UP govt develops medicines with cow urine for liver, immunity

After its proposal to make floor cleaners using cow urine, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to give a push to the use of cow urine in preparing medicines. "The Ayurveda department has......

Quota: Govt announces 13-member committee

Moving quickly to bring an end to the quota imbroglio, the government on Monday announced a 13-member committee headed by senior Congress member of Parliament Veerappa Moily to look into the issue......

The Power of Assured Indian Innovation

Can we make high speed 4G Internet available at 10 cents per GB, and make all voice calls free of cost -- that too in a large and diverse country like India? Can we make high-quality but simple......

How India's young innovators do well by doing good

'Let me talk about young Indian startups with their hearts in the right place and how they are proving that innovations that represent 'affordable excellence' is indeed possible!' says Dr R A......

Mashelkar report runs into fresh controversy

The Mashelkar Committee report on patent laws, which was re-drafted recently to rectify certain controversial 'technical errors', has run into trouble again. Carlos M Correa of Brazil, a patent......

Scrap Mashelkar's patents panel: CPM

The government is under strong pressure from its Left party allies to scrap the Technical Expert Group on Patent Laws headed by R A Mashelkar, former chief of the Council for Scientific and......

Pharmas on a high over Mashelkar report

The pharmaceutical industry has welcomed the Mashelkar Committee report on spurious drugs, which has recommended death penalty for those who cause "grievous body harm or loss of life".The industry......

Cabinet okays death penalty for fake drug makers

The Union Cabinet on Thursday night accepted the recommendations of the Mashelkar Committee and approved an amendment to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act to provide death penalty for those involved in......