DoT set to speed up global mobile service firms' provisional licenses
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has initiated the process of granting provisional licences to six applicants for global mobile personal communication services (GMPCS) including Reliance Communications and Afro Asian Satellite Communication.

Reliance shifts gaze to east coast, eyes Andhra port
Reliance Industries (RIL) may construct Andhra Pradesh's first private sector port at Krishapatnam. Estimated to cost Rs 1,200 crore, the site is located 250 km north of Madras. RIL has, for sometime now, been trying to get a foothold on the eastern seaboard.

Glaxo earns anti-TB molecule development rights from Italian firm
Glaxo India has acquired the licensing rights to develop and take to the market a new long-acting rifampicin molecule from an Italian pharmaceutical company. Rifampicin is the bulk drug that goes into the manufacture of anti-TB formulations.

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