Pilibhit: Two days after farmers of two villages bordering Nepal – Tatarganj and Tilla Number 4 –clashed with a Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) patrol team over illegal supply of sugarcane to Nepal, Pilibhit, district magistrate Pulkit Khare decided to call a meeting with departments concerned to resolve the matter.
The root of the problem is that farmers cannot supply their produce to the sugar mill in their area. Explaining, DK Rai, chief cane officer of Sampurna Nagar Sugar Cooperative Mill, said the problem arose three years ago, when government amended cane ticket rules. Now, it is mandatory for farmers to furnish revenue titles of their agricultural land in order to execute cane supply bond. They do not have the necessary documents.
Novartis International AG: Novartis expands Oncology pipeline with in-licensing of tislelizumab from BeiGene
Novartis secures development and commercialization rights in North America, Europe, and Japan
Accelerates Novartis immuno-oncology combination strategy with multiple potential tislelizumab plus Novartis therapy combinations
Tislelizumab already approved for patients with classical Hodgkin s lymphoma and metastatic urothelial carcinoma in China; 15 registration-enabling clinical trials under way in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and other solid tumors
Basel, January 11, 2021 - Novartis has signed a strategic collaboration agreement to in-license tislelizumab from BeiGene, Ltd. in major markets outside of China, accelerating the potential for Novartis to enter the large and growing checkpoint inhibitor field. Tislelizumab is an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody specifically designed to minimize binding to Fc?R on macrophages. In pre-clinical studies, binding to Fc?R on macro
UK: Spotlight on how North-east England’s GBP1.5 billion subsea cluster can survive and thrive
11 Jan 2021
Subsea UK is spearheading a drive to showcase the capabilities of, and opportunities for, the underwater engineering sector in the North-east of England.
Working with the Subsea North-east Group, Subsea UK will be actively promoting the region’s subsea credentials in design, engineering, and manufacturing nationally and internationally.
At the same time, the industry body will be helping the region’s subsea companies capitalise on the opportunities opening up as a result of the energy transition and the growth in the blue economy.
A series of webinars, which will kick-off on January 26th, will provide market intelligence and shared learnings that will help these companies survive and thrive, safe-guarding and creating skilled engineering and manufacturing jobs.
Total has announced the acquisition of Fonroche Biogaz, a company that designs, builds and operates anaerobic digestion units in France. The acquisition is consistent with Total s strategy and its climate ambition to get to Net Zero by 2050.