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Decks cleared for resuming launch of Dr Reddy’s generic Suboxone after US court rejects rival firm’s patent breach case
•The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that Indivior had not shown that it is likely to succeed on the merits of its infringement case.
Delhi's air turns more toxic; season’s worst pollution recorded today as stubble burning rises in neighbouring states
•The air quality of Delhi was recorded at 397, just three points below the severe level and highest of this season.
Network18 posts 59% jump in operating EBITDA in Q2 on improved performance of regional channels
Fp Staff •Network18 has narrowed its consolidated net loss to Rs 68 crore in September quarter from a loss of Rs 113 crore in the previous quarter
Angela Merkel in line for a fourth term, ending months of political uncertainty in Germany
•Germany ended months of political uncertainty Sunday when Chancellor Angela Merkel gained the support needed to preserve her governing coalition.
Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat: A mission without backing of law makes guinea pigs out of eager votaries
Pavan Choudhary •On Saturday, Ravinder, an e-rickshaw driver in Delhi, perhaps inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh Bharat initiative, objected to two young men urinating in the open. He requested that they use a public toilet. They responded by returning with a dozen others and bludgeoning him to death.
IAS officer drowns while saving female colleague in Delhi swimming pool
•A 30-year-old Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer drowned while rescuing a woman colleague from drowning in the swimming pool of the Foreign Service Institute in south Delhi's Ber Sarai on early Tuesday.
E-rickshaw driver beaten to death for stopping two men from urinating near Delhi Metro, Naidu condemns assault
Fp Staff •Condemning the murder of an e-rickshaw driver by a group of men in Delhi for opposing public urination, Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that the victim was “promoting #SwachhBharat while he was murdered”.
United Nations warns 2,00,000 Iraqi citizens at risk as forces start final assault on Islamic State held Mosul
•Iraqi forces pressed forward with an offensive against jihadist-held areas of Mosul as the United Nations warned of grave danger to civilians in the final stages of the battle.
White House weighs banning laptops on all international flights, says homeland security secy
•US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Sunday said he was considering banning laptop computers on international flights into and out of the country amid signs of "a real threat."
Compliance with Paris Agreement commitments would cripple US growth, warns Donald Trump's chief economic advisor
•US compliance with its commitments under the Paris Agreement on climate change would be "crippling" to growth, the White House said on Thursday.