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"It is the obligation of the Stale to ensure everyone the right to adequate food, education and enjoyment of highest attainable standards of physical and mental health. These rights have to be respected and made available to the citizens by the State". —Justice Anand Chairperson Human Rights Commisson Human rights violation have become very common now-a-days .The Newspapers and T.V. tell us that every day and at every moment, somewhere in the world, Human Right are being violated. Broadly speaking 'Human Right' means right to life, liberty, equality, and the dignity of an individual irrespective of caste, creed or sex. These human rights are natural rights, required to be protected for peaceful existence of a person. Our Constitution safeguards the human rights, but inspite of all such provisions, the violation of these rights is very frequently taking place. The protection and preservation of Human Rights is a great challenge to more...

  In India, we have inherited the cultural legacy of having strong son-preference among all communities, religious groups and citizens of varied socio-economic backgrounds. Patrilocality, patrilineage and patriarchal attitudes manifest in women and girls having subordinate position in the family, discrimination in property rights and low paid or unpaid jobs. Women's work is limited to household duties. At the lime of marriage, dowry is given by the bride's family to the groom's for shouldering 'the burden of the bride'. In many communities as a custom female babies are killed immediately after birth either by the mother or by elderly women of the family to relieve themselves from the life of humiliation, rejection and suffering. Social discrimination against women results in systematic neglect of women's health, from womb to tomb. Female infanticide and female foeticide are widely practiced in many States. The overall sex ratio, at present, is favorable to women more...

Sproxil Inc, a world-class brand protection company recently announced the launch of its operations in India. With the help of its brand protection product, Mobile Product    Authentication™    (MPA™) the company will focus to check the growing drug counterfeiting in India. The announcement was made by Dr Ashifi Gogo, CEO, Sproxil Inc. It enables consumers to verify the authenticity of a pharmaceutical product by sending the unique code on the drug as a free text message to the manufacturers, in real time.  "Our MPA™ architecture combines secure interlocking technologies and makes counterfeiting unprofitable," said Dr Gogo. "This operation will be launched in Mumbai and Bengaluru initially, as more than 80 per cent of the Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers are based in the West and the South of India," said Dr Gogo. Brand and product pirates in Indian markets pose a significant risk to legitimate Indian manufacturers, leading to brand degradation, decrease in more...

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd has announced that it has received final approval from the US PDA to manufacture and market alprazolam extended-release tablets in the quantities of 0.5 mg, 1 ing, 2 nig and 3 mg. Alprazolam extended release tablets that would be manufactured and marketed by Aurobindo pharma is the generic equivalent to the reference listed drug Xanax® XR Tablets 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg and 3mg of Pharmacia and Upjohn. These tablets are used for the treatment of panic disorder, with 01 without agoraphobia and fall under the Central Nervous System (CNS) therapeutic segment. The product has a market size of approximately $26.5 million for the twelve months ending September 2010 according to IMS and will be launched soon.

Six Indian pharma majors will be entering the US generic market for Levaquin (levofloxacin), an antibiotic approved for treating bacterial infections. Oral and injectable forms of levofloxacin  have been approved from 12 manufacturers, including six Indian  companies; Aurobindo, Dr Reddy's, Glenmark, Lupin, Torrent and Wockhardt. Levaquin reported annual sales of $1.3 billion in 2010 and $422 million in the first quarter of 2011. Levofloxacin is used to treat mild, moderate or severe bacterial infections of the skin, sinuses, kidneys, bladder and prostate caused by specific germs, and those which causes bronchitis or pneumonia. It is used to treat those exposed to inhalational anthrax. "FDA-approved generic drugs must meet rigorous standards and are required to be of high quality," said Keith Webber, Deputy Director Pharmaceutical Science, USFDA - Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Dr Reddy's and Lupin have announced the launch of the tablets in the strengths of 250 mg, more...

The moment the last paper is over, I am going to step outside the examination hall and give out the loudest yell that I can muster. This will be the yell that will tell the world that the examinations are over. The months of toil, sweat and tension have ended and it is time for joy and celebration. Then, my friends and I will head straight to our favourite Mall to just chill out- This will mark the beginning of my celebrations of the end of these cruel examinations.  When I would reach home after all this fun, I would get hold of a largo cardboard box into which I would dump all my textbooks, revision books, exercise books and other paraphernalia. No reminder of the past months of slogging would be allowed to remain on my table. Instead 1 would put a vase of flowers, some novels and other more...