CHAPTER 2 The legal and regulatory framework for environmental protection in India Legislation for environmental protection in India Water Water quality standards especially those for drinking water are set by the Indian Council of Medical Research. These bear close resemblance to WHO standards. The discharge of industrial effluents is regulated by the Indian Standard Codes and recently‚ water quality standards for coastal water marine outfalls have also been specified. In addition to the
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------------------------------------------------- The Data Protection Act (UK – 1998‚ Malta – 2001): The DPA concerns the “collection‚ recording‚ organization‚ storage‚ adaptation‚ alteration‚ retrieval‚ gathering‚ use‚ disclosure‚ blocking‚ erasure or destruction of personal data”. The purpose of the Data Protection Act: a. The purpose of the DPA is to protect living individuals against the misuse of their personal data. Examples of such misuse could include exposing of personal data
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Family law‚ The Protection of the Child COLLEGE COMPOSITION Submitted by Connie Rozarto June 13‚ 2009 The Protection of the Child. Introduction Family law is breaking the children by allowing the constant fighting to go on between parents‚ not protecting the children‚ and encouraging divorce. Family law has lost sight of its foundations not because it is not following
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------------------------------------------------- Consumer Protection Act‚ 1986 Consumer Protection Act‚ 1986 is an act of Parliament of India enacted in 1986 to protect interests of consumers in India. It makes provision for the establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumers’ disputes and for matters connected therewith. Citation : Act No. 68 of 1986 Enacted by : PARLIAMENT OF INDIA Date commenced : 24 December
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environmental protection 1. Introduction In the past decades‚ China has achieved unprecedented economic and social progress‚ at the same time; China also faces many new challenges‚ especially increasing environmental issues and depleting resources. Fortunately‚ Chinese government has put these issues in an important position and makes efforts for sustainable development. This paper takes two cases in China to illustrate the significance of government in environmental protection‚ one case is government
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The equal protection clause was put in place to protect Americans who were being treated unfairly and to help prevent more people from being mistreated. All throughout history people have been treated unequally due to their differences. Time after time citizens have been denied their rights and this clause was put in place to help reduce the amount of people being affected by unequal treatment. The equal protection clause provides those in the American political system with comparable opportunities
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES DO SHAREHOLDERS OF ACQUIRING FIRMS GAIN FROM ACQUISITIONS? Sara B. Moeller Frederik P. Schlingemann René M. Stulz Working Paper 9523 http://www.nber.org/papers/w9523 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 February 2003 We are grateful to Harry DeAngelo and Ralph Walkling for useful comments. The views expressed herein are those of the author and not necessarily those of the National Bureau of Economic Research. ©2003 by Sara
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Do Mergers and Acquisitions Create Shareholder Wealth In The Pharmaceutical Industry? Mahmud Hassan‚ Dilip K. Patro‚ Howard Tuckman and Xiaoli Wang* Purpose: This paper analyzes mergers and acquisitions (M&A) focusing on the U.S. pharmaceutical industry in the period 1981-2004. This industry is chosen because it is global‚ engages intensively in M&A which it uses to both complement and substitute for early stage research‚ and because the potential abnormal returns to blockbuster drugs are
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Patent Protection and TRIPS Agreement Bangladeshi pharmaceutical firms focus primarily on branded generic final formulations using imported APIs. Branded generics are a category of drugs including prescription products that are either novel dosage forms of off-patent products produced by a manufacturer that is not the originator of the molecule‚ or a molecule copy of an off-patent product with a trade name. About 80% of the drugs sold in Bangladesh are generics and 20% are patented drugs. The
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freckles‚ which occur in people with fair skin‚ are usually due to sun exposure. Freckles are nearly always a sign that sun damage has occurred‚ and show the need for sun protection. A sunburn is damage that you can see. If you get burned‚ be sure to rub aloe over the burn and cover up! Sun exposure can harm ANYONE at ANY AGE. Sun protection should begin in infancy and continue throughout life. It is estimated that we get about 80 percent of our total lifetime sun exposure in the first 18 years of life
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