NEW DELHI: In a move that could help expedite the launch of cutting-edge therapies in India, the Centre has decided to waive local trials for drugs and vaccines that are more advanced than current standards and have been approved in US, UK, Japan, Australia, Canada and EU. These can be launched in Indian market directly,…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday directed setting up of a high-powered committee of the Cabinet secretary, secretaries of ministries of jal shakti, power and environment & forests along with chief secretary of Uttrakhand to reconsider the expert panel’s report recommending approval for 28 hydro power projects.It questioned Centre’s decision not to accept the report, and…
NEW DELHI: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which aims to drastically change the Waqf Act and has attracted resistance from opposition parties and Muslim bodies, was referred to a joint parliamentary committee on Thursday for scrutiny after govt cleared its first stress test in Lok Sabha by getting the support of ‘secular’ constituents of NDA —…
PARIS: Star athlete Neeraj Chopra won India’s sole silver medal in the Paris Games with a season’s best throw of 89.45m in javelin on a day the hockey team had snatched its second successive Olympic bronze.While Chopra became the first Indian to win an Olympic gold and a silver in athletics, the event was dominated…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed grave concern over the pittance of pension — between Rs 15,000 and Rs 25,000— received by retired HC judges, who were appointed as HC judges after spending their entire life in the district judiciary.These concerns were expressed by a bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud, and Justices…
NEW DELHI: Putting stress on performance and participation in Parliament, Congress is learnt to have instituted a system to assess its LS MPs. It has told members that a keen eye is being kept on them and they should live up to the expectations of their large support base that elected them.LoP in Lok Sabha…
NEW DELHI: A writ petition was filed in the J&K high court last week by ex-president of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI) Mubeen Shah seeking quashing of an FIR filed against him in 2020 for making threatening social media posts against non-locals settled in Kashmir. Shah has been on radar of the Indian…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court, while fixing a batch of petitions seeking review of its 2022 order on validity of various provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, has observed whether review petition is an appeal in disguise.A bench of Justices Surya Kant, C T Ravikumar and Ujjal Bhuyan asked whether review proceedings would partake…
GUWAHATI: Manipur CM N Biren Singh Thursday informed the legislative assembly that various central agencies were pushing for reimposing Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, in the valley districts of the state since violence broke out in May 2023.Responding to a call attention motion on “the long-standing demand” for removal of Afspa from Manipur moved…
NEW DELHI: Govt Thursday informed RS that nearly 1,734 sq km of forest area has been lost in the country in the last 10 years due to development activities but land has also been acquired for compensatory afforestation during the period and the overall forest cover has increased by around 21,762 sq km in 2021…
