The Jan Aushadhi scheme aims to make generic drugs affordable to the poor. While BPPI has promised strict action against the companies—from banning the sale of the respective batches to blacklisting them, one of the 18 is a
The ministry estimates that a cotton tote would have to be reused 7,001 times more than a LDPE bag to prove an effective substitue, thanks to the environmental footprint of cotton cultivation and the manufacturing for the bag
In West Bengal, this ratio stands at 1:10,411—while this may seem palatable in comparison to the national average and the worst-performing Bihar's 28,391 patients per doctor, the WHO's ideal doctor-to-patient ratio is 1:1,0
Given how group insurance costs a lot less, surely the government could have given workers more options that cost a lot less and probably give better cover.
While some of the posts included death threats and casteist slurs—where it can be argued that there was legitimate cause for action—there are a good many instances where the state government has acted against individuals
India’s 3-crore-plus pending cases in various courts, and the decades it takes to get justice, is both a source of immense hardship for those unlucky enough to have legal trouble as well as one of the main reasons for India
The NMC Bill, as was presented in Parliament, was not without points of concern, but it still was a radical change from the past—it was designed to bring in experts from non-medical domains that have intersections with heal
The Periodic Labour Force Survey conducted by the NSSO shows that, of India’s labour force of 487 million, about 458 million are gainfully employed—i.e. 29 million of the labour force is unemployed, making for an unemploy
Some have argued that the such a large chunk of reserved category candidates clearing the general category cut-off gives lie to the merit argument used to criticise the reservation policy.
In the event, Aadhaar authentication was to be used only for availing government subsidies, but it couldn’t be used for compulsorily linking with bank accounts or as a KYC for getting a mobile phone.
Although the proposed National Medical Commission Bill, which creates a body to replace the MCI, has several progressive clauses on regulation of malpractice and misconduct by hospitals, it is still hanging fire in Parliament
Union Budget 2019 India: The government is reportedly considering bringing back a banking cash transaction tax (BCTT), of the type introduced in 2005 when P Chidambaram was the finance minister.
The Union government forcing 12 senior tax officials to retire because of misconduct and inefficiency is a step towards clean and effective bureaucracy.
While the new guidelines on stressed assets put out by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) do alter the timelines for a clutch of projects where resolution is under way, lenders now have more flexibility on how to deal with the a
However, while Section 66 requires that certain conditions be fulfilled for making an arrest without a warrant, the charge doesn't even seem relevant in Kanojia's case.
Rajasthan Royals head coach Paddy Upton talks about his stint as mental conditioning coach with the 2011 World Cup-winning Indian team and about getting players to open up, says Dhoni’s ‘strategic brain’ sets him apart,
The new American vision, marked by clarity and simplicity, reiterates that the US is a Pacific power, a resident Asian power, and that the US ‘pivot’ is here in Asia to stay—with the Indo-Pacific identified as the ‘pr
