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Mumbai, July 5: India has put in place a $5.4 billion policy to provide free medicine to its people, a decision that could change the lives of hundreds of millions, but a ban on branded drugs stands to cut Big Pharma out of the windfall. e price of drugs is just one factor in access to healthcare and that the scheme need not be detrimental to manufacturers of branded drugs. "I think this will

Lucknow, July 5: Having invited comparisons with Mayawati's profligate ways, a rattled UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday reversed his decision to allow all legislators to purchase four-wheelers worth up to Rs 20 lakh by dipping into their local area development fund. This is the second time in three weeks that Akhilesh has been forced to revoke his decision within 24 hours. Last month

New Delhi, July 5: The release on Wednesday of dramatic new data pointing to the existence of the Higgs boson "God particle" sent a special flutter of pride, mixed with frustration, through India's scientific community. The "Higgs" of Higgs boson is well known to refer to Peter Higgs, the British researcher who in 1964 laid much of the conceptual groundwork for the presence of the elusive particle

Mumbai, July 5: In what could be a major setback to the 100 billion dollar Indian IT industry that thrives on offshore revenues, the US on Wednesday proposed two deals with a mandatory 'no-offshore' clause. It has been learnt that of the two deals, the first is a 320 million dollar deal in the insurance sector, for which Infosys and IBM are likely front-runners. The second is said to be a 400

Mumbai, July 4: The 10,000-page CBI charge sheet was filed before the Registrar of a sessions court, nearly 18 months after the agency registered a case. The Adarsh scam had fuelled a political storm in Maharashtra leading to the resignation of Chavan as the Chief Minister. Earlier in the day, the CBI informed the Bombay High Court, hearing a batch of public interest litigations seeking the court

Chennai, July 4: DMK's top leaders M Kanimozhi, Dayanidhi Maran and MK Stalin along with several party cadres on Wednesday courted arrest in Chennai during the party's state-wide jail bharo agitation against alleged witch-hunt by the Tamil Nadu government of J Jayalalithaa. At least 15 DMK leaders and former ministers have been raided or arrested on land-grabbing and other charges since

New Delhi, July 4: India will give Pakistan a dossier on 26/11 handler Abu Jundal during the talks between the Foreign Secretaries of the two countries to be held today in Delhi. The dossier will include Jundal's passport issued by Pakistan, indicating the involvement of its state agencies in the Mumbai attacks that took place in 2008. Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani is in New

Vishnupur Khurd (Uttar Pradesh), July 4: Spotlessly clean and decorated with plastic flowers and balloons for its opening ceremony, Priyanka Bharti’s toilet is seen as a gleaming symbol of the empowerment of Indian women. It has been built in the village of Vishnupur Khurd in Uttar Pradesh state due to the determination of Priyanka, a young bride who walked out of her new marital home when she was

New Delhi, July 3: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's largesse to the MLAs failed to get the anticipated support from the political parties with his bitter rivals - the BJP and the BSP - rejecting the proposal that the legislators can use Constituency Development Funds to buy personal vehicles. Akhilesh said each of the 403 MLAs in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly can use up to Rs 20 lakh out

Washington, July 3: Indian Ambassador Nirupama Rao has said shared economic, diplomatic and security goals have brought the two nations and their peoples closer than ever. The recently concluded annual strategic dialogue between India and the US had led to several important advancements in their strategic partnership, she wrote in "The Hill", an influential Washington newspaper focusing on