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Panel Finds Dosing Mismatches in Many FDCs

The Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) sub-committee has found that many Fixed-Dose Combinations (FDCs) were formulated without due diligence, with...

27 Jul 2018 Governance

Government to Give Free Antiviral for Hepatitis C

The Government of India is set to launch an ambitious programme — National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme - to control viral hepatitis. As...

27 Jul 2018 Governance

Analysing the New Anti-Trafficking Bill

This article is based on the opinion piece published in Livemint “Anti-trafficking Bill may lead to censorship” and contains inputs from...

25 Jul 2018 Governance

Oxytocin Ban

The US generic drugs major Mylan has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the notification issued by the Ministry of Health and Family...

25 Jul 2018 Governance

New Rules to Allow Appeals on NRC

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has clarified that people who are not part of the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam will not be...

24 Jul 2018 Governance

Lok Sabha Passes Bill on Cheque Bounce Cases

The Lok Sabha has passed the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill. The Bill seeks to amend the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. Negotiable...

24 Jul 2018 Governance

Government Forms Expert Panel to Curb Lynching

The Ministry of Home Affairs has set up a high powered committee to deliberate on all issues relating to mob lynching and to formulate appropriate...

24 Jul 2018 Governance

‘Rent-A-Lab’ Policy to Bring Revenues to Institutions

The government has proposed a new policy that could transform scientific instruments in government labs into lucrative assets generating a steady...

21 Jul 2018 Governance

Flexi Fare System Affected Occupancy

Recently, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its report stated that the flexi-fare system in premium trains has led to increase in...

21 Jul 2018 Governance

Rajya Sabha Passes Amendments to Anti-Corruption Law

Rajya Sabha has passed the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2013. The Bill amends the archaic Prevention of Corruption Act,...

20 Jul 2018 Governance

Lok Sabha Clears Detention Policy

Lok Sabha has passed the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2018 to abolish the ‘no detention policy’...

19 Jul 2018 Governance

Corporate Sector and Higher Education in India

In spite of commendable achievements in the fields of science, technology and innovation, India’s higher education scenario is still not at par...

17 Jul 2018 Governance

TRAI Says Users Own their Data, Calls for Stricter Security Rules

In its recommendations on ‘Privacy, Security and Ownership of the Data in the Telecom Sector’, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...

17 Jul 2018 Governance

President Clears Bill Against Witch-Hunting

The President has given his assent to the Assam Witch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention, and Protection) Bill, 2015. The legislation is crucial in the...

17 Jul 2018 Governance

Committee to Review the Offences Under the Companies Act

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has constituted a 10-member committee to review the penal provisions under the Companies Act, 2013 and examine...

16 Jul 2018 Governance

Telemedicine Facility for Pilgrims

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has joined hands with Jammu and Kashmir’s Directorate of Health Services-Kashmir (DHS-K) to set...

16 Jul 2018 Governance

Social Media Communications Hub

A petition has been filed and accepted in the Supreme Court against a proposal by the Centre to set up a Social Media Communications Hub. What is...

16 Jul 2018 Governance

Coming Home To Jail: On The Repatriation of Prisoners Act, 2003

Today’s editorial on repatriation of international criminals makes for an interesting read. The following are the most important points from...

14 Jul 2018 Governance

DNA Profiles Would Not Be Kept Permanently

The DNA profile of a person in a criminal case will remain in the DNA databank till the case is solved. It will be removed after a judicial order....

14 Jul 2018 Governance

India Is Not A Surveillance State: SC

The Supreme Court has stated that government monitoring of every social media message can make the country a surveillance state. The statement was...

14 Jul 2018 Governance