British American Tobacco (BAT) has commenced legal proceedings against the Australian government over the country's world-first plan to exclude all marketing text and images from cigarette packs. The company said it started the proceedings ...
The High Court of the southern Indian state of Karnataka issued a stay on the implementation of the regulations and some of the provisions of the Food Safety and Standards (FSS) Act, 2006. A six-month extension has reportedly been ...
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The Kolkata Port Trust and Haldia Bulk Terminal tussle is heading for arbitration.KoPT is in the process of assessing the cost of damage caused due to the exit of ABG Haldia Bulk Terminal. In November,the port authorities had encashed the ...
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Dr.A Sakthivel,Chairman Apparel Export Promotion Council(AEPC)today announced that Tirupur is the first textiles cluster in India to arrive at the Zero Liquid Discharge Technology.Commenting on the development he said,"We are proud to say ...
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The Bangladesh government has been asked the high court to impose a ban on the import of food treated with formalin and other poisonous chemicals. The court also asked the government to supply testing kits to all the sea and land ports ...
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Australia will be the first country in the world to sell its cigarettes in plain packs starting from tomorrow The Australian government overcame legal challenges from the tobacco industry to implement the change. Under new laws which ...
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DNA reported that Mr SV Ranganath chief secretary of Bangalore has ordered a re examination of the report filed by Mr Dipak Sarmah principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife), in which the rich iron ore deposits located in Karnataka ...
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An NHS trust is to challenge a monetary penalty notice issued by the Information Commissioner's Office(ICO)in a case that could set an important precedent. The NHS trust is to be the first public sector organisation to challenge the UK ...
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Apple has published a statement on its website acknowledging a High Court ruling that Samsung did not infringe Apple design patents in the UK. However, the unapologetic statement concludes that, while the UK court did not find Samsung ...
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Apple has failed to overturn a UK High Court decision to reject the Californian company's claim that Samsung copied its iPad designs for its own tablets. Judge Colin Birss had ruled that Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1,8.9 and 7.7 did not ...
The U.K.'s Home Office will decide by Oct. 16 whether to block the extradition to the U.S. of Gary McKinnon, who has admitted to hacking into U.S. government computers, McKinnon's attorney said on Thursday. McKinnon, 46, of north London, ...
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Apple has won its high-stakes intellectual property infringement suit against Samsung. The court in the US state of California,where Apple is based,found that Samsung infringed six out of seven Apple patents,while backing Apple's claim ...
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Germany-Providing good,clear audio reproduction in a historical building can present a number of challenges for an installer,often with strict architectural limitations on where you can place the loudspeakers,as well as interiors rarely ...
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Current internet subscription business models are ineffective, and are holding up development of services in the UK, fibre communications firm Level 3 has told Computing. James Taylor, EMEA content service product manager at Level 3, ...
Record export sales and revenue in an increasingly challenging market Commenting on the results,Kumba Iron Ore Limited's("Kumba")CEO Chris Griffith said: "Kumba's solid focus on operations and strategy has delivered another strong set ...
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