January 2024

Two Goa firms get closure notice over plastic waste rules

Two business establishments in Goa were issued a “show reason” notification by the Central Pollution Control Board for non-compliance with the Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016. The CPCB issued a notice to notice of show cause to 688 companies located in India and two of them were in Goa. The entities received notice of the steps […]

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Standardization enters engg curriculum as GTU, BIS sign deal

In the MoU signed between GTU and BIS this week, GTU states that it will introduce standardization topics to academics. The Bureau will supply all inputs needed to create teaching modules on the concept of standardization and conformity assessment.A signed agreement with the Bureau of Indian Standards will see that the Gujarat Technological University (GTU), in

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CDSCO declares around 7.7% of drug samples tested in December as NSQ drugs

Based on official statistics, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) revealed in December 2023 that approximately 7.7 percent of the drug samples it assessed were classified as being of inferior quality (NSQ). Nevertheless, no samples were identified as counterfeit or incorrectly labeled. As per the monthly drug alert from CDSCO, about 78 out of

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