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Franchise India Bureau Nov 15 2018 - 1 min readIn a significant development, the Delhi High Court has held that the Advisory issued by the Government of India on E-Cigarettes is not binding on the states. This ruling has come on a petition of a smoker who has migrated to E-Cigarettes and in his petition, he has showed to the court that there was ...
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Franchise India Bureau Oct 04 2018 - 1 min readThe Punjab cabinet has approved regularisation of 8,886 school teachers, who were recruited under the central education programmes, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA). The cabinet, under the chairmanship of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, regularises 7,356 teachers recruited under the SSA and 1,194 teachers under the RMSA. Apart from this, ...
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Franchise India Bureau Oct 04 2018 - 0 min readThe government has relaxed import norms for about 34 chemicals used in the pharmaceuticals industry. The move would ease inbound shipments of these items. These chemicals include cocaine, norephedrine, cathine and its salts, ephedrine hydrochloride and concentrates of poppy straw, nicotinic acid and aminorex. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said, "The import policy of ...
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 27 2018 - 1 min readGovernment has proposed creating the National Council for Vocational Education & Training, along with skills universities, which will offer degrees like master and bachelor of skills. The government's suggestion comes in order to give a push to the skilling ecosystem. The Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry has formed the guidelines on creating skills universities in India ...
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Franchise India Bureau Sep 17 2018 - 1 min readThe Karnataka Government under its Elevate programme has shortlisted 77 startups for funding up to a maximum of Rs 50 lakh per startup. The programme is run under the Start-up Karnataka initiative of the Ministry of IT-BT and S&T. Launched in 2017 by Karnataka, Elevate is a startup initiative which is expected to identify and ...