-The Indian Express India's role in pharmaceutical patent wars has broadened access to healthcare. Recently, there were rumours that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) was getting ready to announce "trade enforcement actions" or sanctions against India over its intellectual property Rights regime. The Obama administration has been under pressure from the US Chamber of Commerce and lobby groups, like the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, to take a tough stance...

-The Times of India MUMBAI: As many as 229 of the 480 apartments meant to rehabilitate slum families were sold in the open market by a builder redeveloping a large slum redevelopment project in Goregaon west. Despite stop work notices by the authorities in 2007, some of the buildings on the 13-acre plot near the Goregaon bus depot, were built in violation of the coastal development zone (CRZ) norms. The Slum Rehabilitation Authority...

-PTI Decision is believed to have been influenced by apprehension that President Pranab Mukherjee won't give assent to these The Union Cabinet tonight rejected the ordinance route for a set of anti-corruption measures despite pressure from Rahul Gandhi for bringing laws on his pet issues. The Union Cabinet, which met here this evening, discussed the issue of these ordinances but it was felt that "full deliberations" are required in Parliament keeping with the...

-The Indian Express The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) promises 100 days of work to every rural household annually. The government on Friday increased the number of workdays under its flagship rural jobs guarantee scheme for tribal households to 150, but official data show that no more than 11 per cent of Scheduled Tribe households have been able to complete even the promised 100 days of annual employment...

-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court has criticised political appointments in the top child Rights body and stopped fresh entries till the Centre comes up with selection guidelines and issue ads to fill vacancies. The court has given the Union women and child development ministry six weeks to come up with the norms on the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR). The bar on appointments will apply till then. "Receiving...