India and China might be the competing economic giants globally, but when it comes to innovation, the land of dragon is way ahead, filing nearly seven times more patent applications compared to our country. According to global research and analytics ..
Patients from Brazil have asked the Delhi patent office not to grant a patent pending on the HIV drug tenofovir because it would prevent the import of low-cost generic medicines from India they say are important for their national AIDS treatment prog ..
An Indian-origin surgeon has been barred from practising for two years in New Jersey and slapped with USD81,000 fine for operating on a wrong lung of a cancer patient eight years ago. The State Board of Medical Examiners found that Dr Santusht Perera ..
A bill on five per cent reservations for Gujjars and 14 per cent quota for upper caste poor will be brought in the Rajasthan Assembly session beginning on 7th July."The state government is committed to provide quota benefits to Gujjars under the spec ..
A group of minority colleges under Delhi University (DU) have approached the High Court seeking exemption from giving reservation to students from Other Backward Classes (OBC).The colleges run by Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC), a bo ..
The inclusion of royalty and technology transfer fees in the value of imported goods has always been a contentious matter. A recent Supreme Court judgment [Ferodo India Ltd. 2008 (224) ELT 23 (S.C.)] brings in a new dimension to the issue.Traditional ..
The Reserve Bank has expanded the definition of wilful defaulters by including Companies that try to dispose off mortgaged properties without the knowledge of the lenders. According to the revised definition, a wilful default will include “a unit whi ..
Expressing concern over the plight of a large number of undertrials in the country, Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnanhas urged his fellow judges to take a liberal view and grant bails to undertrials not charged with heinous offences.Justice Bal ..
Mount Everest Mineral Water (MEMW), the Tata Group's beverage company, is fighting legal battle with Bisleri over the Himalyan trademark. It would take another four months to be heard at the Delhi High Court, it is expected to be heard next in Octobe ..
Settlements of lawsuits have become common between branded-drug makers and their generic-drug counterparts -- Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) did it just last week -- but the agreement between Barr Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: BRL) and Bayer may have set a record for t ..