-The Times of India In a first for a medical device, the public interest provision in the Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) 2013 was used by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority to cap the price of knee implants. The NPPA cited "exorbitant prices being charged from patients in a non-regulated market" and "a failed market system where asymmetry of information between patient and the doctor has resulted into unethical practices and...
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Oxygen supply records were fudged: Gorakhpur DM's report -Rohan Dua
-The Times of India GORAKHPUR (U.P.): In a disclosure that is set to open a can of worms, the local administration has found that there was overwriting in the log book related to purchase and re-filling of oxygen cylinders at Baba Raghav Das hospital. The inquiry report submitted by the Gorakhpur district magistrate has held supplier Pushpa Sales responsible for stopping the supply of liquid oxygen and raised a question about the...
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-The Hindu Concern over security features and embedded programmes of handsets; motivated by data leakage to other countries Concerned about instances of Indian mobile phone users’ contact lists, details and text messages being leaked to other countries, including China, the government has asked all firms selling smartphone handsets in the country to share details of the processes they follow to ensure there is no possibility of data thefts or leakages from their...
More »Gorakhpur deaths: Documents show Minister was briefed on 'BRD irregularities' -Omar Rashid
-The Hindu Ashutosh Tandon was also informed on dwindling supply of oxygen in BRD While the Uttar Pradesh government and its Ministers have claimed that they were not informed about the alleged irregularities in the BRD hospital, documents that have surfaced seem to indicate otherwise. The documents show that U.P. Medical Education Minister Ashtosh Tandon was informed of the alleged irregularities and also kept in the loop by the supplier in the matter...
More »Delhi's air quality this August has been worse than that of last year: CPCB -Mallica Joshi
-The Indian Express According to a report prepared by CPCB in March last year, the cities of Varanasi and Faridabad are the most polluted in winters, with the air quality index regularly showing the severely polluted warning sign. Delhi is at number three, as per the report. Delhi’s air quality has suffered more in the first two weeks of August as compared to the same time last year, data collated by the...
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