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India-United States Partnership on Health
There is a special importance of health sector in India United States relations and it ranges from partnering on R&D of vaccines to implementation of disease detection centres. This article presents an overview of India-US partnership in health and pharma ..
Union Government launches IPR Enforcement Toolkit for Police
The Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement Toolkit for Police. This toolkit will be provided to all state police departments across the nation to assist them in dealing with the cases relating ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2017
Union Cabinet approves MoU between India and UK to support Ease of Doing Business in India
The Union Cabinet has given its approval to Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and United Kingdom (UK) to support Ease of Doing Business in India. The MoU was signed between both countries earlier in November 2016 during the official ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2016
WHO settles India, EU medicine dispute issue
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dropped the term ‘counterfeit’ and retained ‘falsified’ to describe medicines of inferior quality. This decision was taken by a WHO’s technical working group on draft working definitions of substandard/spurious /falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit (SSFFC) medical products. It ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
India, UK ink two MoUs
India and the United Kingdom have signed two memorandum of understanding (MoUs) to boost relations between the two nations. These MoUs were signed during the official three days state visit of UK Prime Minister Theresa May to India. It was ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2016
National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy 2016
In the second week of May 2016, the Union Cabinet has approved a new National Intellectual Rights Policy to outline the future roadmap for IPR in India. Vision Statement This policy has been released with a vision statement that envisages ..
Union Cabinet approves country's first National Intellectual Property Rights Policy
The Union Government has approved National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy, 2016 to promote the IP regime and to encourage innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship in India. The first of its king policy in the country seeks to strengthen legislative and ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2016
26 April: World Intellectual Property Day
Every year World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD) is being observed on 26 April to highlight importance of intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright) in encouraging innovation and creativity. 2016 Theme: “Digital Creativity: Culture Reimagined“. The theme seeks to ..