Supreme Court rejected Novartis’ plea for patent to its drug for cancer patients. Novartis had applied for a patent for a modification of its drug for cancer patients. In a ruling that will help patients continue to buy several life-saving medicines as generic drugs, the Supreme Court on Monday held that the modification of a well-known cancer-fighting drug is not a patentable new invention. The judgment allows suppliers to continue making generic copies of Swiss firm Novartis’ drug, which has been shown to fight chronic blood cancer effectively. While the Novartis drug costs more than Rs 1 lakh per month, the generic equivalents cost less than one-tenth. The ruling would be a relief to thousands of patients in India currently taking the drug.An online survey conducted recently by Upstream, the mobile marketing firm, revealed that in developing markets Samsung Emerged the Most Popular Brand over Nokia, Apple and Blackberry.
Andhra Pradesh Government launched Online Services for Entrepreneurs. It is known as ‘Parishkaram’.
The Core Sector Growth of 8 core industries Slumped by 2.5%. This is because of the decrease in the output of natural gas.
Tiger Woods won Arnold Palmer Invitational 2013; regained world number 1 ranking. (Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer. He is the most successful golfer of recent times).
Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has resigned over marine case.
Andy Murray won the ATP Miami Masters 2013 by defeating David Ferrer
India signed Agreement with Singapore aimed at enhancing the air services between the two countries. Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh signed the agreement representing India
Reliance Communications and Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd signed a 1200 crore Rupees agreement. As per the deal, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd will make use of the optical fibre network of Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications in order to roll out the 4G services. Reliance Industries, the parent company of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd is the only company in the country that have license to provide 4G services.
US government on announced a new research initiative called Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) which is designed to revolutionise the understanding of the human brain.
The Olive Crown Awards 2013 is awarded to a New York based advertising firm Grey Worldwide. This award is given to celebrate the excellence is green advertising. Olive Crown Awards are instituted by the India chapter of the International Advertising Association.
G.V. Prasad is appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories.
World Autism Awareness Day is observed on April 2 to spread awareness on autism. Autism is the developmental disability that affects the functioning of the brain. Autism can be found out at the childhood days and the signs include behavioural issues, responding incapability, communication problems.
Nasdaq announced its acquisition of eSpeed, the electronic trading system for U.S. Treasuries, from BGC Partners Inc. The deal is estimated at around 750 million dollars in cash. NASDAQ (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American stock market. It is the second-largest stock market comparing in the world, second to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
J&K Bank won the prestigious FE India’s Best Banks Award for 2012-13
An experiment conducted by the International Space Station reported an evidence of dark matter, the theoretical substance that holds the cosmic together. The new findings are based on seeing an excess of positrons. The experiment was done using the highly accurate AMS (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer).
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is registered as a political party by the Election commission of India. It is founded by Arvind Kejriwal. Mr. Kejriwal is a former member of the India Against Corruption movement, founded by social activist Anna Hazare.
BSNL launched a Wi-Fi technology module for cars which will enable people to use internet while they are travelling. This is the first model in the country where the car has an antenna which receives Wi-Fi signals with 3.5Mbps speed.
Rahi Sarnobat wins India's first pistol gold medal at ISSF World Cup. She is the gold medallist in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi too.
The cabinet committee on economic affairs decided to remove control on domestic sugar supplies. This means that there will not be any mandate for mills to sell sugar to the government at a discount. There will not be any limit the sugar mills can sell in the open market.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs for continuation of the Scheme for Special Infrastructure (SIS) in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected states. The proposal includes upgradation and critical gap filling of training infrastructure, residential infrastructure, weaponry, vehicles and any other related items pertaining to Special Forces of LWE affected states.
India and Azerbaijan signed a treaty on Legal and Judicial Cooperation
Facebook released software called Home for android users. This software will put the feeds from Facebook on Android phones’ home screen. The Home software will be available through Google’s play store.
The sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is kicked off in Kolkata with a grand opening ceremony.
Margaret Thatcher, the Former Prime Minister of Britain died at the age of 87. She was also known as the Iron Lady of Britain.
AISECT, The Vocational education services and e-governance network, launched a job portal called RojgarMantra.com. It will cater mainly to people in rural and semi urban India for entry level job requirements of private and public enterprises at the town.
Lt Cdr Tomy became First Indian to Circumnavigate Globe as solo and non-stop. He was welcomed by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee
The medium range nuclear capable Agni-II missile was successfully test-fired from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. It has a strike range of more than 2000 km.
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