GVK Bio’s Ahmedabad facility cleared by USFDA
July 30th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 30 (IANS) GVK Biosciences, Asia's leading contract research organisation Monday announced that its Ahmedabad clinical pharmacology unit successfully cleared the USFDA audit.The GVK BIO Ahmedabad facility, commissioned in ... Read more...
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Clinical drug trial centres in Andhra to be probed
June 25th, 2011 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) After reports surfaced of a pharma company using poor women as guinea pigs for unauthorised drug trials in Andhra Pradesh, the Drugs Controller General ... Read more...
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Kapil Sibal meets Malaysian Deputy PM
March 11th, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 11 (ANI): Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal met Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Mohd. Yassin.During the meeting, discussions were held on a wide range of subjects. ... Read more...
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Adult education programme can benefit from literacy drive
November 29th, 2010 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandeswari Monday said the adult literacy programme "Saakshar Bharat" should look on to benefit from the infrastructure created under ... Read more...
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India, Britain to cooperate in education
July 29th, 2010 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) India and Britain Thursday discussed cooperation in education when Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal met his British counterpart, Minister of State for Universities and Science David ... Read more...
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Sibal calls for international cooperation in education
May 26th, 2010 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Calling for international cooperation in the field of education, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Tuesday said new frontiers of knowledge cannot be conquered without collaboration.
"The ... Read more...
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US rejects prisoner swap with Iran for detained hikers
February 4th, 2010 - 8:39 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 4 (DPA) The US Wednesday rejected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's offer of releasing three American hikers held in Iran in exchange for Iranian citizens held in US prisons.
"We're not interested ... Read more...
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Energy efficient CFLs not as bright as claimed
January 12th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Jan 12 (IANS) You are probably right if you suspect that your new compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) is not as bright as the old bulb that it replaced.
Most new CFLs ... Read more...
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Israel says Goldstone Report supports terror
September 16th, 2009 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Sep.16 (ANI): Israel has described the Goldstone Commission Report as biased and nauseating, and added that it has created an unjust "equivalence of a democratic state with a terror organization".The commission, ... Read more...
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Sibal for common maths and science curricula across India
August 24th, 2009 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) While reiterating his stand on doing away with Class 10 board examinations in CBSE schools, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal Monday said school boards across the ... Read more...
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Arjun Singh for Central Madrassa Board
January 20th, 2009 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The human resource development (HRD) ministry plans to set up a Central Madrassa Board on the lines of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), HRD Minister ... Read more...
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Navy Chief says report on armed forces grievances expected within fortnight
October 6th, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 6 (ANI): Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta today said that he expected the Pranab Mukherjee-led ministerial committee, which is looking into the anomalies in the Sixth Pay Commission ... Read more...
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Developing 3-D sound cloak theoretically possible
January 10th, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by admin
Washington, January 10 (ANI): Duke University engineers say that they have a theory on how to develop a three-dimensional sound cloak, which may hide submarines in the ocean from detection by sonar, ... Read more...
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