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RTI

The Union government has added the computer emergency response team (CERT-In) to a list of organisations that are exempted from the ambit of the Right to Information Act (RTI).

posted by 25th Nov 2023

Generic Drugs

Providing relief to patients with rare diseases across India, the Union Health Ministry has made available generic drugs to support the care and treatment of four aliments: tyrosinemia-Type 1, Gaucher’s Disease, Wilson Disease, Wilson’s disease and Dravet-Lennox gastaunt syndrome. This means the cost of drugs will be slashed by between 60 and 100 times of their current market value.

posted by 25th Nov 2023

Visa

Almost two months after it suspended visa services in Canada over its PM’s allegation of potential Indian link to the killing of Canada based Khalistan separatist Hardip singh Nijjar India resumed e-visa services for Canadian nationals.

posted by 23rd Nov 2023

Algorithm and Model based lending

Reserve bank of India Governor Shakitkanta Das has cautioned banks and NBFC’s against being over reliant on algorithms and model-based credit appraisal and lending, especially at the time when increased collaboration with FinTech is facilitating the introduction products and services.

posted by 23rd Nov 2023

G-20

China announced that premier Li Qiang will attend the virtual G-20 Summit at India’s Invitation and hoped that the meeting will address global challenges through cooperation and make positive contributions to economic recovery.

posted by 22nd Nov 2023