Nestle, the world's largest consumer goods company, has come under scrutiny after a recent report that revealed it adds sugar and honey to infant food products in various countries, including India. 
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Nestle, the world's largest consumer goods company, has come under scrutiny after a recent report that revealed it adds sugar and honey to infant food products in various countries, including India.

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British lender Barclays on Tuesday announced a Rs 2,300-crore capital infusion into India operations.
The infusion by the head office into Barclays Bank PLC India must be seen as a reaffirmation of its long-term commitment to one of the world's fastest-growing economies, as per a statement.
The infusion will strengthen the bank's balance sheet and help grow its businesses across the investment and private banks, it said.
It will enable the bank to expand its reach to a wider client base across corporate and financial sponsor clients and ultra-high-net-worth individuals in India, the statement added.
The bank last injected Rs 3,000 crore in 2021, and the latest investment takes the bank's total invested capital to over Rs 12,400 crore.
"India's economic potential continues to present attractive opportunities for Barclays to grow its business," its interim head of markets for Asia Pacific and country chief executive for India Jaideep Khanna said.
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The bank last injected Rs 3,000 crore in 2021, and the latest investment takes the bank's total invested capital to over Rs 12,400 crore

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Parliament on Tuesday approved the supplementary demands for grants, which entails Rs 51,463 crore additional spending in the current fiscal and the Manipur Budget for 2025-26 with the Rajya Sabha returning four bills to the Lok Sabha.
Parliament also approved the Rs 1,291 crore demands for excess grants for 2021-22 fiscal and the Rs 1,861 crore supplementary demands for grants for Manipur in 2024-25.
The Lok Sabha had passed the supplementary demands for grants and the Manipur Budget for 2025-26 on March 11.
The Rajya Sabha returned The Appropriation Bill, 2025; The Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2025; The Manipur Appropriation (Vote on Account) Bill, 2025; and The Manipur Appropriation Bill, 2025, after the reply by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to a discussion on the four bills.
The second batch of supplementary demands for grants entails a gross additional spending sought by the government was over Rs 6.78 lakh crore, of which Rs 6.27 lakh crore would be matched by savings a

Lok Sabha had passed the supplementary demands for grants and the Manipur Budget for 2025-26 on March 11

A fire broke out at the Government Medical College (GMC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Tuesday, prompting the evacuation of more than 150 patients from the hospital, officials said.
The fire was noticed in the basement of the hospital in Rajouri town on Tuesday morning. It was controlled within one hour without reports of any casualty, assistant director of Fire and Emergency Services, Himanshu Gupta, said.
The patients and their attendants were taken out of the hospital building as smoke filled the wards, he said.
Three fire tenders were pressed into service to put off the blaze, the official said, adding that a probe is on to ascertain the exact cause of the fire
Deputy commissioner of Rajouri, Abhishek Sharma, visited the hospital along with his team to assess the situation.
"Our priority is to restore normal operations, including OPD services, at the hospital," Sharma said.
On the alleged failure of the hospital's internal fire safety mechanism, the deputy ...

The patients and their attendants were taken out of the hospital building as smoke filled the wards

FM Nirmala Sitharaman said that production-linked incentive schemes attracted investments worth Rs 1.5 trillion so far, created 950,000 jobs

With a focus on tourism, rural development and green energy, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday presented the annual Budget of Rs 58,514 crore for 2025-26.
While presenting his third annual Budget for FY26, Sukhu said the year 2025-26 is full of financial challenges as revenue deficit grant has been reduced and GST compensation has been stopped which will impact the state's economy.
The Revenue Deficit Grant (RDG) has been reduced from Rs 10,949 crore in 2021-22 to Rs 3,257 in 2025-26, while Himachal Pradesh incurred a loss of Rs 9,478 crore till 2023-24, despite Good and service Tax (GST) compensation given by the centre to the state, he said.
The government will focus on promoting religious and eco-tourism besides exploring lesser-known tourist destinations, he said, adding that tea estates would be developed as eco-tourism destinations.
Operators were selected for seven eco-tourism sites in 2024 and 78 new eco-tourism sites would be allocated in the next phase and .

The Chief Minister also announced to give arrears of pensioners in the age bracket of 70-75 years in the first phase in May

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