-DNA Tribal minister shoots letter to 9 guvs seeking cancellation of leases. Union tribal affairs minister V Kishore Chandra Deo has asked governors of nine states to invoke their special powers to revoke lease agreements and MoUs signed between state governments and corporates to extract mineral wealth in tribal areas. Pointing out that power lobbies were disregarding land Regulations, he castigated the Congress-ruled Andhra Pradesh government. The union minister, who is also...
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Most big patented drugs skip India -Rupali Mukherjee
-The Times of India Big pharma may be crying hoarse over India's "weak'' intellectual property environment, but over the past five years or so, they have introduced only a handful of their patented blockbusters in the country. That's not all. The contribution of patented drugs in the Rs 72,000-crore pharma retail market is not even 1%, indicating that multinationals have been traditionally slow and have a poor track record in introducing...
More »Media demonising Muslim community: Katju
-PTI "Discrimination" against Muslims is giving rise to a feeling of injustice among them, Press Council Chairman Markanedya Katju on Sunday claimed and rebuked the media for what he described as "demonising" Muslim community through "irresponsible" journalism. "Whenever a bomb blast occurs or such incident takes place, within an hour or so many TV channels start showing that an email or sms has come from the Indian Mujahideen, JeM or Harkatuljihad-e-Islam, or...
More »Odisha Govt Extended Undue Benefits to Posco: CAG
-Outlook Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found Odisha Government of extending undue benefits to South Korean steel major Posco in allotment of a piece of land in the state capital here. "The company was extended undue benefit in allotment of land disregarding zonal Regulation and charging of premium at a reduced rate," the CAG in its latest report tabled in the Assembly yesterday said. The CAG observation was made based...
More »Government hints at broadcasting reform agenda- Shuchi Bansal
-Live Mint I&B minister raises prospect of independent broadcasting authority, says govt may be forced to set up ratings system Information and broadcasting (I&B) minister Manish Tewari on Friday raised the prospect of an independent broadcasting authority and said the government may be forced to set up a ratings system unless the industry took steps to put in place a credible method of ranking television programmes, in a series of statements that...
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