Archit kumar Srivastava | July 8, 2016
Not far from the Ghazipur waste dumping ground, exists a Phool Mandi, housing some 350 shops, that cuts the foul smell coming from the surrounding. This flower market is visited by several wedding planners, retailers, flower sellers, event managers and designer florists. The bundles of flowers are piled up high, and the trick is to walk deeper and deeper into the market for better deals. The flowers sold here are at one-fourth of what you’ll find in regular stores and even cheaper when you buy in bulk.
A small pharmacist in Rajkot neglects to change a notice in his store under a little-known clause of a public health law. This was not only a non-compliance matter, but also a criminal offence, and a jail sentence was the punishment under the old system. Not a fine. Not a warning. Jail. Now scale
Indian cities are growing at a pace that our infrastructure and climate can no longer sustain. This rapid urban sprawl increasingly strains urban systems, overshadowing the severe environmental fallout produced in its wake. The repercussions include Urban Heat Island Effect (UHI), Urban Floods, and many mo
A week after Donald Trump’s visit to China – the first by an American president in nine years, US secretary of state Marco Rubio arrived in India on May 23 on a four-day visit aimed at resetting Washington DC’s relations with New Delhi and attending the third Quad ministerial meeting.
India’s pharmaceutical industry stands as one of the world’s market leaders of generic pharmacy with market valuation of USD 50 billion in 2026. Characterised by high volume, low-cost generic manufacturing, with an annual growth rate of 10-12% primarily propelled by exports and domestic demand,
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