Mumbai, Mar 11 (UNI) AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited and Mankind Pharma entered into an agreement for exclusive distribution of AstraZeneca’s budesonide and formoterol fumarate dihydrate (inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) and long-acting beta-agonist (LABA) combination) brand Symbicort in India. “India is contributing 13 per cent to the global asthma burden and a disproportionate 43 per cent of…
New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) The Indian National Congress on Monday questioned the timing for notifying the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024, and said it was a move to polarise the voters, especially in Assam and West Bengal. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on social media post X, “After seeking nine extensions for the notification…
Bengaluru, Mar 11 (UNI) Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara alleged on Monday that the CAA notification is politically motivated and is intended to reap electoral gains. He also said that there is a perception that the BJP might be apprehensive about their electoral prospects, despite their outward assertions of confidence in winning. “Somewhere, the BJP…
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 11 (UNI) The Central Government’s notification of the Rules to the Citizenship Amendment Act in the wake of the elections is aimed at disquieting the nation, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday. “The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued the notification regarding the CAA, just ahead of the announcement of the…
Hyderabad/New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) The Election Commission of India (ECI) conducted a comprehensive briefing meeting at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, on Monday for all observers assigned to oversee the upcoming General Elections to the House of People in 2024. The meeting held virtually at the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Telangana, included…
Chennai, Mar 11 (UNI) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Monday announced that INSAT-3DS, the meteorological satellite, has initiated Earth imaging operations. The first set of images by the meteorological payloads (6-channel Imager and 19-channel Sounder) was captured on March 7, 2024. In a post on X, ISRO said “INSAT-3DS Mission: First glimpse of…
New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday directed observers to ensure fair competition and maintain proper law and order situation during the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections. During the day-long session, organised by the Election Commission of India, for observers to be deployed in the States and Union Territories in the…
New Delhi, Mar 11 (UNI) Condemning the BJP MP’s recent comment on changing the Constitution when elected to power with two third majority, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to throw away such leaders from the party. Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, the Congress president said,…
New Delhi, March 11 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of 112 road projects worth about Rs One lakh crore, including Dwarka Expressway in Gurugram, Haryana. The 8-lane segment of the Dwarka Expressway, spanning 19 km and constructed at a cost of Rs 4,100 crore. It aims to…
New Delhi, March 11 (UNI) The government on Monday notified the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) ahead of Lok Sabha elections. The notification paves the way for granting Indian Citizenship to persons belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities on grounds of religious persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. In…
