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According to the Economic Survey 2017-18, presented earlier this year, for every $10 per barrel rise in crude prices, GDP growth will reduce by 0.2-0.3%, while the current account deficit will increase by 0.4% of GDP and WPI inflation climb up by 1.7%...

• FICCI
• Oil
• India

The granted claims of the patents are being developed as therapeutic agents useful in the treatment of cognitive impairment associated with neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease, attention deficient hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)...

• Suven
• Neurodegenerative

The products target thyroid treatment, kidney & gall bladder stones treatment, gynaecological disorders, pain, treatment of tumour, infertility, weight loss & cholesterol reduction, hypertension & diabetes, erectile dysfunction amongst others.

• Shashik
• Ayurvedic
• Pharma

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• Daily
• News

Denmark is the first country in Europe where Glenmark has launched its generic Fluticasone/Salmeterol Dry powder Inhaler (DPI) and we plan to commercialise this product across the Nordics in the near future.

• Glenmark
• Asthma
• Denmark

In a recent notification, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said the deadline for the implementation, of the system that aims to maintain “parent-child relationship in packaging levels and its uploading on central portal,” was being extended

• DGFT
• Pharmaceutical
• Export

The theft was carried out from four containers shipped to Jeddah, Oman, Mombasa and Brazil. Customers found the drums missing and complained to GNFC officials.

• TDI
• Missing
• GNFC

The proceeds shall be utilised to refinance the existing debt and fund the company’s growth in the B2C business, further capitalising on the ‘Sintex’ brand for high-margin value-added product categories in the retail plastics division as well...

• Plastic
• Sintex

To encourage people to return empty PET bottles, these machines will be equipped to dispense discount coupons when a person puts in PET bottle for shredding.

• RIL
• PET

The overall export of oilmeals during 2017-18 was reported at 3,025,538 tonnes compared to 1,885,480 tonnes last year fiscal.

• Oilmeals
• Export

In March 2015, OEC in association with TERI started an R&D project for the development of a microbial process for enhancement of gas production from coal bed methane (CBM) wells.

• TERI
• ONGT
• Methane

The country has only 20 vehicles per thousand people – much lower than several developed countries – but pollution generated by the industry is today a major issue, and mitigation strate-gies are urgently required.

• Transportation
• India
• Pollution

Outsourcing is a strategic, not an opportunistic, decision anymore at large and even small pharma companies as it affords an opportunity to leverage specialised skills, not always available internally, at attractive costs, and importantly...

• Outsourcing

CVS Health made headlines in the last year with its proposed acquisition of insurer Aetna for $69 billion — a deal that would create a h...

• Fortune
• Pharmaceutical
• Distributor

5852 tons of reserved cotton are planned to be sold, including 23,371.893 tons of Xinjiang cotton and 6,628.692 tons of upcountry cotton.

• Auction
• Cotton
• State

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• Daily
• News

The Color Express program utilizes an affordable hand-held reader to match color against in powder products stocked at distribution centers and available at more than 70 Sherwin-Williams locations across North America.

• Sherwin-Williams
• Power
• Paints

He will oversee the Business and Commercial; Manufacturing and Engineering; Integrated Supply Chain and Customer Service; and Environmental Health, Safety and Quality departments – with approximately 220 employees across five locations.

• Pilot

The study, led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, reports that consumption of seaweed could help establish a specific strain of Bacteroides in our gut – adding that a specific carbohydrate found in nori could selectively...

• Seaweed
• Microbiome

The proposal focuses on the 10 single-use plastic items most found on European beaches. It includes different policy measures from bans and reductions, to labelling and extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes.

• Plastics