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Govt waives import duty on Remdesivir API, injections and specific inputs
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): The import of Remdesivir Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), injections and specific inputs have been made import duty free till October 31 amid the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases in the country.
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10 US Senators ask Biden to back India's proposal to get TRIPS waiver to C
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): Amid the unrelenting coronavirus pandemic, ten Senators have urged US President Joe Biden to support India and South Africa's proposal to the WTO to temporarily lift certain intellectual property barriers and allow countries to locally manufacture COVID-19
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Former world leaders call on Biden to waive COVID vaccine patents
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], April 15 (ANI): More than 170 former world leaders and Nobel laureates are calling on United States President Joe Biden to make COVID-19 vaccines more readily available by waiving US intellectual property rules.
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Union Education Minister announces linking of OTPRMS certificates with Dig
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI): Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' on Sunday announced that the Ministry of Education has decided to link the certificates with DigiLocker in order to ensure hassle-free access to verified Online Teacher Pupil Registration Management System
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SBI reduces home loan interest rates to 6.7 pc
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 1 (ANI): State Bank of India (SBI) has sweetened its offers on home loans by reducing interest concession of up to 70 basis points with interest rates starting from 6.7 per cent.
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US Civil society groups, lawmakers press Biden to support India's TRIPS wa
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 27 (ANI): Hundreds of civil society groups in the US, along with several progressive lawmakers, are keeping up the pressure on the Biden administration to support India's TRIPS waiver on COVID-19 vaccines, reported Inside US Trade - an online news service.
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India's proposal at WTO for TRIPS waiver gets support from 57 nations, say
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): As many as 57 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have supported India's proposal for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver on COVID-19 vaccines, said Union Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal on Thursday.
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Pressure mounts on WTO to consider India's proposed IPR waiver on COVID va
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): As the world grapples to counter the pandemic, pressure on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is mounting to seriously consider a proposal by India and South Africa for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver on COVID-19 vacc
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To increase party membership, TRS MLA offers discounts for treatment at ho
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Jangaon (Telangana) [India], February 22 (ANI): In a unique initiative to increase Telangana Rashtriya Samiti (TRS) members in his constituency, party MLA Thatikonda Rajaiah announced various discounts for treatment at his hospital, including a full waiver for the birth of girlchild.
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SAD demands resignation of Punjab CM for failing to waive off farmer loans
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 20 (ANI): The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday demanded the resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh for failing to waive off farmer loans and stated that the lies and deceit of the Congress government had been unmasked.
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India calls for a waiver of WTO agreement related to COVID-19 prevention:
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 20 (ANI): India and South Africa have called for an urgent waiver of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) on intellectual property related to COVID-19 prevention, containment, or treatment, s
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Smriti Irani reminds Rahul Gandhi of his loan-waive off promise to farmers
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], February 7 (ANI): In a sharp attack at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi amid the ongoing farmers' protest, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Sunday reminded him of the loan waiver promise he had made to the farmers of Rajasthan.
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