Category: Events

The issue has been flagged multiple times over last 15 years but a fresh push by Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revived a question that has remained unresolved for years: who ultimately sets price of a medical device – the manufacturer, the hospital or the regulator? NEW DELHI: An IV infusion set priced...

SC junked over 270 appeals filed by govt against such soldiers NEW DELHI: Quoting Raksha Mantri 2015 Report, which admitted that “many disabled soldiers in India are still denied disability benefits on hyper-technical reasons”, Supreme Court has pulled up Centre and the defence ministry for litigating against them in all forums of the judiciary –...

NEW DELHI: In an important clarification on the ban on use of video clips of court proceedings, Supreme Court on Wednesday said if such footage was uploaded on social media, an aggrieved person could approach the authorities under the Information and Technology Act to seek a “takedown” order of the content.This clarification came from a...

The bill when signed by Trump will give him the authority to levy duties of up to 100 per cent on major buyers of Russian energy The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a sweeping Russia sanctions bill that targets Russian officials, banks and the country’s energy trade, while giving President Donald Trump the...

‘Only 4% Of Transactions To Be Covered’ NEW DELHI: Govt on Wednesday said there would be no rethink on the 0.4% merchant discount rate (MDR) on person-to-merchant UPI transactions, amid demands to withdraw the fee from small retailers, petroleum dealers and brokers, who argued that their margins would be affected.A senior govt official said MDR...

Noel plans to argue that RBI’s Sept 11 letter requires Tata Sons to comply with rules governing upper-layer non-banking financial companies but does not explicitly direct it to list its shares MUMBAI: Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata intends to tell the Tata Sons board on Thursday that the company should remain private and unlisted, pushing...

NBC anchor Robert Kovacik became emotional after learning about the fatal Los Angeles helicopter crash that killed his colleagues Eliana Moreno and George Marciniw. (Photo: KNN/Facebook) Veteran NBC4 reporter Robert Kovacik was left visibly emotional after learning that two of his colleagues had been killed in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles’ Chatsworth neighborhood while...

The Indian couple challenged their separate accommodation as a violation of their Article 8 right to family life. LONDON: An Indian couple who had their asylum claim in Britain rejected by the home office have won a payout after suing the department in the high court here for being kept in separate accommodation prior to...

The CM also alleged that J&K was assured that the statehood would be restored, which wasn’t SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah Wednesday said Ladakhi representatives, who have been in talks with a sub-committee of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) over their demands for the region, should not trust the Centre on any assurance until...

Trump argued that lower interest rates were justified by the US’s strong credit standing and booming investment (Fed Chair Warsh with Trump- file photo) US President Donald Trump called for sharply lower interest rates after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to a 3.75 per cent-4 per cent target range,...