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Government Plans Crackdown On Lookalike Drug Brands
NEW DELHI: Drug manufacturers are likely to face increasing scrutiny of their branding practices, as the government plans to crack down on lookalike and soundalike brand names of medicines that it believes cause confusion and pose serious risk to patient safety. According to people in the know, the government...
HPCL Net Profit Declines To Rs 634 Crore In Q1 As Refining Margin Dips
NEW DELHI: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) on Monday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 634 crore during the first quarter 2024-15 compared to 6,766 crore during 1Q FY24. The standalone net profit during this quarter was Rs 356 crore compared to 6,204 crore during 1QFY24. “The primary...
India’s Steel Sector Likely To See Investment Of Rs 30,000-Crore By 2029: Secretary, Ministry Of Steel
NEW DELHI: India’s steel sector is expected to see an investment of close to Rs 30,000-crore, and a production capacity boost by 25 million tonnes in five years, according to a top official. “Given the progress we have made so far, we are confident that by the end of...
DAC Approves Advanced Navigation System For AFVs
NEW DELHI: In an effort to give a fillip to operational preparedness, nod was given on Monday for acquisition of Advanced Land Navigation system (ALNS) to armoured fighting vehicles for the army and 22 interceptor boats for the Coast Guard. Giving details here, Defence Ministry officials said a meeting...
PSU Banks May Get Another 2-Year Extension To Comply With MPS Norms
NEW DELHI: Public sector banks are expected to get another two-year extension to comply with Sebi’s minimum public shareholding (MPS) norms, a top Government official has said. Out of 12 public sector banks (PSBs), five are yet to comply with MPS norms and the government’s holding is beyond 75...
Airtel Starts Re-Farming Of Mid-Band Spectrum To Accommodate Growing Demand On 5G Network
NEW DELHI: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Monday said it has started reallocating its existent mid-band spectrum to accommodate the exponential growth in 5G traffic. As data demand grows, Airtel is re-farming its existing spectrum at a faster pace to provide its customers with a brilliant 5G experience, it...
India Should Offer Open-Arm Invite To MNCs Abandoning China
By Nantoo Banerjee At a time when one after another foreign firms are abandoning China in protest of repression, the Indian government is, instead of inviting these global firms to start operations in the country, freshly looking at foreign direct investments (FDIs) from China. India is believed to have...
Nicholas Maduro Wins Venezuelan Presidency Again In A Hotly Contested Election
By Satyaki Chakraborty President of Venezuela Nicholas Maduro won the Presidential elections held on July 28 by defeating the national opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez. As per the election council announcement, Maduro got 51.2 per cent of the votes polled as against 44.2 per cent received by Gonzalez. The council...
SCO Meet May Be Held In Islamabad In October With Narendra Modi Not Attending
By Sushil Kutty Prominent voices in Pakistan have realized that diplomatic engagement between India and Pakistan is a Pakistani pipedream. The multilateral Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit to be held in Islamabad in October holds promise but Pakistanis know Prime Minister Narendra Modi is unbending. The setback to Modi in...
Programme For High Quality Education For All In Punjab From September 2024
By Dr. Gyan Pathak Known for having transformed the Delhi education scenario in government schools from poor to very good, even better in performance than private schools in the National Capital Territory, in just a decade, AAP government is now on the way to transform Punjab school education to...
Narendra Modi Govt Reduces Funding Allocation For UGC In A Significant Shift
By Arun Kumar Shrivastav This month, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a significant shift in the funding allocation for the University Grants Commission (UGC) in the latest budget. This historical institution, which saw an allocation of Rs 6409 crore during the 2023-2024 fiscal year, will receive only Rs 2,500...
In Post Election Period, Organisational Rejig Emerges As Major Task Of BJP
By Arun Srivastava Dreams of crores of Indian that their country would be empowered soon and have faster connectivity, more jobs, better education and improved quality of life do not appear to be a reality with the ruling BJP losing its track and its czar unable to connect with...
Bengal BJP Vertically Split Over Attitude To Voters Of Muslim Community
By Tirthankar Mitra With its back to the wall post its tally of 18 seats won in 2019 Lok Sabha polls reduced to 12 in 2024 parliamentary elections, West Bengal BJP unit is still at a crossroads. If leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari is advocating a line which...
United States Overhauling Its Military Presence In Japan Is Ominous For Asia
By Asad Mirza In a sweeping step to modernise their alliance in the face of mounting security threats in Asia, particularly the South China Sea, US and Japan have announced plans to further the bilateral military cooperation. The United States has announced that it will overhaul its military forces...
Kamala Harris Nomination Ignites Democratic Party Campaign For Prez Polls
By Diane Abbott Donald Trump was facing an easy ride to the White House when he was matched against Joe Biden. Now he has to face off against Kamala Harris things look very different. Trump has good reason to be scared. He might even lose, again, although it is...
Government Asks Public Sector Banks To Fast-Track Bad Loan Recovery
NEW DELHI: With trillions of crore rupees locked up in cases under the Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRTS) and National Company Law Tribunals (NCLTs), the government has asked chiefs of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to monitor the top twenty defaulter loan accounts personally for faster recovery. The move is expected...
DoT Plans To Update Trade Codes For Telecom Gear For Better Tracking
NEW DELHI: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is working on updating the classification of traded telecom equipment to better track its trade. This will enable higher domestic manufacturing, and plugging leakages in Customs duty collections, officials said. This follows recommendations by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to...
Global Law Firms’ India Entry Plans Hit Regulatory Hurdle
MUMBAI: In late June, Manan Kumar Mishra, chairman of the Bar Council of India (BCI), met with Nick Emmerson, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, to discuss the upcoming implementation of regulations that would open India to foreign lawyers and law firms. The meeting in London...
