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Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has once again urged Johnson & Johnson (J&J) to not enforce any 'secondary' patents for its tuberculosis drug bedaquiline in any country with a high burden of TB, and withdraw all pending secondary patent applications for it. The US pharmaceutical giant's 20-year primary patent on drug-resistant TB medicine bedaquiline expires in a majority of countries this month, including India. Paris-founded MSF has also called for a commitment from J&J to not take any legal action against any generic drug manufacturer that exports versions of bedaquiline to or from TB high-burden countries where secondary patents on the drug exist.

WTO) Bali conference that prevents legal action against any developing nation that breaches the food subsidy limits specified in the agreement on agriculture. At an agriculture negotiation meeting at the WTO on Monday, the US said India’s expansion of support to its rice and wheat farmers has negative spillover effects. India has invoked the clause thrice. “India said that the strongest evidence supporting the necessity of public stockholding was in its own actions during the pandemic, when it mobilised its food stocks and provided food to 80 million people in 18 months’ span,” said a Geneva-based official. Public stockholding is a policy tool used by governments to purchase, stockpile and distribute food when needed. Developing countries’ food subsidies are protected by an interim peace clause which shields food procurement programmes against action from WTO members in case the subsidy ceilings—10% of value of food production in the case of India and other developing countries—are breached.

Donald Trump shared on social media that he has been informed by special counsel Jack Smith that he is under investigation regarding the attempts to overturn the 2020 election. This indicates a possibility that he may face charges from the special counsel. In a post on Truth Social, Trump stated, «Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden's DOJ, sent a letter (again, it was Sunday night!) stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and Indictment.» This comes as the ex-US President has already faced two impeachments, two arrests and one indictment. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is facing legal trouble in both New York and Florida for his involvement in a hush-money scheme during the 2016 election and the mishandling of classified documents. Additionally, he is also dealing with a recent verdict that held him accountable for sexual abuse and defamation against writer E Jean Carroll. The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. Additionally, there may be further criminal charges against Trump in Georgia and Washington DC. Here’s a rundown on all the cases against him along with their present status;

The Niti Aayog released a report on Monday saying that ‘multidimensional poverty’ in India had dropped to about 15% in 2019-21 from almost a quarter in 2015-16, with data drawn from two successive National Family Health Surveys. The think-tank’s second such study, its time-span does not capture pandemic scars. Nor should it be confused with poverty estimates that go by what people consume or the money they need to get by.

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Stage 16 of the Tour de France took place on Tuesday, covering a distance of 22.4 km from Passy to Combloux. It was an individual time trial for the men's elite category. The wind was blowing from the east at a speed of 3 km/h. The route and finish profiles were semi-mountainous. Here are the top finishers: Jonas Vingegaard from Denmark, riding for Jumbo — Visma, is first with a time of 32 minutes and 36 seconds. Tadej Pogacar from Slovenia, representing UAE Team Emirates, is at second, 1 minute and 38 seconds behind the leader. Wout van Aert from Belgium, riding for Jumbo — Visma, is in third position, with a time gap of 2 minutes and 51 seconds. Pello Bilbao from Spain, representing Bahrain Victorious, is fourth, 2 minutes and 55 seconds behind the leader. Simon Yates from Great Britain, riding for Team Jayco — AlUla, is in fifth position, with a time gap of 2 minutes and 58 seconds.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said everybody knows who the winner is when someone stands against India and nobody has been able to fight the idea of India. Addressing the media here after deliberations between opposition leaders for the second day, Gandhi said the 2024 Lok Sabha polls are going to be a fight between «INDIA» and Narendra Modi. The opposition has named its alliance as INDIA — the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance — as announced at the press conference after the meeting of the parties.

Manipur government allocated an additional fund of Rs.2.5 crore to the Agriculture Department for procurement of fertilizer. The Manipur Government had decided to pay an amount of Rs 10 lakh to the next of Kin of late M. Lucy who was recently killed by unidentified miscreants.Manipur police has warned that there should be no obstacle to the movement of security forces in carrying out their official duties.

Gala Games (GALA) has weathered a hard crypto winter over the past year, as holders starve of -97% performance since the all-time high in November 2021.

NDA with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asserting that the fight will be «between INDIA and Prime Minister Narendra Modi». According to sources, the name of the alliance, 'INDIA' was suggested by Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee. After the meeting of Opposition parties in Bengaluru, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked whether the National Democratic Alliance would be able to challenge the newly formed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance or I.N.D.I.A.

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has seen a brief comeback in recent weeks following more than a year of rock-bottom price action, but a struggling chart structure could see BCH heading for zero in the near future.

New Delhi: India and the US emphasized on the need for joint action and collaboration to navigate the global energy transition during the Ministerial meeting of the US-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership (SCEP). The meeting was held between the union minister of petroleum and natural gas, Hardeep Singh Puri and US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm in New Delhi on Tuesday.

The Biden administration Friday said it would forgive $39 billion of student debt for 804,000 borrowers, many of whom may be wondering if the action will meet the same doom as the forgiveness plan killed by the Supreme Court last month.

In a significant move, Swiss-based Global Drug Facility, a nonprofit organisation, has partnered with pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson to supply generic versions of the anti-tuberculosis drug bedaquiline to low and middle-income countries. But the deal has been criticised as it does not ends the company’s monopoly over the drug’s global supplies.  The agreement, signed with Global Drug Facility, an arm of Stop TB Partnership, allows the non-profit organisation to tender, procure, and supply generic versions of bedaquiline to 44 low- and middle-income countries.

Investing.com — Crude oil prices edged higher Tuesday, rebounding after the previous session’s weakness ahead of the latest readings on U.S. crude supplies.

The major US-based crypto exchange Coinbase is still facing pressure from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), despite the recent win in court for Ripple.

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The Federal Court has set aside seven days in March to hear a dispute brought by Fortrend Securities that alleges two of its former brokers conspired with future employer Shaw and Partners to take confidential information and lure Fortrend’s clients.