India needs to strengthen its position as global pharmaceutical and innovation hub: NITI Aayog

IANS | June 23, 2026 5:32 PM

New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) While India remains one of the world’s largest suppliers of generic medicines and a major provider of vaccines and essential drugs, its global export share in pharmaceuticals and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) remains modest at 2.8 per cent, indicating scope for expansion amid rising global demand for medicines, biologics, and speciality therapeutics, a NITI Aayog report said on Tuesday.

When Javed Akhtar spoke about his early brush with reality of film industry

IANS | June 23, 2026 5:18 PM

Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) The social media often advises to never skip a video which has veteran screenwriter Javed Akhtar talking about anything under the sun. One such video of the screenwriting legend has resurfaced on the Internet, and it shows him recollecting his experience of narrating a fresh story to a producer.