The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has finalized recommendations for assessing blood donor eligibility using a set of individual risk-based questions to reduce the risk of transfusion-transmitted HIV. These questions will be the same for every donor, regardless of sexual orientation, sex or gender. FDA has directed blood establishments to implement these recommendations by revising their donor history questionnaires and […]

Stocks moved sharply higher early in the session and continue to see significant strength in afternoon trading on Friday. With the strong upward move, the major averages are regaining ground after trending lower in recent sessions. Currently, the major averages are hovering firmly in positive territory. The Dow is up 423.63 points or 1.3 percent at 33,551.37, the Nasdaq is […]

The government is at a “fairly advanced stage” of finalising a well-coordinated e-commerce policy and consumer protection rules, which will incorporate provisions of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said on Thursday. “E-commerce rules and e-commerce policy will be congruent with each other… That exercise is at […]

Chip Zien will reprise his Off Broadway performance in the Barry Manilow-Bruce Sussman musical Harmony when the production moves to Broadway this fall. Zien will star as “Rabbi,” a role he originated last year in the Off Broadway production at National Yiddish Theatre/Folksbiene. He joins the previously announced Broadway cast members Sean Bell, Danny Kornfeld, Zal Owen, Eric Peters, Blake […]

A little over a year into his first term, President Bill Clinton made good on a promise to return to MTV if young voters sent him to the White House. The town hall-style program in 1994 was meant to focus on violence in America, but it was a question of personal preference that made headlines and helped put MTV News […]

The gap between the highs and the lows in April for the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex was just 4.1 per cent — the narrowest since July 2021 and nearly half its three-year average. The absence of major positive triggers, sectoral rotation, and cautiousness due to earnings and economic uncertainty have kept a tight leash on the markets, observe experts. Remarkably […]

‘As the Indian economy continues to expand over the next three years, mid- and small-caps should do well as they have higher exposure to the domestic economy than large-caps.’ Equity and bond markets have started to look beyond the near-term outlook of subdued growth and elevated inflation as the drivers affecting both growth and inflation have started to turn favourable, […]

‘Which fund manager in the world will put money into a company that hasn’t filed its annual account?’ The Directorate of Enforcement’s recent searches at Byju’s premises that led to the seizure of allegedly ‘incriminating’ documents are expected to adversely impact the fundraising efforts of the edtech giant, according to industry sources and experts. The Bengaluru-based firm, which achieved a […]

This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Melly Alazraki. California is home to the most World War II veterans living in the United States, according to data from the National WWII Museum. As of 2022, there were 15,946 living WWII veterans in California, accounting for 9.6% of all living WWII […]