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India's leading vaccine maker has bought a 50% stake in a major Bollywood production company known for making popular films.Adar Poonawalla's Serene Production will invest 10 billion rupees ($119 million; £91.3 million) in Karan Johar's Dharma Productions and Dharmatic Entertainment, his company said.Poonawalla also heads the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by number of doses, which has produced millions of Covid-19 vaccines for India and many other countries during the pandemic.Poonawalla's investment in the entertainment company is a significant move at a time when Bollywood is struggling to overcome a difficult period since cinemas closed…
More than 20 spicy products, including dips, curry powders and seasonings, have been recalled over concerns they contain peanuts not listed on the label.In a notice published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), the decision to withdraw the products – supplied by FGS Ingredients Ltd in Leicester – was described as a “precaution”. Recalled products include Domino's BBQ dip, seasonings and curry powders from Favorite and Dunnes stores, and sausages and burgers from Westmorland Family Butchery.This comes weeks after a separate recall regarding possible peanut contamination by FGS Ingredients, where the company said testing was underway to understand “where and…
“You are not my king”: moment when King Charles is heckled by an Australian politicianKing Charles was confronted with cries from an independent senator: “You are not my king” just after finishing his speech to the Australian Parliament, on the second official day of his engagements in the country.Lidia Thorpe interrupted the ceremony in the capital Canberra by shouting for about a minute before being escorted away by security.The king had just moved away from a lectern to join Queen Camilla seated on the stage when Thorpe began shouting as she advanced from the rear of the assembly.After claiming the…
Former military general Prabowo Subianto was sworn in as Indonesia's president, heralding the creation of the country's largest government since the 1960s.The 73-year-old, who faced allegations of human rights abuses for decades, was sworn in as the country's eighth president on Sunday. It marks the end of an era under former leader Joko Widodo, known locally as Jokowi, who presided over a decade of economic growth and infrastructure development.After twice failing to become president, Prabowo finally succeeded in ascending to the top office after winning more than 58% of the vote in February's election, against two rivals.In his inauguration speech…
ByteDance, owner of TikTok, said it had fired an intern for “malicious interference” with the training of one of its artificial intelligence (AI) models.But the company rejected reports about the extent of the damage caused by the anonymous individual, saying they “contain some exaggerations and inaccuracies.”BBC News has contacted ByteDance to request more details about the incident.The Chinese tech giant's Doubao ChatGPT-like generative AI model is the country's most popular AI chatbot.“The individual was an intern on the go-to-market technology team and has no experience with the AI Lab,” ByteDance said in a statement.“Their social media profile and some media…
AFPIndia is one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the worldA dramatic and unprecedented surge in false bomb threats targeting Indian airlines is upending flight schedules, diverting planes and causing widespread disruption. A video posted on social media last week showed passengers draped in woolens descending the icy ladder of an Air India plane into the frigid air of Iqaluit, a remote Canadian city.The 211 passengers on the Boeing 777, initially en route from Mumbai to Chicago, were diverted early on October 15 due to a bomb threat.”We've been stuck at the airport since 5 a.m. with 200 passengers……
BBCCurrently, only small planes can take off and land at Nuuk Airport.A new international airport will soon open in Greenland's capital Nuuk, allowing larger planes to land for the first time, paving the way for direct flights from the United States and Europe.It's the first of three airport projects that officials hope will boost the local economy by making the Arctic territory more accessible than ever.Covered by an ice cap and sparsely populated, Greenland is a vast autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.Its capital Nuuk, on the southwest coast, is a small town of 18,000 inhabitants. Modern apartment buildings…
BbcLe Royaume-Uni est malade. C'est beaucoup plus malade que d'autres pays similaires, et la situation s'aggrave, se transformant en une crise sanitaire, sociale, médicale, économique et potentiellement budgétaire.Nous nous dirigeons vers un record historique en matière de prestations liées à la santé, selon de récentes prévisions, et le Trésor s'inquiète. La hausse de la facture des prestations de santé en âge de travailler est passée de 36 milliards de livres sterling avant la pandémie à 48 milliards de livres sterling au cours du dernier exercice, et les prévisions officielles de l'Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) prévoient qu'elle atteindra 63 milliards…
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Ministers are to take a direct role in overseeing the construction of the HS2 rail line to try to “contain” the rising costs of the high-speed line between London and Birmingham.Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said it had long been clear that the cost of HS2, which could reach £65 billion, had been allowed to “spin out of control”. She said she had now seen “up close” “the scale of the failure”, which she described as “disastrous”.“I promised to work quickly and make things right and that’s exactly why I announced urgent measures to bring HS2 costs under control and ensure…