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Snakebites: A Burden for India
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for a global effort against ‘envenoming’. In May, the WHO’s 71st World Health...
01 Aug 2018 Governance
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Panel to Examine OBC Sub-Categorisation Seeks Third Extension
The commission set up to examine the sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBC) has sought a third extension till November 2018 for...
01 Aug 2018 Governance
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Government clarifies on the Anti-Human Trafficking Bill
The Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) has defended its Anti-Human Trafficking Bill which was recently passed by the Lok Sabha, and...
31 Jul 2018 Governance
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Lok Sabha Passes Bill On Rape Punishment
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018, that provides for the death sentence for raping girls aged under 12 has been passed by the Lok Sabha. The...
31 Jul 2018 Governance
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Benefit of Ambiguity in Tax Exemption will be in Favour of State: Supreme Court
Overruling its 21-year-old verdict, the Supreme Court held that when there is ambiguity in tax exemption notification, the benefit of such...
31 Jul 2018 Governance
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Lok Sabha Passes Bill on Homoeopathy Council Revamp
Lok Sabha has passed “The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment), 2018”, which seeks amend the Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973 and...
31 Jul 2018 Governance
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The article “Climb the escalator of reason” was published in The Hindu on 30-07-2018. Our editorial is a further extension and...
30 Jul 2018 Governance
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Justice BN Srikrishna Committee Submits Data Protection Report
A committee headed by retired Supreme Court Judge Justice BN Srikrishna has submitted its report on "Data Protection Framework" to the...
28 Jul 2018 Governance
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Agitations for Reservations and the Way Out
Reservations in India has grappled with the question of whether “caste” or “class” should be made the basis of giving...
27 Jul 2018 Governance
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Direct Benefit Transfer under MGNREGS
To streamline the fund flow mechanism and bring down delay in payment of wages, the Ministry of Rural Development has implemented the National...
27 Jul 2018 Governance
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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‘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
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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
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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