Novartis loses patent battle, experts hail court ruling (Roundup)
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) In a ruling lauded by health experts, the Supreme Court Monday dismissed Swiss pharma giant Novartis AG’s petition seeking…
Traders to oppose local bodies tax in Supreme Court
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) The controversial Local Bodies Tax (LBT) replacing the traditional octroi in various cities in the state will now be contested…
Health scheme screens over 17 million people
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A total of 17,019,476 people have been screened for diabetes and hypertension under a scheme launched by the government…
Two Pakistani ex-lawmakers indicted in fake degree case
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) Two former Pakistani parliamentarians — Jamshed Dasti and Amir Yar Waran — have been indicted on charges of having fake…
President Mukherjee supports sparrow conservation
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) Nature Forever Society (NFS), which works for the conservation of house sparrows, said Monday that President Pranab Mukherjee supports the…
Never dreamt of becoming an astronaut: Sunita Williams
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Space almost feels like home and she miss it while back on earth but Indian American Sunita Williams said…
New pictorial warnings missing from tobacco products
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Even though the government-approved new pictorial warnings on tobacco packets were to be implemented April 1, a survey by…
100-year-old retired colonel is Indian Army’s First Citizen
Chandigarh: On a day he celebrated his 100th birthday, a retired lieutenant colonel of the Indian Army was Monday declared the First Citizen of…
Arrest warrant issued for Pakistani ex-minister
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) Arrest warrants were issued Monday for Pakistan’s former commerce minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim and six others accused in a multi-billion-rupee…
Gunmen torch NATO trucks in Pakistan
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen set ablaze five trucks carrying NATO equipment out of Afghanistan as the international military alliance winds down its…