Will China start imposing restrictions on export of paracetamol? This question about this mainstay medication to combat any viral fever, not just during COVID-19, is today crossing the minds of many in the Indian pharmaceutical industry. Indian pharma is already noticing a rising trend in the prices of several drug ingredients imported from China.While the COVID-19 caseload in China seems worryi...

This year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded in equal parts to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless for developing way of “snapping molecules together.”Hans Ellegren, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced the winners Wednesday at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.A week of Nobel Prize announcements kicked off Monday wi...

One nautical mile of air space around the twin towers demolition site in Noida will remain briefly unavailable for flights on August 28, the Noida Authority has said.A nautical mile is equal to approximately 1.8 kilometres.The Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has given its consent for this, the Noida Authority said as it oversaw preparations for the demolition of the nearly 100-metre-tall twin tow...

Here is the list of top 10 stocks that will be in focus todayTata Motors: Tata Motors on Wednesday reported a consolidated net loss of Rs4,951 crore in the June quarter as chip shortage and COVID-19 lockdown in China impacted Jaguar Land Rover sales. The company had posted a consolidated net loss of Rs4,450 crore in the same quarter last fiscal. Consolidated revenue from operations during the peri...

Colgate-Palmolive (India)’s new chief executive officer and managing director, Prabha Narasimhan, has her work cut out. On top her to-do list would be clawing back market share from Dabur India and Patanjali Ayurved.While the market has been taken aback by the lateral move to appoint Narasimhan, this is the second time Colgate has poached a top official from a rival FMCG major after Mukul Deo...