Oxfam India has recently released a report titled ‘Mind the Gap: The State of Employment in India’.The report says that regressive social norms along with lack of investment in social security and infrastructure continue to hamper women’s participation in the workforce. The report is based on the estimates of employment unemployment survey (EUS) 2011-12 done… Continue reading Oxfam flags gender pay gap,lack of quality jobs in India
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MPs reject Brexit deal for third time
British MPs has rejected Prime Minister’s EU Brexit deal for a third time, opening the way for a long delay to Brexit or a potential no deal withdrawal by April 12.Britain had to leave the EU on March 29,2019 but UK PM had asked European Union to extend the deadline. The EU has now set… Continue reading MPs reject Brexit deal for third time
Will scrap Niti Aayog if voted in: Rahul Gandhi
Congress president has said that if Congress is voted to power following the upcoming Lok Sabha elections it will scrap the NITI Aayog and replace it with a lean Planning Commission. The Planning Commission was an institution in the Government of India, which was entrusted with formulating India’s Five-Year Plans among other functions.In 2014,Prime Minister… Continue reading Will scrap Niti Aayog if voted in: Rahul Gandhi
CDSCO asks state drug regulators to ‘keep a strong vigil’ on buclizine sales
Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has issued an advisory to state drug regulators.It has asked them to keep monitoring on the manufacture,sale and distribution of buclizine.It is a brand of antihistamine and used as a motion sickness medicine. This advisory came after it was found that a government order prohibiting the sale of buclizine… Continue reading CDSCO asks state drug regulators to ‘keep a strong vigil’ on buclizine sales
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
