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Plea in court against drug pricing regulator’s move to cap trade margin for cancer medicines

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) decision to cap the maximum trade margin for cancer medicine has been challenged in the Karnataka High Court by a private hospital group. Earlier,National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) had invoked powers under Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 and brought 42 non-scheduled anti-cancer drugs under price control by capping trade… Continue reading Plea in court against drug pricing regulator’s move to cap trade margin for cancer medicines

Group to check terror sympathisers

Government has set up a Multi Disciplinary Terror Monitoring Group (MDTMG).The group aims to ensure synergised and concerted action against terror financing and terror-related activities in Jammu and Kashmir. The MDTMG will have representatives from (a)Jammu and Kashmir Police (b)Intelligence Bureau (c)Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) (c)National Investigation agency(NIA) and (d)Income Tax Department. The terms of… Continue reading Group to check terror sympathisers

Kartarpur talks only if Pak. concedes demands

India has called off a second round of talks with Pakistan on the Kartarpur Corridor scheduled to be held on 2nd April. The inclusion of Khalistan separatists supporter in the recently constituted Kartarpur-related committee by the Pakistan government is the main reason for India calling off the talks. The issues that need to be resolved… Continue reading Kartarpur talks only if Pak. concedes demands

MSME networking portal launched

The Telangana government has launched a Micro,SmallandMedium Enterprises(MSME) networking portal called as Telangana State GlobalLinker. The core objective of the portal is to make the business growth of MSMEs simpler,more profitable and enjoyable. The platform will offer a host of benefits to MSME members such as (a)digitisation (b)an e-commerce store and (c)access to business efficiency… Continue reading MSME networking portal launched

Croatia honours President Kovind with highest civilian award

President Ram Nath Kovind has been honoured with Croatia’s civilian order known as “The Grand Order of the King of Tomislav”. President was awarded for his exceptional contribution to the advancement of overall relations and development of mutual cooperation between India and Croatia and for promoting friendship and partnership between people of both the countries.… Continue reading Croatia honours President Kovind with highest civilian award

Godfathers of deep learning get turing award

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) awarded Yoshua Bengio,Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun the A.M.Turing Award 2018 for making breakthroughs in deep neural networks which is a subfield of Artificial intelligence. The A.M.Turing Award is often referred to as the computer science award  equivalent of the Nobel Prize.The award is given by the Association for… Continue reading Godfathers of deep learning get turing award

Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – March 29, 2019

Archives Q.1) India has entered an elite space club with Mission Shakti- Anti-Satellite Missile Test. What is Anti-Satellite Missile Test? Critically examine Mission shakti and its benefits for India? Answer: It is the technological capability to hit and destroy satellites in space through missiles launched from the ground. Anti-satellite (A-Sat) weapons that attempt to directly… Continue reading Answers: Mains Marathon – UPSC Mains Current Affairs Questions – March 29, 2019

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