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NPPA fixes retail price of 30 drug formulations

Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed retail price for 30 drug formulations, including those used for treatment of diabetes, bacterial infections and high blood...

January 18, 2018

PM Narendra Modi, Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurate iCREATE facility

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurated iCREATE facility at Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. iCreate aims to develop an ecosystem in India...

January 18, 2018

Maharashtra Government approves 1% reservation for orphans in government jobs

Maharashtra Government has approved 1% reservation for orphans in government jobs d education for orphans in the state under general category. Decision in this regard was taken at...

January 18, 2018

GK & Current Affairs Quiz: January 17, 2018

1. Who is the head of the newly-constituted 5-judge constitution bench of the SC to hear a range of crucial cases? [A] AK Sikri[B] AM Khanwilkar[C] Dipak Mishra[D]...

January 17, 2018

Hindi as Official Language of UN

The issue rose during a debate in parliament wherein ruling party proposed to make Hindi as one of the official languages at UN whereas opposition party opposed this...

January 17, 2018

What is the meaning of Contra Fund?

Contra Fund is a type of fund which is different from other such funds by the style of investing. It takes a contrarian view of the asset. It...

January 17, 2018

DAC clears procurements of assault rifles and carbines

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has cleared procurement proposal of 72,400 assault rifles and 93,895 carbines on fast track basis for...

January 17, 2018

What is the meaning of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge?

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge is basically a back-end load or a sales charge which is paid by the mutual fund investors when they sell Class-B fund shares in...

January 17, 2018

Department of Commerce and CII ink MoU for development of Logistics sector

The Department of Commerce has signed MoU with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for setting-up institutional mechanism for the development of Logistics sector in the country. Both will...

January 17, 2018

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat leads Indian delegation to 10th Global Forum for Food & Agriculture (GFFA-2018) in Germany

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the Union Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, is leading the Indian delegation to 10th Global Forum for Food & Agriculture (GFFA-2018) from...

January 17, 2018

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