The Centre-appointed panel found animals in poor health & living conditions. Telangana-based firm was booked after PETA alleged animal cruelty at its facility citing whistleblowers.
Last week, PETA India revealed large-scale animal abuse at the Telangana-based Palamur Biosciences Pvt Ltd, one of India’s largest government-registered contract laboratories.
We need to shift away from the traditional 'one-size-fits-all' approach and adopt personalised models of drug development that take into account our inherent biological differences.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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