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Rampant evergreening in Indian pharma industry
Background:
Accessible and affordable medicines are of utmost importance for any needy patient. In a developing country like India and many of its counterparts, generic drugs will be the panacea. India’s rejections for ‘secondary patents’ are commendable.
Introduction:
India is the largest provider of generic drugsglobally with the Indian generics accounting for 20 per cent of global exports
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India daily: 02/05/2018
1. Supreme Court asks high courts to fast-track trial under POCSO Act
Context: The Supreme Court has issued a slew of directions to all high courts of the country regarding trial in sexual assault cases involving children.
Guidelines:
All high courts must ensure that the cases of sexual assault of children are fast-tracked and decided by special courts.
High courts should instruct the trial…
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More to lose than to gain
Background:-
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border. But more than half a century after the 1962 war, China is positioning to send its troops across the border in Doklam. This shows the evolution of the relation between the two countries over the years and when Asia is being in focus the regional powers are…
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Peace in Afghanistan
Background :-
Violence in Afghanistan had escalated dangerously over the years. According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the number of casualties in the first three months of 2018 was already 2,258 .
Taliban is rejecting Afghanistan’s offer of talks without preconditions and calling for the targeting of American forces in Afghanistan as part of a spring offensive signals the…
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Nehru Report
Background:-
When Simon commission was opposed by Indians, British challenged the Indian leaders to draft a constitution for India. Indians accepted this by forming a committee appointed with the task of drafting a constitution headed by Motilal Nehru. The draft constitution prepared by the committee was called the Nehru Committee Report or Nehru Report.
Nehru report :-
The main points of the…
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Draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), 2018
Context:
The draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), 2018, which was released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), has the potential to change the way coastal stretches in India are governed. India’s coastline runs over 7,500 kilometres.
The new draft if implemented will not only have an effect on how common areas used by fisher folk are managed, but also bifurcate coastal zones…
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India daily: 01/05/2018
1. Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS)
Context: Prime Minister of India recently honoured the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS) as part of celebrations to mark Buddha Purnima. The PM also highlighted ₹360 crore allocation made for the development of the Buddhist circuit.
About CIHTS:
CIHTS is a centrally funded institute that was started in 1967 following a…
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Govt. Has No Right to Enter Our Bedrooms
Keshav Suri, the Executive Director of the Lalit Suri Hospitality Group, filed a petition in the Supreme Court (SC) demanding scrapping of section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) that criminalises homosexuality.
“It’s not just about decriminalising, it’s also about every citizen, every consenting adult in this country having a right to choose their sexual orientation, a right to choose their…
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Nabbing absconders: on Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance
Background:
There have been several instances of economic offenders fleeing the jurisdiction of Indian courts, anticipating the commencement, or during the pendency, of criminal proceedings.
The absence of such offenders from Indian courts has several deleterious consequences – first, it hampers investigation in criminal cases; second, it wastes precious time of courts of law, third, it…
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Digital library of life
Background:-
An international consortium of scientists is proposing a massive project to sequence, catalog and analyze the genomes of all known eukaryotic species on the planet, an undertaking the researchers say will take 10 years, cost $4.7 billion and require more than 200 petabytes of digital storage capacity.
The greatest legacy of the Earth biome project will be the gift of knowledge acompl…
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Jammu and Kashmir violence
Background:-
Recently centre has announced that it revoked the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from Meghalaya .In Arunachal Pradesh, the impact of AFSPA was reduced to eight police stations
Right now AFSPA is effective in the whole of Nagaland, Assam, Manipur (excluding seven assembly constituencies of Imphal) and parts of Arunachal Pradesh
Why is there the need to repeal AFSPA:-
Human…
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Fracking
Fracking :-
It is the hydraulic fracturing of shale rock that, together with horizontal drilling, unleashes abundant natural gas.
Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside
Water, sand and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure which allows the gas to flow out to the head of the well.
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Social security plan
Background:-
Recently government accepted the proposal on universal social security cover for 500 million workers, including those in the farm sector, seeking to start the process of putting in place a more secure welfare net .
Social security plan:-
It is a comprehensive social security system to provide retirement, health, old-age, disability, unemployment and maternity benefits to the 500…
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India daily: 28/04/2018
1. Defence Acquisition Council (DAC)
Context: In a boost to indigenisation and in realisation of India’s growing technological prowess, the DAC has approved procurement of Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO’s) designed and developed NAG Missile System (NAMIS) at the cost of Rs 524 crore.
About NAG missile and the system:
The NAG missile is a third generation anti-tank…
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Supreme Court judgement: Dilution the SC/ST act
Background:-
Recently several states were affected by violence and clashes following Bandh call given by several SC/ST organisations protesting the Supreme court’s recent judgement on SC/ST act in Subhash Kashinath Mahajan v. State of Maharashtra.The earlier amendments which tried to make the act stringent did not serve the purpose as well.
Key findings of the NCRB report :-
India has over…
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ESA’s space observatory Gaia
Gaia
Context: ESA’s Gaia mission has produced the richest star catalogue to date, including high-precision measurements of nearly 1.7 billion stars and revealing previously unseen details of our home Galaxy.
Preliminary analysis of this phenomenal data reveals fine details about the make-up of the Milky Way’s stellar population and about how stars move, essential information for investigating…
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India daily: 27/04/2018
1. TRIFED
Context: Due to the massive drive of scaling up the retail marketing activities by TRIFED, the value of Sales has increased from Rs. 11.37 crores in 2016-17 to Rs.20.08 Crores during 2017-18, a record increase of 77% and a record sale in the history of TRIFED.
About TRIFED:
TRIFED is an apex organisation at National Level and functioning under the administrative control of Ministry of…
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