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Competition Bill with host of changes passed in Lok Sabha amid uproar

Changes include working of penalty on global turnover of companies; bill has introduced a deal value threshold to enable CCI to review transactions depending upon their value

Cracking the whip: 18 drug companies lose licence over spurious medicines

Move comes after Drugs Controller General of India conducts inspection on 76 drug firms in 20 states

Experts seek consensus on long Covid definition, bat for treatment protocol

One study found that 65 million patients, or 10% of the 651 million confirmed Covid-19 cases worldwide, have long-Covid. For hospitalised cases, the rate rose to 50-70%

Centre asks states to ramp up Covid-19 preparedness as cases rise

At 1,890, India's Covid-19 count rises to five-month high

Covid cases hit five-month high, weekly deaths at 29, highest since Dec

Experts worldwide though aren't pressing the panic button just yet, buoyed by the great wall of immunity

Govt seeks to fill up posts with hires from non-IAS pool, sparks debate

The decision to extend the application date for head of the competition watchdog underlines the old debate over reserving regulatory heads exclusively for administrative service officers

PM holds Covid meeting amid renewed concerns, says 'pandemic far from over'

The high-level meeting, chaired by the PM, came against the backdrop of a spike in influenza as well as Covid-19 cases in the past two weeks

About half of world's urban population to face water scarcity by 2050

26% of the world's population doesn't have access to safe drinking water

Jayant Sinha to introduce Competition (Amendment) Bill 2023 on Friday

The list of private members business on the Lok Sabha's website mentions this bill to be introduced on March 17

Companies must have audit trail of transactions from next financial year

Will also have to maintain edit log of changes made in books of accounts; experts say no firm will be able to delete an entry, will only be able rectify it

Govt panel concludes stakeholder discussion on digital competition law

Govt panel concludes stakeholder discussion on digital competition law

Two H3N2 deaths reported so far, cases likely to decline by March-end: Govt

NITI Aayog to hold an inter-ministerial meeting to review the situation on Saturday

Rise in Covid cases not of huge concern, outbreak in endemic stage: Experts

Experts stressed that the Covid-19 outbreak is in the endemic stage and the spurts in cases are not of a huge concern

Flu cases on rise, experts blame mutated strain, dropping of masks

Current H3N2 strain has its origin in the 1968 pandemic; experts also cite lack of awareness about the influenza vaccine, which must be taken every year

Free markets may not create competition on their own: CEA Nageswaran

'Morality, ethics should undergird free-market economy'

Policy decisions see a disconnect as regulators remain headless

"It is not good governance practice and sends the wrong signals to the corporate world. The selection process should start three months before the incumbent retires. Bureaucracy needs to push harder"

Centre invites Big Tech, start-ups to discuss digital competition law

Big Tech companies have been asked to come separately on March 11 to make suggestions on the digital competition law

Start-ups, news publishers likely to join digital competition law panel

"The whole idea behind the law is to protect the startups and small businesses from abuse of dominance of the big tech"

Mega push for 'Jal Jeevan Mission' to reach the target within year

Govt expects tap water coverage to reach 90% of households by 2024

Status check: 30% recovery in IBC so far, shows CareEdge data

For cases that have been resolved, creditors have continued to face a haircut of around 70 per cent of the admitted claims