Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Tuesday announced it has entered into an agreement with the US government to prioritise access to affordable medicines for American patients.

As part of the agreement, signed during a ceremony at the White House, Mumbai-based Sun Pharma, India's largest drugmaker, will extend 'Most Favoured Nation' (MFN) pricing to state Medicaid programmes.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said a total of ₹25.12 crore as interim relief was transferred to 16,746 families affected by the devastating floods in three districts of the state this year.

He said each flood-hit family in Sivasagar, Charaideo and Jorhat districts received ₹15,000.

A Pakistan high court on Tuesday directed jail authorities to ensure that former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi are not kept in solitary confinement.

The 73-year-old cricketer-turned-politician and his wife are currently detained at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, serving lengthy prison sentences in corruption and related cases.

VinFast has suspended plans to manufacture three electric vehicles in India and ordered suppliers to halt work on the projects while it reassesses costs, according to two sources and a company memo reviewed by ​Reuters - a year after the Vietnamese automaker entered a crucial growth market.

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) monthly transactions in August hit a record 24.51 billion, worth ₹29.82 trillion, according to data shared by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on Tuesday.

Transaction volume rose 3.6 per cent compared with July, while value declined 0.2 per cent. August was the second consecutive month of record volume for UPI, following 23.66 billion transactions (worth ₹29.88 trillion) in July.

India’s gross goods and services tax (GST) collections jumped 14.8 per cent year-on-year to nearly ₹2 trillion in August, data released by the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday showed. However, collections were lower sequentially than the ₹2.11 trillion recorded in July.

Growth in import-related GST collections continued to outpace domestic revenue during the month.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass orders on a plea seeking prohibition on a protest march the Cockroach Janata Party has called on September 5, saying it expects everybody will act and behave in a peaceful and lawful manner.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana asked the petitioner to submit his petition to the High Powered Enquiry Committee.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Monday announced major policy decisions regarding a further hike in Aavin milk procurement price for dairy farmers, and also unveiled a multi-crore infrastructure push spanning power, semiconductors, and logistics.

Announcing further increase in the Aavin-milk procurement prices, aimed at providing a crucial relief for the dairy farmers across the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, which is being held in Kyrgyzstan's Bishkek.

The meeting took place as leaders gathered for the SCO summit, which is scheduled to discuss regional and international issues and ways to strengthen cooperation among member states.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a directive to the Centre and others to ensure mandatory and uniform labelling on every dispensing nozzle at petrol pumps, disclosing the exact percentage of ethanol in petrol.

A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and PB Varale said it is not going to entertain the PIL under Article 32 (right to approach Supreme Court directly) and the petitioner Narendra Kumar Goswami can approach the jurisdictional high court for relief.

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