Joe C Mathew And Akshat Kaushal

Stories by Joe C Mathew And Akshat Kaushal

A look at changes seen in the law on convicted netas

A look at changes seen in the law on convicted netas

Rediff.com   4 Oct 2013

What happened to convicted politicians before the July 10 judgment of the Supreme Court?

CAG may pull up regulator, RIL in KG-D6 report

CAG may pull up regulator, RIL in KG-D6 report

Rediff.com   25 Sep 2013

According to an official close to the development, in the coming financial audit report, to be tabled in Parliament's Budget session next year, CAG will detail the slide in the government's share in petroleum sector profits due to a drop in gas production.

Riots paralyse industry in Muzaffarnagar

Riots paralyse industry in Muzaffarnagar

Rediff.com   11 Sep 2013

Factories, shops closed for four days; list of dead now 38.

PF balance to be updated every month

PF balance to be updated every month

Rediff.com   15 May 2012

Once in place, the new system is expected to benefit around 60 million workers covered under EPFO.

Can a condom maker churn out vaccines for the nation?

Can a condom maker churn out vaccines for the nation?

Rediff.com   20 Apr 2012

HLL's ability to enter a new biz and its track record augur well for the challenge

Northeastern states pip others in TV, auto growth

Northeastern states pip others in TV, auto growth

Rediff.com   12 Apr 2012

It wasn't the developing Bihar or the developed Gujarat that recorded the highest increase in the number of households with televisions, bicycles, two-wheelers and cars in the last decade; it was the long-ignored Northeast.

Prepare health models: PM to Plan panel

Prepare health models: PM to Plan panel

Rediff.com   12 Apr 2012

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the Planning Commission to prepare workable models for implementing the proposed universal health coverage programme.

Motown braces for wage revisions after three years

Motown braces for wage revisions after three years

Rediff.com   6 Apr 2012

After a year of industrial unrest, the big boys of the automobile industry in the Gurgaon-Manesar belt are set to initiate negotiations to settle wage agreements.

Influenced 9 policy decisions in India: US trade chamber

Influenced 9 policy decisions in India: US trade chamber

Rediff.com   5 Apr 2012

The Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement, the civil nuclear technology transfer, telecom infrastructure security and business jet landing rights are among other "policy accomplishments in 2011" listed on the US chamber's website.

Scientists versus govt: The procedural gap widens

Scientists versus govt: The procedural gap widens

Rediff.com   5 Mar 2012

Most senior scientists have complained of repeated questioning by the expenditure department, bureaucratic delays in clearances, more focus on procedure than on result and the lack of an environment for science to grow, reports Akshat Kaushal

EPFO to begin end of inspector raj

EPFO to begin end of inspector raj

Rediff.com   2 Mar 2012

No physical inspection of company records; compliance ops to be online

Ranbaxy to pay heavily for future US violations

Ranbaxy to pay heavily for future US violations

Rediff.com   27 Jan 2012

Ranbaxy has also agreed to relinquish any 180-day marketing exclusivity that it might have for three pending generic drug applications.

Pharma deals may come under scanner

Pharma deals may come under scanner

Rediff.com   29 Dec 2011

Corporate affairs ministry mulls changes in Competition Act, may provide different threshold for various sectors.

Cash-rich Ajay Piramal Group eyes homeland security

Cash-rich Ajay Piramal Group eyes homeland security

Rediff.com   14 Dec 2011

The company has identified Global Technical Systems, a US based surveillance technology developer, as a collaborative partners in India.

Unions to strike for better labour laws

Unions to strike for better labour laws

Rediff.com   1 Dec 2011

For the first time in the history of the country's trade union movement, all the Central Trade Unions (CTUs) are slated to hold a joint strike countrywide - next year. The demands behind the proposed agitation, on February 28, are better labour laws and their more effective implementation.

3G spectrum row: Sibal talks tough, but will meet telcos

3G spectrum row: Sibal talks tough, but will meet telcos

Rediff.com   28 Nov 2011

The joint letter to Manmohan Singh was written by Sunil Mittal, chairman of Bharti Airtel, Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of the Aditya Birla group which has promoted Idea Cellular, and Vittoria Colao, chairman of Vodafone Group Plc.

Labour woes in manufacturing zones to continue

Labour woes in manufacturing zones to continue

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2011

While the special economic zones have seen several labour laws being by-passed within their geographical confines, that is not the case with the NMP.

Ranbaxy's malaria drug awaits international nod

Ranbaxy's malaria drug awaits international nod

Rediff.com   14 Nov 2011

Health experts attribute this to the absence of international approval for the drug. About 90 per cent of malaria infections are reported from sub-Saharan Africa.

Ranbaxy's plan for Lipitor fuels speculation

Ranbaxy's plan for Lipitor fuels speculation

Rediff.com   4 Nov 2011

The generic products company had challenged the patent and secured a six-month exclusive right to sell a low-cost version of the $10.7 billion medicine in the US market after the expiry.

Curb fake currency to check inflation: RTI activist

Curb fake currency to check inflation: RTI activist

Rediff.com   31 Oct 2011

The prescription came through an application under the Rights to Information Act by an activist from down-south Kerala state.