-PTI NEW DELHI: India has the fastest internet traffic growth globally and is expected to have 348 million users by 2017, a study by networking giant Cisco said. According to Cisco's Visuals Networking Index (VNI) forecast (2012-17), internet traffic in India will reach 2.5 exabytes per month in 2017, up from 393 petabytes per month in 2012. One exabyte equals 1 million terabytes. "In India, there will be 348 million internet users in...
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Indian pharma's generic challenge-DG Shah
-The Business Standard USFDA's zero tolerance policy requires our drug firms to reorient not just processes but organisational cultures to serve that market credibly The following two quotes from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) news releases may help put the Ranbaxy controversy in perspective. The first sums up what it is that drives the FDA and the second is typical of the challenge the pharmaceutical industry faces. (1) "The consent...
More »30% dalits in UP 'tech literate'-Amita Verma
-The Asian Age A silent revolution is taking place in the backwaters of Uttar Pradesh as more and more dalits are turning computer savvy. UP has a four-crore dalit population and nearly 30 per cent of this is already computer literate. According to the findings of a survey on computer literacy in the state, all computer-savvy dalits may not be owners of a desktop, laptop or tablet, but they know how to...
More »Third member of family in suicide pact dies
-The Times of India ROHTAK: One more member of the Hisar dalitfamily who had attempted suicide on Monday died in hospital on Tuesday, taking the toll to three. The nine-year-old boy breathed his last early on Tuesday while undergoing treatment atPGIMS in Rohtak. Doctors said the condition of two others, including an 11-year-old boy and his father, was still critical. On Monday, the mother and sister of a rape victim had died...
More »Rajasthan govt to give free cancer drugs -Syed Intishab Ali
-The Times of India JAIPUR: In a major relief for blood cancer patients, the state's health department is all set to provide Imatinib tablets ("magic bullet" tablets) free of cost to them. The government's decision follows the April 1 Supreme Court decision to dismiss Swiss drug maker Novartis AG's attempt to win patent protection for its cancer drug Glivec (Imatinib). Currently the tablet is sold in the market by Novartis at...
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