Uzbekistan's health ministry said at least 18 children died in Samarkand city after consuming Marion Biotech's Dok-1 Max syrup. Hasan Harris, Marion Biotech's legal head, told Reuters partner ANI, "We await the reports, the factory was inspected. The Uzbekistan case follows deaths of at least 70 children in Gambia that had been linked to cough and cold syrups manufactured by New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

☆ Indian maker of syrup linked to Uzbekistan deaths halts production; facility inspected
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Anushree FadnavisNEW DELHI, Dec 29 (Reuters) - India's drug regulator said on Thursday that it had inspected Marion Biotech's production facility and promised more action based on the probe report after the company's cough syrup was linked to death of 18 children in Uzbekistan. A legal representative of Marion Biotech said the Indian maker of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics regretted the deaths and the company has halted production of the Dok-1 Max syrup. The drug regulator reviewed the company's Noida facility in the Uttar Pradesh state and is in regular touch with its Uzbekistan counterpart, the Indian health ministry said in a statement. "The samples of the cough syrup have been taken from the manufacturing premises and sent to Regional Drugs Testing Laboratory, Chandigarh for testing," the ministry said. Uzbekistan's health ministry said on Wednesday that at least 18 children in the country died after consuming the syrup, manufactured by the Indian drugmaker.

☆ Air pollution blights India's capital
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Anuja Jaiman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A Hindu man walks amidst heavy smog after praying on the bank of the river Yamuna, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, November 4, 2022. On November 4 at 09:00 IST, Sector 125 in Noida, the closest monitoring station, registered a PM 2.5 reading of...moreA Hindu man walks amidst heavy smog after praying on the bank of the river Yamuna, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, November 4, 2022. On November 4 at 09:00 IST, Sector 125 in Noida, the closest monitoring station, registered a PM 2.5 reading of 356. Farmers in the bread-basket states are at the forefront of the adoption of mechanized farming, and are increasingly using harvesters to bring in the rice crop. But unlike with manual harvesting, the machines leave stubble and paddy straw in the field.

☆ India, U.S. are natural allies - Yellen
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( David Lawder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen holds a news conference in the Cash Room at the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, U.S. July 28, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstNOIDA, India, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The United States and India are natural allies that can show the rest of the world that democracies can deliver for their citizens, despite volatility and war, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday. Yellen, in a speech highlighting the Biden administration's desire to deepen economic ties with India, said that both the global economy and the democratic idea were at inflection points. "The U.S. and India are 'natural allies,' in the words of a former Indian prime minister," Yellen said, adding that both countries waged similar fights for independence to attain freedom and dignity." The United States was working to strengthen India's "friend-shoring" role as a trusted, reliable supplier.

☆ India's Delhi shuts primary schools as air quality deteriorates
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Primary schools in India's New Delhi will be shut from Saturday and restriction on road traffic will be considered, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Friday as the capital continued to be engulfed by high levels of air pollution. "We're shutting down all primary schools in Delhi from tomorrow ... Also shutting down outdoor activities for all classes above class 5," Kejriwal told a press conference. The decision to shut some schools came after concerned parents and environmentalists took to social media, urging the authorities to consider the impact of pollution on children. District officials in Noida, a satellite city of New Delhi, on Thursday directed all schools to conduct online classes for students up to the eighth grade. India's federal pollution control board on Thursday evening banned the entry of diesel trucks carrying non-essential goods into the capital.

☆ New Delhi wrestles with 'hazardous' air pollution, primary schools shut
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Tanvi Mehta | Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW DELHI, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Authorities in New Delhi ordered primary schools to shut from Saturday, and told schools to stop outdoor activities for older children as air in the world's most polluted capital had become a severe risk to health. The chart below shows the daily maximum PM 2.5 concentration at the U.S. Embassy New Delhi since 2015. Delhi environment minister Gopal Rai said going forward 50% of Delhi government employees would be told to work from home, and he urged private firms to take similar steps. School girls walk towards a school as they reopened after remaining closed for nearly 15 days due to a spike in air pollution, on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 29, 2021. According to data compiled by the Swiss group IQAir, New Delhi has been the world's most polluted capital for the past four years.

☆ India's HCL Technologies raises 2023 revenue growth target on order strength
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Oct 12 (Reuters) - IT services firm HCL Technologies Ltd (HCLT.NS) on Wednesday raised its full-year revenue growth forecast and reported a 7.1% rise in September-quarter profit, helped by a rise in new order wins. The Noida-based company raised its fiscal 2023 revenue growth forecast to 13.5% to 14.5% from 12% to 14% on a constant currency basis, citing strong order bookings and pipeline. Indian IT services companies' profit jumped last year as they rode the pandemic-driven demand, but results this quarter have been mixed. read more read moreRecession-wary U.S. and European clients are expected to tighten their budgets, which will hit profits at Indian IT services firms. HCL said its net profit rose 7.1% to 34.89 billion Indian rupees ($424.18 million) for the second quarter.

☆ The 15 fastest-growing jobs in India — and the skills they require, according to LinkedIn
▼ + stars: | 2019-12-12 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

It then identified the skills typically required for each role and in which cities the greatest number of jobs were concentrated. Here are India's top 15 emerging jobs of 2020, the skills they require and where the most jobs are, according to LinkedIn. Top industries hiring for this role: Information technology and services, computer software, internet, marketing and advertising, financial services. Top industries hiring for this role: Information technology and services, computer software, internet, financial services, e-learning Skills you need: Node.js, MogoDB, Javascript, MySQL Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi4. Top industries hiring for this role: Information technology and services, computer software, accounting, management consulting, information services Skills you need: UiPath, Automation Anywhere, Blue Prism, process automation, SQL Where the jobs are: Bengaluru, Mumbai3.

☆ 'Truth serum' drugs do exist. Here's how medicines like sodium pentothal and scopolamine manipulate the brain.
▼ + stars: | 2014-10-10 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Numerous accounts and scientific reports suggest that you're more prone to tell the truth under the effects of truth serum drugs, but the drugs have other side effects. Furthermore, not only are truth serum drugs not all that useful, they are illegal under certain circumstances including interrogation. ScopolamineZchanguScopolamine was first promoted by Dr. Robert House as a truth serum in the early 20th century, and was the first drug to adopt the name "truth serum." A truth serum experimentThe best way to find out if truth serum works is to experience it for yourself, which is exactly what TV journalist Michael Mosley did. To investigate sodium thiopental, one of the more popular truth serum drugs, Mosley took two different doses of the drug.

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