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Unlike Vodafone Idea, the share price of Bharti Airtel has gone up by nearly five per cent (as on 12.43 pm at NSE).

Norway is relaunching cod farms in Europe's icecold northern waters after mass escapes and failure to thrive condemned its earlier attempt to become the first country to try largescale breeding of a species declining in the wild.

China's factory activity expanded at the fastest clip in nearly a decade in August, bolstered by the first increase in new export orders this year as manufacturers ramped up production to meet rebounding demand, a private survey showed on Tuesday.

Canada reached an agreement in principle on Monday with both Novavax Inc and Johnson & Johnson for millions of doses of their experimental coronavirus vaccines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

Nestle will pay $2 billion to buy the remaining stake in Aimmune Therapeutics Inc, gaining full ownership of the first U.S.approved peanut allergy treatment which has struggled with a slow launch due to the COVID19 pandemic.

The European Commission said on Monday it would contribute 400 million euros ($476 million) to an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy COVID19 vaccines.

Nestle plans to pay $2 billion to gain full ownership of peanut allergy treatment maker Aimmune Therapeutics, as the Swiss company expands its fastgrowing health science business.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc has bought a 5% stake in each of Japan's five biggest trading houses, together worth over $6 billion, marking a departure for Chairman Warren Buffett as he looks beyond the United States to diversify his conglomerate.

British finance minister Rishi Sunak urged diners on Monday to keep going out to eat as a popular government scheme offering halfprice food in restaurants this month drew to a close.

Berkshire Hathaway Inc said it has acquired slightly more than 5% of the shares in five large Japanese companies, marking a departure for Chairman Warren Buffett as he looks outside the United States to bolster his conglomerate.

Japan's factory output rose in July at the fastest pace on record, driven by automobiles and car parts, signaling a gradual recovery from the blow delivered by the coronavirus pandemic.

Asian shares notched a fresh twoyear high on Monday as investors wagered monetary and fiscal policies globally would stay super stimulatory for a protracted period, keeping the safehaven dollar on the defensive.

Union Minister Jitendra Singh said this would also address the frequent problem of loss or misplacement of original PPOs by some pensioners and the subsequent hassles and misery.

Qatar announced on Sunday changes to its labour laws, raising its minimum wage on Sunday by 25 percent to 1,000 riyals ($274.6) a month and scrapping a requirement for employees to get the permission of their employers to change jobs.

Non-BJP ruled states like Punjab, Kerala, Delhi and West Bengal are at loggerheads with the Centre over the financing of the Rs 2.35 lakh crore Goods and Services Tax (GST) shortfall in the current fiscal.

Facebook made a mistake in not removing a militia group's page earlier this week that called for armed civilians to enter Kenosha, Wisconsin, amid violent protests after police shot Jacob Blake, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says.