INDIA & WORLD

EU lifts Drug Export Ban From Ranbaxy’s Toansa Plant
The European health regulator, on 5 June, lifted the suspension imposed on export of drugs produced at the Ranbaxy’s Toansa plant to the EU, stating medicines produced at the site posed no risk to public health despite having a number of manufacturing deficiencies. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that assessment of reported non-compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) at Ranbaxy Laboratories at Toansa, India has been finalised by the European regulatory authorities.


India Becomes Permanent Signatory To Washington Accord
India has on 13 June become a permanent Signatory to Washington Accord (WA), which will enable global recognition of Indian degrees in engineering and technical education. With India becoming the permanent signatory, India joined a select group of 17 countries who are permanent signatories of the Washington Accord (WA).


India and Russia Bilateral Talks
In the first high-level interaction between India and Russia after Narendra Modi Government took over at the Centre, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry O Rogozin on 18 June discussed crucial bilateral issues, including matters related to trade and energy security. Besides issues related to economic cooperation and energy security, the deal for the third and fourth reactors of Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) also figured in the talks.


India Relaxes Visa Norms For Bangladeshi Nationals
India has relaxed visa rules for a category of Bangladeshi nationals planning to cross into its borders.This was decided in a meeting between India’s external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and her Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in Dhaka on 26 June 2014.


 

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