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Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: AFP Aimed at promoting ease of doing business in the pharmaceutical and clinical research sectors, the Union Health Ministry is set to amend the New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019.The proposed amendments were published in The Gazette of India on August 28, seeking public comments.The amendments aim to simplify the requirements and procedures for obtaining test licences, and for submitting applications related to studies on bioavailability/bioequivalence.The key highlights of the proposed amendments, according to the release issued by the Health Ministry on Wednesday (September 3, 2025), includes easing up application processes…

Turn And Burn, Midnight Express and Ashoka impressed when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday (Sept. 3) morning. Inner sand: 600m: Eleven Eleven (Shubham) 38. Moved well. 800m: Midnight Express (Parmar) 49, 600/37. Moved impressively. Turn And Burn (D.A. Naik) 48, 600/36. Excelled. Mutual Trust (Ramswarup) 49, 600/36. Slightly urged. Ardakan (Trainer) 52, 600/39. Worked freely. The Flutist (T.S. Jodha) 54, 600/39. Urged. Veinoisse (T.S. Jodha), Agatha (S. Amit) 50, 600/37. They moved neck and neck freely. Pride’s Prince (Ajinkya) 53, 600/40. Easy. Time And Tide (Santosh) 52, 600/38. Shaped well. Youareforfame (Trainer) 51, 600/37. Good. Flash Mob (Mosin)…

Many affected users took to social media platforms such as X to voice their confusion [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT experienced an outage on Wednesday (September 3, 2025), with the company confirming the issue at around 13:40 IST on its status page.The web outage report compiler Downdetector recorded an uptick in complaints from users across the world, with hundreds of reports being registered per country. Many users complained that ChatGPT responses were not being generated, which the company also noted.ChatGPT users in the U.S. and India were among those who were affected by the outage, per Downdetector.…

Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories A bipartisan group of Congress members are trying today to force a vote to make the Trump administration release more of the Jeffrey Epstein files. The Justice Department initially promised to release more details on the convicted sex offender, then abruptly said there was nothing more to see. This has been a focal topic surrounding the administration, as President Trump was a longtime friend of Epstein until…

Tourists gather at a parking lot in the center of Berlin, Germany. Greg Rosalsky/NPR hide caption toggle caption Greg Rosalsky/NPR This first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here. BERLIN — On a Wednesday afternoon in late August, I traveled to a tourist attraction in the heart of Germany’s capital. If I had no context, it would have seemed like a really weird place for tourists to congregate. It’s a parking lot, surrounded by apartment buildings. On one side is Mimi Tea, a boba tea shop that has a cutesy cartoon bear on its storefront. But…

At Chennai’s Lalit Kala Akademi, Contemporary Now brings a significant moment: the city known for its deep-rooted classical tradition is now host to a powerful showcase of contemporary art. The exhibition brings together five of India’s most influential galleries — Chemould Prescott Road, Vadehra Art Gallery, Chatterjee & Lal, Experimenter, and Ashvita’s, featuring thirty-seven artists across generations. Each participating gallery brings its own curatorial legacy, artistic programme, honed over years of working with artists and shaping contemporary art discourse. The exhibition spans painting, sculpture, photography, performance, textiles, installation, and hybrid forms. The selected artworks engage with themes such as identity, gender,…

Television actor Karan Kundrra has proven that losing does not have to come with countless promises of quick fixes, fad diets, and imported food plans. Sometimes, the simplest changes prove to be the most effective.  In an interview with The Times of India, he shared that he shed 12 kilos in just one month, not by following extreme routines, but by reverting to traditional practices. “I simply went back to the basics, I ate ghee, something that’s been part of my life since childhood, and I practised fasting,” he revealed. Karan explained that he consciously avoided diets that didn’t align with his roots.…

Having recently announced his retirement from the Indian Premier League (IPL), Ravichandran Ashwin, who is no longer contracted with the BCCI, has been receiving interest from all corners of the globe. In the space of just a week since he made the shock announcement on social media, Ashwin has been linked to as many as three overseas leagues. After The Hundred and the ILT20, Ashwin is now reportedly in talks with Cricket Australia for a move to Down Under for the Big Bash League (BBL). R Ashwin could likely make his BBL debut later this year According to a report…

The Asia Cup starts in less than a week, finally marking the Indian cricket team’s return to action more than a month after their impressive draw against England for the first-ever Anderson-Tendulkar trophy. Shubman Gill, having successfully recovered from an illness, will serve as a deputy to T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav as India fine-tunes its preparations ahead of the all-important T20 World Cup next year. The Indian team is coming off a terrific run in T20Is last year, where they won 22 out of 26 matches, and with the T20 World Cup returning to home soil for the first time…

Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan believes Sanju Samson could struggle to secure a spot in the playing XI for the upcoming Asia Cup 2025. Despite enjoying a stellar run in T20Is last year and earning a place in the squad, Samson faces stiff competition with Shubman Gill’s return, which could push him to the middle order or even leave him on the bench. Chief selector Ajit Agarkar had clarified during the squad announcement that Samson was opening alongside Abhishek Sharma only because Shubman and Yashasvi Jaiswal were occupied with other formats. With Shubman now back and named vice-captain, his place…