A wave of the world’s best-selling drugs is about to lose patent protection. When that happens, cheaper copies (generics and biosimilars) flood in, prices crash, and someone has to manufacture all those cheaper copies. That “someone” is very often an Indian company. This is called a patent cliff. It has happened before, but the one…
New Delhi: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi has been given additional charge of the Ministry of Education, following the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan amid protests over exam paper leaks. The President’s office, after accepting Pradhan’s resignation, confirmed Joshi’s appointment in a communique this evening. Joshi is currently Union Minister of Food and Consumer Affairs. Pradhan, 57,…
Shrikant Rao A Czech tractor icon is ending nearly eight decades of manufacturing in Brno and moving production to India. The decision is about far more than costs. It reflects the changing economics of global manufacturing, strengthens VST’s international standing and reinforces India’s emergence as one of the world’s most important tractor manufacturing ecosystems. For…
People forget how quickly the world can change. In February 1965, Charles de Gaulle stood before the world’s press at the Élysée Palace and said the one thing no Western leader was supposed to say out loud: the world should return to gold. Not the dollar. Not promises. Gold, because it “has no nationality” and…
Agartala: Tripura Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag Dhankar was found dead in his office in the state police headquarters in Agartala on Monday. The 1994-batch IPS officer of the Tripura cadre was rushed to Govind Ballabh Pant (G B Pant) Hospital, where doctors declared him dead at 12.48 pm, sources who spoke to TNIE confirmed. The…
Lakshmanrao Upadhyayula In the measured cadence of Anuṣṭup, the sage Bhārgava Somahuti invokes Agni not merely as a physical fire, but as the luminous principle of awakened consciousness that dwells within and beyond all beings. Agni is addressed as the eternal father, the primordial guardian who is born again and again to preserve the lineage…
Kaleshwar Mahadev Temple, also known as Shri Kalinath Kaleshwar Mahadev Temple, is located in Kaleshwar village near the heritage village of Pragpur (Paragpur) in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh. The temple stands peacefully on the banks of the sacred Beas (Vyas) River amidst the scenic Shivalik hills. Owing to its sacred riverside location and the belief…
Abu Dhabi: Air India Group expects to get 50-60 new aircraft in the next 18 months and the transformation programme is on track even as the airline industry has been impacted by multiple black swan events, according to a senior executive. Loss-making Air India was acquired by Tata Group in January 2022, and the airline…
New Delhi: Ahead of the Monsoon session, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday approved the merger of six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs with the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and allowed separate seating for the 20 rebel TMC lawmakers, who have joined a little-known party, NCPI. Official sources said…
Bhubaeshwar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday virtually inaugurated seven railway stations in Odisha redeveloped under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme as part of the launch of 75 modernised stations across the country. The seven stations are Barpali, Balangir, Paralakhemundi, Talcher, Kesinga, Bimalgarh and Baripada. They fall under the jurisdiction of the East Coast Railway…
