-The Business Standard Why have Indian authorities woken up to the Ranbaxy case only now? The matter had been simmering for several years The Ranbaxy affair is one of the darkest chapters of India's business history. The company has admitted it fudged data so that it could launch its products in the United States. It has now paid $500 million as a penalty to settle the case. It is worse thaN Ramalinga...
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Iodine deficiency during pregnancy adversely affects child’s mental development -Kounteya Sinha
-The Times of India LONDON: Iodine deficiency during pregnancy, something rampant among Indian women, adversely affects the child's mental development. A UK study published in medical journal The Lancet on Thursday has shown that iodine - which is consumed mainly via dairy products and seafood - is essential for producing hormones made by the thyroid gland, which have a direct impact on fetal brain development. A recent Indian health ministry survey conducted in...
More »Ramesh cut to size on red action plan -Yatish Yadav
-The New Indian Express In a war of letters between Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh and Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth over ways to tackle the Naxalite menace, the minister has emerged the loser. In 2012, the minister had criticised the UPA's flagship programme-the Integrated Action Plan (IAP)-which has been designed to tackle Left Wing Extremism (LWE) through development projects. Last July, he had asked the Prime Minister to scrap the IAP-the brainchild...
More »43 IPS officers in UP transferred 40 times in their career -Ashish Tripathi
-The Economic Times LUCKNOW: Another example of why officers in Uttar Pradesh are not able to deliver. They are frequently transferred from one place to the another, making it difficult for them to plan things to tackle problems, execute and deliver results. As many as 43 Indian Police Services (IPS) officers posted in UP have been transferred more than 40 times in their career. The officers include two director general police(DGP)- Vinod...
More »India Inc trying to get proactive in handling sexual harassment cases -Sreeradha D Basu, Devina Sengupta & Saumya Bhattacharya
-The Economic Times MUMBAI/ BANGALORE/ NEW DELHI: For 100,000 employees in the group, ICICI gets 60-odd sexual harassment complaints in a year. Of this, 30-40% are found to be true. India's second-largest bank by assets does not insist on absolute proof when it comes to allegations of sexual harassment. In case of circumstantial evidence, the person is asked to resign. If there is stronger proof, the person is sacked. ICICI is among...
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