Author: Arabian Media staff
India’s pharmaceutical industry stands tall on the global stage, exporting to nearly 200 countries and playing an increasingly central role in global healthcare. It is now the second-largest CDMO player worldwide for small molecules, only behind China . With Big Pharma re-evaluating its sourcing strategies and turning away from Chinese dependencies, India has emerged as the favoured destination for pharmaceutical innovation, production, and talent. Yet, even as India’s position strengthens globally, some critical issues at home continue to slip under the radar. One such concern lies in how healthcare retailers—those running the pharmacies in towns and cities across the country—navigate…
Netflix doubled down on its global anime strategy over the weekend, unveiling a slate of new titles and fresh footage during its showcase at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. The company also shared updated viewership data highlighting just how far Japanese anime has come in expanding from its former niche into a powerhouse global content category. According to Netflix, more than 50 percent of its members — amounting to over 150 million households, or an estimated 300 million viewers — now watch anime. The company says anime viewership on the platform has tripled over the past five years, with 2024…
On July 5 and 6, BLACKPINK launched their Deadline World Tour with a solo concert held at the Goyang Sports Complex. Marking their first full-group performance in 2 years and 8 months, this show was more than just a comeback—it was the beginning of a brand new chapter in their history. As the first K-pop girl group to perform solo at the Goyang Main Stadium, the concert set a new milestone. Credit: YG Entertainment This tour reaffirmed why BLACKPINK is widely regarded as K-pop legends. Kicking off with “Kill This Love,” the concert was filled with explosive energy from start…
Clean-label food brand Khetika has raised $18 million in a Series B funding round led by Narotam Sekhsaria Family Office and Anicut Capital, according to a press note. The equity round also witnessed participation from existing investors Incofin India Progress Fund, Rajasthan Gum and Shree Ram India Gums. Founded in 2017, Khetika offers food products including batters, chutneys, millet-based staples, and spices. It claims to have built a tech-enabled supply chain that directly sources from farmers across 14 Indian states. It plans to undertake brand expansion, building its manufacturing capacity, entering international growth along with building its product portfolio. It…
If Emmy forecasters are correct, Chris Perfetti and the rest of the Abbott Elementary family will be making some red carpet rounds in coming months. And he’s ready. “In our fourth year of being invited to these things, I still feel it’s less daunting and way more fun than it was the first time,” the actor told The Hollywood Reporter last week while attending the Mediterrane Film Festival’s closing Golden Bee Awards in Malta. “But I still feel like I have a responsibility to live up to the bigger purpose of what we’re all there for, and so I try…
Kelly Osbourne and Slipknot‘s Sid Wilson are engaged, the couple shared on Sunday (July 6). Wilson proposed during Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath‘s farewell concert on Saturday in Birmingham, England, in front of Kelly’s family, whose reactions were caught on camera. “Kelly, you know I love you more than anything in the world–” Wilson began, only to be momentarily interrupted by a quip from Ozzy that brought on a room full of laughs: “F— off, you’re not marrying my daughter.” In a video of the proposal posted on Instagram by Kelly, her soon-to-be fiancé is seen picking up where he…
Texas is facing an unimaginable tragedy. After catastrophic flooding struck central Texas on July 4, resulting in at least 70 fatalities, per NBC News, stars like Khloe Kardashian, Jennifer Garner and Maria Shriver spoke out about the devastation. “Today my prayers are with the families in Texas impacted by the flooding on the Guadalupe River in Central Texas,” Maria wrote on Instagram July 5. “Right now they need us all to hold them in a circle of love.” As the flash flood swept down the Guadalupe River, Camp Mystic—a Christian summer camp hosting 750 children—was among the establishments that…
The KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack surges 8-3 in its second week on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated July 12), becoming the highest-charting soundtrack of 2025. Previously among soundtracks in 2025, Wicked reached a No. 4 high in January, after debuting and peaking at No. 2 in December 2024. Further, KPop Demon Hunters becomes the highest-charting soundtrack to an animated film since Encanto spent nine weeks at No. 1 in 2022. KPop Demon Hunters premiered on June 20 on Netflix alongside its soundtrack. In the tracking week ending June 29, KPop Demon Hunters jumped 6-2 in its second week on…
Sean “Diddy” Combs got a standing ovation from fellow inmates when the music mogul returned to jail after winning acquittals on potential life-in-prison charges, providing what his lawyer says might have been the best thing he could do for Black incarcerated men in America. “They all said: ‘We never get to see anyone who beats the government,’” attorney Marc Agnifilo said in a weekend interview days after a jury acquitted Combs of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges. Combs, 55, remains jailed after his Wednesday (July 2) conviction on prostitution-related charges and could still face several years in prison at an…
Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey, Black Mess, Suspiria) got feted at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) on Saturday as the audience for one of her latest movies showered the Hollywood star with enthusiastic applause and love, and she received one of the Czech fest’s honors. On a summer-y and warm evening of day three of the 59th edition of the festival in the spa town, its streets were full of activity, with people rushing to and from movie screenings, grooving along to concerts, and eating and drinking in outdoor restaurants and bars. Meanwhile, inside a cinema in the Grandhotel Pupp, which James…