Novartis
Cipla appoints Novartis' Subhanu Saxena as new CEO
22 Nov 2012
Cipla has appointed the former CEO and country president of Novartis UK, Subhanu Saxena, as its new CEO
Novartis receives FDA approval to make first cell-culture vaccine in US for seasonal influenza
21 Nov 2012
Novartis to eliminate 2,000 jobs, close two sites in Europe
25 Oct 2011
The job cut, which is 1 per cent of Novart's workforce of around 120,000, is expected to generate annual savings of more than $200 million.
Novartis plans $500 million investment in Russia
21 Dec 2010
Novartis aqnnounces novel antimalarial drug
06 Sep 2010
Novartis acquires 52 per cent additional stake in Alcon for $28.1 billion
04 Jan 2010
Novartis, which acquired a 25 per cent stake in Nestle-owned Alcon for $11 billion in April 2008, is exercising its call option to buy an additional 52 per cent stake for $180 per share in the eye-care giant.
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation