The west is faced with a daunting task on patent expiry, increasing challenges from generics, pipeline showing limited blockbusters, and in addition to that increasing pricing pressure.
Images from Sunday's second IPL match, between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals, in Mumbai.
Kolkata Knight Riders thrashed Mumbai Indians by nine wickets in their Indian Premier League match at Eden Gardens on Monday to finish their campaign on a winning note.
Captain Sourav Ganguly led from the front to ensure Kolkata Knight Riders a comprehensive eight wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match at Eden Gardens on Saturday.
Royal Challengers Bangalore were forced to share points with Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League match after heavy downpour led to match being called off.
Jacques Kallis continued his superb run of form with another spectacular innings against Mumbai Indians on Saturday, helping the Royal Challengers Bangalore to a comprehensive seven-wicket win in the process.
With six half-centuries and a hundred, and an average of 48-plus in 16 ODIs, Shreyas Iyer has had a good time in the India's middle-order.
Talking about the Tablighi Jamaat congregation, Agarwal said, "If the Tablighi Jamaat incident had not taken place and we compare the rate of doubling -- that is in how many days the cases have doubled, we will see that currently it is 4.1 days (including Jamaat cases) and if the incident had not taken place and additional cases had not come then the doubling rate would have been 7.4 days."
'The credit for managing Trump should go to Modi.' 'Biden is a predictable and rational person with plenty of administrative experience,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Two terrorists and an army officer were killed in a pre-dawn encounter when security personnel foiled an infiltration bid in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior army official said.
Images from Day 3 of the second Test between India and South Africa, in Pune.
Images from Day 3 of the fourth Test between India and England, at the Narendra Modi stadium, in Motera, Ahmedabad.
Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah found his mojo as India got back to winning ways with a morale-lifting 13-run triumph over Australia in the third and final ODI in Canberra on Wednesday, salvaging some of the lost pride in a 1-2 series defeat.
Rajasthan suffered the ignominy of being bowled out for a paltry 35 against Railways in a Central Zone leg match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, in Nagpur, on Tuesday. Railways needed just 5.3 overs, losing a solitary wicket, to hit up the required runs.
'In terms of sheer incompetence, this government has rivaled the Rajiv Gandhi-led government that was derisively called the 'Baba-log' government for its naive handling of many issues,' notes Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
A round-up of our favourite photographs from the week gone by
Clashes broke out at multiple places and Delhi's borders resembled a virtual battle zone with restless crowds of farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, milling around and a sea of police personnel keeping them at bay.
Indian forward posts came under fresh fire from across the border in Pagwal border on Friday morning leading the Border Security Force to retaliate, the second such incident in less than ten hours.
A 30-metre-long tunnel from Pakistan to the Indian side was today detected by the Border Security Force on the international border in the RS Pura sector of Jammu district.
Hardik Pandya stood tall amid the ruins with an unbeaten 79 as India collapsed to 169-9 on a rain-hit opening day of the second four-day Quadrangular A Series match against Australia, in Brisbane, on Thursday.
Images from the IPL match between Delhi Capitals and SunRisers Hyderabad, in Chennai, on Sunday.
Even as India battles the COVID-19 threat on a war footing, it cannot lose sight of the threat building up in Kashmir, cautions Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
Smriti Mandhana smashed 58 from just 34 balls but a middle order collapse saw India lose to New Zealand by 23 runs in the first T20 International.
Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd), former general officer in commanding, 15 Corps, explains what may have happened during the Indian Army's anti-terrorist operation in Kashmir in which four soldiers and one policemen, including the commanding officer 21 Rashtriya Rifles, made the supreme sacrifice for the Motherland.
All the gold medallists from Saturday's action at the Tokyo Olympics.
Images from Thursday's IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad, in Mumbai.
India must have a "contingency plan" in place to ring-fence the country's economy if the political showdown in the US leads to a default on its international monetary obligations, industry body Assocham said.
A valiant 81 not out from man-of-the-match Ross Taylor helped Royal Challengers Bangalore get past Kolkata Knight Riders' formidable total with six wickets remaining in their Indian Premier League match at SuperSport Park, Centurion on Tuesday.
'We think FY18 will end with a 10 to 12 per cent earnings growth, but FY19 will see a recovery to over 15 per cent.'
Australian women's cricket team overcame the disappointment of losing the T20I series, as they thrashed India Women by 101 runs in the first One-day International in Canberra.
Images from Tuesday's IPL match between Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings, in Abu Dhabi.
Foreign investors, according to them, will now wait-and-watch how the economy takes shape in the backdrop of doubts over monsoon, interest rate trajectory and other global events such as the US - China trade war.
India on Wednesday joined over 20 countries in warning its nationals in Thailand to be cautious of the ongoing mass protests that has plunged the country into deep political chaos.
The automobile segment is our preferred area, and old favourites such as Tata Motors, Bajaj and Maruti Suzuki continue to entice us.
Will Ravi Shastri be retained or will the BCCI opt for a new face?
Former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Biswanath Dutt, best known in Indian cricket fraternity as Jagmohan Dalmiya's mentor, passed away on Monday after suffering from acute lung infection.
Indian farmers practise an agro-silvo-pastoral system and that livestock is a crucial part of their economy. Taking away the meat would demonetise their assets. It would kill their income, says Sunita Narain.
Fearless Hetmyer guides West Indies to challenging 207/5
Delhi Daredevils defeated Mumbai Indians by 10 runs in their IPL match at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
Four militants were killed on Monday in a fierce gunbattle that erupted on Sunday on the Line of Control in Poonch, with security personnel foiling an attempt by ultras to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir.
