The Pakistan government has suspended the anti-polio drive and Lot Quality Assurance Sampling(LQAS) after the increased number of attacks against polio workers in different parts of the country. The countrywide campaign to administer anti-polio drops to 39 million children under five years of age was launched after which the evaluation of the drive was to… Continue reading Pakistan suspends polio drive after security threats to workers
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Submit report on any adverse reaction to pelvic mesh, J&J told
The Indian government has written to US based pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson to furnish details of the number of surgical pelvic meshes it has imported into India in the last three years. The government’s move comes in the backdrop of the U.S Food and Drug Administration(FDA) banning the transvaginal pelvic mesh after women have… Continue reading Submit report on any adverse reaction to pelvic mesh, J&J told
Gujarat govt. to back potato farmers in PepsiCo fight
The Gujarat government has decided to back the potato farmers who are locked in a legal battle with PepsiCo after the company had dragged them to court for growing a potato variety which it claimed was its registered product. Recently, Ahmedabad civil court had barred farmers from growing and selling potatoes till next hearing. PepsiCo… Continue reading Gujarat govt. to back potato farmers in PepsiCo fight
ABU Media Summit on Climate Action and Disaster Preparedness underway in Nepal
Recently,the 5th Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) Media Summit on Climate Action and Disaster Preparedness was held in Kathmandu. The theme of the summit was “Media Solutions for a Sustainable Future: Saving Lives, Building Resilient Communities”. The summit sought to address the issue of fully utilizing media’s potential of accelerating climate action and disaster preparedness… Continue reading ABU Media Summit on Climate Action and Disaster Preparedness underway in Nepal
$64 bn deals signed at BRI summit: Xi
Chinese President has said that $64 billion deals were signed at the recent summit on his Belt and Road Initiative(BRI) and more nations would join the global infrastructure programme. Further,a document released after the meeting showed that Equatorial Guinea, Liberia,Luxembourg,Jamaica,Peru,Italy,Barbados,Cyprus and Yemen were the latest countries to join the Belt and Road Initiative(BRI). China’s Belt… Continue reading $64 bn deals signed at BRI summit: Xi
Jamia team develops ultrasensitive quantum thermometer
Researchers at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi has developed an ultrasensitive quantum thermometer which can measure micro Kelvin changes in temperature and has quick response time.The results of the study were published in the journal Nanoscale Advances. This ultrasensitive quantum thermometer has been developed using graphene quantum dots (GQDs).The features of the thermometer are (a)The… Continue reading Jamia team develops ultrasensitive quantum thermometer
RBI extends ombudsman scheme to non-deposit taking NBFCs
The Reserve Bank of India(RBI) has decided to extend the Ombudsman Scheme for Non-Banking Financial Companies(NBFCs),2018 to non-deposit taking non-banking financial companies(NBFC-NDs) having asset size of Rs 100 crore or above with customer interface. This decision has been taken to ensure expeditious redressal of complaints against deficiency in services concerning loans and other matters relating… Continue reading RBI extends ombudsman scheme to non-deposit taking NBFCs
IIT Madras team develops easy OCR system for nine Indian languages
A team of scientists from IIT Madras has developed a method for reading documents in Bharati script using a multi-lingual optical character recognition (OCR) scheme. Optical character recognition schemes involve first separating or segmenting the document into text and non-text.The text is then segmented into paragraphs,sentences, words and letters. Each letter has to be recognised… Continue reading IIT Madras team develops easy OCR system for nine Indian languages
Pharma exports grow 11%, cross $19 bn
According to the commerce ministry data,India’s pharmaceutical exports have grown by 11% to USD 19.2 billion in 2018-19.The growth was mainly driven by higher demand in regions such as North America and Europe. Further,the Chinese market is also gradually opening up and the Indian government is working to push India’s exports there as it holds… Continue reading Pharma exports grow 11%, cross $19 bn
Must Read News Articles – April 28th, 2019
Archives GS1 A 15,600-year old human footprint According to researchers, a 15,600-year old human footprint discovered in southern Chile is believed to be the oldest ever found in the Americas GS 2 Gujarat govt. to back potato farmers in PepsiCo fight With protests coming from all ends of the political spectrum, the Gujarat… Continue reading Must Read News Articles – April 28th, 2019
