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  • A USA affair at the 2025 WTA Finals, featuring Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova and more

    A USA affair at the 2025 WTA Finals, featuring Coco Gauff, Amanda Anisimova and more

    2025 WTA Finals – who will end the season as USA No. 1?

    The race for U.S. No.  1 in singles will go to the wire in Riyadh. Players earn 200 points for a group stage win, 400 points in the semi-final, and 500 points in the final. That means a…

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  • Indian pharmacy retailer MedPlus profit jumps with store opening push

    Indian pharmacy retailer MedPlus profit jumps with store opening push

    Oct 28 (Reuters) – Medplus Health Services (MEDP.NS), opens new tab, one of India’s top retail pharmacy chains, reported a 43.3% rise in second-quarter profit on Friday, driven by higher sales from new store openings and steady demand for its private label products.

    Consolidated net profit rose to 555 million Indian rupees ($6.31 million) for the quarter ended September 30, up from 387 million rupees a year ago.

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    Total revenue rose 6.5% to 16.79 billion Indian rupees ($191.02 million).

    The company, which operates over 4,200 pharmacies in India, has been expanding into smaller cities and plans to open 600 new stores by the end of this fiscal year.

    It trails Apollo Pharmacy, which has more than 6,000 stores, and also competes with Reliance Industries’ (RELI.NS), opens new tab Netmeds and other retail pharmacies.

    MedPlus is benefitting from growing demand for its high-margin private label products in both the pharmaceuticals and consumer wellness categories.

    The pharmacy chain is also offering online sale and at-home delivery of medicines, keeping up with the growing appetite for convenience among Indian customers.

    ($1 = 87.8950 Indian rupees)

    Reporting by Kashish Tandon and Mridula Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Ronojoy Mazumdar

    Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab

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  • Ex-prince Andrew should answer US questions on Epstein if asked, UK minister says | Prince Andrew

    Ex-prince Andrew should answer US questions on Epstein if asked, UK minister says | Prince Andrew

    Andrew Mountbatten Windsor should go to the US to answer questions on Jeffery Epstein if asked to do so, a UK government minister has said, as it emerged that the former prince’s name has already been struck from the official roll of the…

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  • Victoria Mboko into semi-finals at Hong Kong Tennis Open 2025 as Anna Kalinskaya retires in second set

    Victoria Mboko into semi-finals at Hong Kong Tennis Open 2025 as Anna Kalinskaya retires in second set

    Victoria Mboko continues her rampant run as she booked her spot in the 2025 Hong Kong Tennis Open semi-finals.

    The Canadian starlet won by walkover on Friday (31 October) after world No. 35 Anna Kalinskaya retired in the second set. Mboko had won…

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  • Nvidia Seals Major Blackwell Chip Deal With South Korea

    Nvidia Seals Major Blackwell Chip Deal With South Korea

    This article first appeared on GuruFocus.

    Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) said it will supply more than 260,000 of its new Blackwell AI chips to South Korea’s government and major companies, a move aimed at boosting the country’s AI infrastructure.

    The package includes about 50,000 chips earmarked for a national AI computing center, while Samsung Electronics, SK Group and Hyundai Motor Group are set to receive up to 50,000 chips each to power smart factories and advanced manufacturing initiatives. Naver plans to buy roughly 60,000 chips to expand cloud and AI services.

    The announcement came after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and industry leaders at the APEC CEO Summit in Gyeongju, underscoring closer commercial ties between the U.S. chipmaker and Korea’s tech and auto sectors.

    Analysts say the deal helps Nvidia diversify sales beyond China amid export restrictions and accelerates South Korea’s push to become a regional AI hub by scaling compute capacity across government and private cloud platforms.

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  • We’re shocked too! Google claims iPhones more prone to scam texts and calls than Android

    We’re shocked too! Google claims iPhones more prone to scam texts and calls than Android

    Tech companies always want to pitch themselves as the safest choice. But what if your choice of smartphone makes a difference in how vulnerable you are to scam messages and calls? According to Google’s latest research, the gap between Android…

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  • Antidepressant Fluoxetine Reshapes Brain To Aid Recovery

    Antidepressant Fluoxetine Reshapes Brain To Aid Recovery

    For decades, antidepressants such as fluoxetine – widely known under the brand name ProzacTM – have been prescribed to millions of people worldwide. These medications are thought to work mainly by increasing the availability of…

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  • PM performs groundbreaking of Daanish School in Chitral – RADIO PAKISTAN

    1. PM performs groundbreaking of Daanish School in Chitral  RADIO PAKISTAN
    2. PM hails Pakistan’s prominence on world stage  Dawn
    3. PM vows full support to K-P govt for peace  The Express Tribune
    4. Shehbaz renews offer to Afridi for joint efforts to end…

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  • 10-member KP cabinet takes oath

    10-member KP cabinet takes oath

    The newly appointed 10-member cabinet of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa took oath on Thursday at the Governor’s House in Peshawar.

    According to details, KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi administered the oath to the newly…

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  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 10-member new cabinet sworn in

    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 10-member new cabinet sworn in

    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi administers oath to 10-member provincial cabinet at Governor’s House in Peshawar on October 31, 2025. —X@PTIofficial
    • Mina Khan, Fazal Shakoor, Faisal Turkai, among…

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