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New Foreign Trade Policy
The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry recently announced that the new Foreign Trade Policy. 2021-26 is to come into effect from April 1, 2021. What is the goal of New Foreign Trade Policy? To make India a 5 trillion USD economy. What are the Key Highlights of the new Foreign Trade Policy? The District ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022
Topics: 5 Trillion Dollar Economy • Foreign Trade • Foreign Trade Policy • India exports • Pharmaceuticals • Policies • Trade and investment
Cabinet approves MoU signed between India and Cambodia
On October 29, 2020, the union cabinet approved the Memorandum of Understanding signed between India and Cambodia on cooperation in the field of medicine and health. Key Highlights The MoU will increase the cooperation between the countries through joint initiatives and technological developments in health sector. Also, it will strengthen bilateral ties between the countries. ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: HIV • india-cambodia • Memorandum of understanding • Pharmaceuticals • Union Cabinet
NIPER institutes at the NIRF rankings
The Ministry of Human Resources and Development recently released the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). IIT Madras had topped the list. The NIPER (National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research) institutes this year have shown great improvements in the ranking. Highlights The annual ranking is released in categories namely colleges, universities, law, dental, architecture, management, ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 • Medical devices • NIPER • NIRF • NIRF Rankings • Pharmaceuticals • Rankings
Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendra: Sales up to Rs 100 crores
On June 1, 2020, the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendra achieved sales up to Rs 100.40 crores in the first two months of the financial year 2020-21. The sales were high as compared to the sales in the same two months period of 2019-20. Highlights The Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendra have saved Rs 800 ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI) • hydroxychloroquine • Pharmaceuticals • Pharmaceuticals Sector • Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana
Indians featured in the Medicine Maker Power List 2020
G V Prasad and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw made it into the Medicine Maker Power List 2020 which celebrates 60 great minds. About the List The Power List is published under the Medicine Maker of Texere Publishing Ltd, the life science publisher. The 2020 Power List celebrates 60 great minds from around the world for their ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • Economy & Banking Current Affairs - 2022 • Persons in News • Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: G V Prasad • Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw • Persons in News • Pharmaceuticals • Power List 2020
Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray
Experts dismissed recent claims in the social media that Indian chemist, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, was behind the discovery of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine. About Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray was an Indian chemist, industrialist, historian, educationist and philanthropist born in 1861. He is considered as the Father of Chemical Sciences in India. He was the first ..
Topics: Chemistry • Persons in News • Pharmaceuticals