Some investors warned of a coming British or even global recession as sterling collapsed to hit its lowest since 1985.
The so-called 'fourth industrial revolution' will bring ever faster cycles of innovation, posing huge challenges to companies, workers, governments and societies alike
The assessment highlights the challenges posed by modern technologies that are automating and making redundant multiple human tasks, from manufacturing to healthcare
The crackdown also targeted 10,603 websites, leading them to be closed down or suspended through having their domain name or payment facilities removed.
Britain's AstraZeneca on Monday rejected a sweetened and "final" offer from Pfizer , casting serious doubt on the U.S. drugmaker's plan for a merger to create the world's biggest pharmaceuticals group.
India's Supreme Court in April rejected a patent for Novartis AG's cancer drug Glivec, saying it was an amended version of a known molecule called imatinib, setting the precedent for more such cases in the country.
The Hyderabad-based drugmaker said consolidated net profit rose to Rs Rs 361 crore (Rs 3.61 billion) for the fiscal first quarter ended June, from Rs 336 crore (Rs 3.36 billion) a year earlier.
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Global pharmaceutical firms have had a series of patent disputes with Indian makers of generic drugs and several recent Indian rulings have gone against the international giants.
Acquisition to boost its generics business in developed markets.
Claims that no customer data was stolen from it.
Supreme Court will give its verdict on April 1 on whether Swiss giant Novartis AG's cancer treatment drug Glivec deserves a patent in the country not it doesn't.
Since two cases against clinical trials started in SC, govt is overly cautious.
Developed by Pune-based Great Software Laboratory Pvt Ltd (GS Lab), this virtual classroom tool "kPoint" is a concept which is fast catching up in the city.
The same development would benefit the progress of the north-east monsoon, also known as the 'reverse monsoon'.
The growing fear among software professionals is of getting infected while travelling to work in buses or cabs. And so, many IT-BPO firms have allowed their people to work from home if it fits their job profile. Some are planning to hire laptops to encourage employees to stay at home and work.
Rain in the June-September season will be 87 per cent of the long-period average, compared with 93 per cent forecast in June, Ajit Tyagi, director general at India Meteorological Department said. Rainfall could be 4 per cent more or less than the estimate, he said.
Veteran weather forecaster Dr A B Mazumdar says, "The forecast is made with the help of certain systems and models. But it remains a forecast and hence can go wrong sometimes."
Around 160 women, a mix of housewives from middle-class families and slum-dwellers, inaugurated a polythene bag unit called Swamini Mahila Bachat Gat Akhil Sangh Ltd.
Big Animation has selected the most popular characters and stories from the famous magazine Chandamama, which would be launched as a TV serial spanning over a minimum of 25 episodes to begin with. Speaking to Business Standard, Big Animation CEO Ashish SK said, "The project will be handled over a period of three years.
Workers at Garware Nylons Ltd, who lost their jobs when the company went bankrupt in 1996, today own the plant at Ahmednagar. The Bombay High Court had recently passed an order directing an auction of GNL's Ahmednagar premises to resolve the settlement issues. Sensing an opportunity, a voluntary group from Pune, the Common People's Front, united 210 workers and decided to bid for the premises at the auction.
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