-The Times of India India will, for the first time, put a cap on the maximum price at which essential drugs, like some commonly used anti-AidS and anti-cancer drugs, besides a horde of painkillers, anti-TB drugs, sedatives, lipid lowering agents and steroids, can be sold in the country. In a landmark decision, a group of ministers (GoM) headed by agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday cleared the proposal to bring all 348...
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Medical Council of India approves 3-and-a-half-year medical course -Kounteya Sinha
-The Times of India The Medical Council of India (MCI) has finally cleared introduction of the three-and-a-half-year long medical course. Calling it BSc in Community Health, it will be open to anybody after class 12. Speaking to TOI, MCI board chairman Dr K K Talwar sAid this special cadre of health workers will be trained mainly in district hospitals, be placed in sub-centres or primary health centres and will be taught "some...
More »Floods worsen in Assam as heavy rain continue to lash Arunachal -Prabin Kalita
-The Times of India GUWAHATI: The flood situation in the Assam worsened further on Saturday as heavy showers continued in Arunachal Pradesh. A population of nearly five lakh in 14 districts has been hit. According to the MET department, the southwest monsoon was vigorous over Arunachal Pradesh and also active over Assam and Meghalaya in last 24 hours, causing light to moderate rain at most places in Arunachal Pradesh and some places...
More »FDI in retail: How the Indian kirana store can stay on top
-The Economic Times With the coming of 'organised' multi-brand retail - whether through FDI or indigenous - can the kirana store owner create an effective response so that he competes successfully to retain his share of the consumer's growing shopping basket? And second, will he want to make the change? To answer the first question, let's recap what we know are the kirana's strengths. Successful kirana stores have great neighbourhood locations and...
More »UN food agency highlights progress in Swaziland agricultural initiative
-The United Nations Swaziland’s farmers are beginning to reap the benefits of a UN-backed five-year programme aimed at reversing the country’s declining agricultural productivity, the United Nations food agency declared today. In a media statement, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced that its Swaziland Agricultural Development Project, or SADP, had already begun to have an impact on the lives of the country’s smallholder farmers through a number of training initiatives...
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