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Text Size: A+ The year 2021 in India began with a flurry of events around the Covid-19 vaccine. The Indian government conducted dry runs for the vaccines, and two vaccines Covishield (Oxford University-AstraZeneca) and Covaxin (Bharat Biotech) were granted accelerated regulatory approval by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). The process of granting these vaccines regulatory approval has been a subject of intense scrutiny. The grant of these approvals and the scrutiny ...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Regulators consult on an investor identification regime and outsourcing requirements, and issue guidance on electronic storage of regulatory records and environmental risk management This blog post summarises key regulatory developments in Hong Kong and Singapore during December 2020, including: The SFC’s consultation on an investor identification regime for the securities market The SFC’s additional guidance on external electroni...

ESIC Recruitment 2020: Application window for 23 teaching vacancies to close soon The online application window for recruitment of professor, associate and assistant professor at Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and ESIC Hospital Joka, Kolkata will close soon. advertisement The recruitment drive is being conducted to fill 23 teaching vacancies. HIGHLIGHTS Candidates can apply for the posts through the prescribed manner. ESIC Recruitment 2020: Attention candidates,...

(pic). The Human Resources Minister said the key areas of amendments included the repeal of the ministers power to refer representations on dismissal cases to the Industrial Court which will instead be given to the Director-General for Industrial Relations as well as the repeal of discretionary power to refer cases to the Industrial Court without further filtering. Other amendments were the employer or employee may be represented by any person of their choice, except lawyers, during the concili...

Monday, 28 Dec 2020 09:27 PM MYT Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan speaks during a press conference at the Ministry of Human Resources, Putrajaya December 3, 2020. — Picture by Miera Zulyana Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. PUTRAJAYA, Dec 28 — The Industrial Relations Act 1967 (Act 177) which was amended in December last year will come into force on January 1, 2021 to improve the protection of workers’ rights in the country,...

+ The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will be sworn into office within the precincts of Parliament House before Parliament on January 7, 2021, and not at the usual venue for presidential inaugurations — the Independence Square. The move is in accordance with Article 57(3) of the 1992 Constitution and “international best practices”. The change in venue is also in response to a request made to the President by the leadership of Parliament in November this year that all subsequ...

Translate Home » Columns » Afe for Vanguard » The National Assembly has powers to replace the 1999 Constitution (2) The National Assembly has powers to replace the 1999 Constitution (2) On By Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, OFR, CON LAST week, I commenced the discussion of this topic by highlighting the background of constitutional enactments and repeals in Nigeria from the period of amalgamation in 1914 till date. As I noted, the present 1999 Constitution is a product of milita...

Govt decides to hold Senate elections in February Dawn 16/12/2020 none@none.com (Iftikhar A. Khan) ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to hold Senate elections in February and invoke advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court on open voting for the polls. The decisions were taken by the cabinet which met here on Tuesday with Prime Minister Imran Khan in the chair. During the meeting, Prime Minister Khan said legal reforms regarding the elections were meant only to ma...

National December 17, 2020 ISLAMABAD: According to legal experts, the election to the Senate is not an election ‘under the Constitution’ and can, therefore, be held by a show of hands. Also, there is no need to amend the Constitution to hold the Senate elections through a show of hands, and only the Elections Act, 2017 is required to be changed through a presidential ordinance. This opinion is contained in a letter dated December 9 (available with The News) that Attorney General of Pakista...

Senate election by show of hands Islamabad December 17, 2020 Islamabad : According to legal experts, the election to the Senate is not an election ‘under the Constitution’ and can, therefore, be held by a show of hands. Also, there is no need to amend the Constitution to hold the Senate elections through a show of hands, and only the Elections Act, 2017 is required to be changed through a presidential ordinance. This opinion is contained in a letter dated December 9 (available with The Ne...