Sanjeeb Mukherjee And Sushmi Dey

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Ranbaxy gets important breather

Ranbaxy gets important breather

Rediff.com   11 Oct 2013

Ranbaxy's US factory, Ohm Laboratories, is learnt to have got a clean chit from the American regulator. This US facility was under surveillance of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since the end of 2012.

Hospitals give a dose of happy hour to lure patients

Hospitals give a dose of happy hour to lure patients

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2013

Happy hours, a discount concept popular across bars, restaurants and multiplexes, is now catching up in the health care sector, too.

US drug regulator finds Indian companies critically ill

US drug regulator finds Indian companies critically ill

Rediff.com   24 Sep 2013

The country's drug companies have attracted the highest number of enforcements from the American drug regulator in 2013, a year that has seen the US Food and Drug Administration turning stricter to ensure compliance levels and quality of medicines.

As drug firms squirm, authorities look abroad for cure

As drug firms squirm, authorities look abroad for cure

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2013

DCGI, health ministry initiate dialogues with foreign regulators, try to understand global best practices

Lack of consensus in coalition can hurt India's growth: Montek

Lack of consensus in coalition can hurt India's growth: Montek

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2013

As the country faces the possibility of a fractured mandate after the 2014 general elections, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia is of the view that in an era of coalition governments, special steps are needed to build consensus around policies or else, India will not be able to grow at its full potential.

Indian regulator also scans Ranbaxy

Indian regulator also scans Ranbaxy

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2013

The move comes in the wake of many facilities of Ranbaxy in India being barred by the US Food and Drugs Administration for supplying medicines to the US.

US FDA tightens regulatory noose on Indian drug firms

US FDA tightens regulatory noose on Indian drug firms

Rediff.com   17 Sep 2013

Import alert on Ranbaxy's Mohali unit; Strides' injectible arm gets warning letter

Govt paves way for Rs 50k-cr projects to set up chip fabs

Govt paves way for Rs 50k-cr projects to set up chip fabs

Rediff.com   13 Sep 2013

For the past few weeks, the government has been in an overdrive, pushing stuck projects with the larger aim to improve the country's economic growth, which had fallen to a four-year low of 4.4 per cent in the first quarter of this financial year.

Did NSEL investors' money never reach borrowers?

Did NSEL investors' money never reach borrowers?

Rediff.com   5 Sep 2013

Ledger entries in NSEL books show no record of T+2 leg of the paired trades with borrowers.

Essential drugs go missing from counter on low margins

Essential drugs go missing from counter on low margins

Rediff.com   4 Sep 2013

Medicines, including antibiotics, contraceptives and anti-diabetic drugs, were found to be out of stock at various places around Delhi.

Farm sector's likely robust FY14 show may not dispel gloom

Farm sector's likely robust FY14 show may not dispel gloom

Rediff.com   2 Sep 2013

In the past two decades, the country's economic growth slipped below five per cent in only three years - in 1997-98, 2000-01 and 2002-03.

Decoding the food security legislation

Decoding the food security legislation

Rediff.com   31 Aug 2013

The government had pegged food subsidy at Rs 90,000 crore (Rs 900 billion) in the 2013-14 Union Budget.

Financial Technologies' exchanges abroad under lens

Financial Technologies' exchanges abroad under lens

Rediff.com   31 Aug 2013

Laxity in enforcing KYC and allied norms suspected; money laundering gaps also on probe panel's mind

'Some people don't want the poor to get food'

'Some people don't want the poor to get food'

Rediff.com   29 Aug 2013

The stock and foreign exchange markets have had a negative reaction to the government's biggest social security programme, the National Food Security Bill. Food minister K V Thomas questions the rationale behind such a response

Good rain may push up FY14 farm GDP to 5-7%

Good rain may push up FY14 farm GDP to 5-7%

Rediff.com   26 Aug 2013

A five-seven per cent agriculture growth in 2013-14 would mean farming might exceed the 12th Five-Year Plan annual growth target of four per cent, if the trend continues.

Ranbaxy may exit small global markets

Ranbaxy may exit small global markets

Rediff.com   26 Aug 2013

According to sources, the company has identified smaller markets such as Peru, which do not contribute significantly to profits, where it might shut shop in the near term.

Cabinet panel set to give 28 power projects a big push

Cabinet panel set to give 28 power projects a big push

Rediff.com   26 Aug 2013

Likely to set the ball rolling for Rs 1.72-lakh-cr projects today

FinMin, watchdogs worried about Sahara-NSEL ties

FinMin, watchdogs worried about Sahara-NSEL ties

Rediff.com   22 Aug 2013

The finance ministry and several agencies under it such as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which are investigating the affairs of Sahara India Parivar, are worried about its exposure to National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) products.

Earning Rs 10 cr? Get ready for 35% income tax

Earning Rs 10 cr? Get ready for 35% income tax

Rediff.com   22 Aug 2013

Cabinet likely to pave way for the 'super-rich' tax today.

Rupee fall may save FCI from price blues

Rupee fall may save FCI from price blues

Rediff.com   19 Aug 2013

Might earn around Rs 3,720 crore on export of 2 mt of wheat, despite dipping prices in international markets