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Canada – Consultation on the Framework for Pesticide Water Monitoring Programs in Canada

Current status: Open Opened on 22 March 2024 and will close for consultation on 6 May 2024. The Government of Canada has committed to ensuring that Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) makes timely, science-based decisions to support the safe and sustainable use of effective pesticide products in Canada. This involves further strengthening of human and environmental health and safety oversight and protection, including improving the availability of independent data to further support pesticide review decisions, and the transparency of decision-making. Taken together, these elements can successfully be supported through the generation of real-world data via an enhanced water ... Read more

A Framework for Optimized, Integrated Lunar Infrastructure

DARPA study to identify risks, commercial solutions over coming decade to enable future lunar economy WEBWIRE – Thursday, August 17, 2023 Anticipating a burgeoning cislunar and lunar economy of scientific research and commercial development in the coming decade, DARPA is soliciting innovative and revolutionary technical approaches to chart a vision and path toward an optimized and integrated lunar infrastructure for peaceful U.S. and international use. The 10-Year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) capability study aims to rapidly develop foundational technology concepts that move away from individual scientific efforts within isolated, self-sufficient systems, toward a series of shareable, scalable systems that interoperate minimizing ... Read more

Need for a new legal framework governing Telecommunication in India

Telecommunication has the potential to unleash the true power of India’s economy, accelerate socio-economic transformation and enable achievement of the vision of an “Aatma Nirbhar Bharat”. Telecommunication is an enabler of digital governance that emphasizes data driven and people-centric delivery of goods and services to citizens and enterprises. Legal framework for telecommunication in India is governed by Laws which were enacted long before India’s independence. Technology has evolved significantly in the recent decades. To keep pace with emerging technologies, telecommunication legislation has evolved with time in most jurisdictions. These include United States (1996), Australia (1979), ... Read more

Regulatory framework for Angel Funds to facilitate investments in start-ups

The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA), in furtherance of its mandate to develop and regulate financial products, financial services and financial institutions in the International Financial Services Centres (IFSC), had notified the IFSCA (Fund Management) Regulations, 2022 in April 2022 enabling the regulatory framework for various activities related to fund management including schemes for investing in early-stage venture capital undertaking (start-ups). Angel Funds bridge the gap between start-ups and angel investors, who are instrumental in providing mentoring, and resources to the start-ups. In recognition of the same, IFSCA has now issued a framework for ... Read more

Hong Kong – Regulatory framework for Advanced Therapy Products to commence on August 1

Regulatory framework for Advanced Therapy Products to commence on August 1 **************************************************************************      The Department of Health (DH) today (June 25) said that all provisions of the Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 (the Amendment Ordinance) to introduce a regulatory framework for Advanced Therapy Products (ATPs) will come into operation on August 1 this year.      The Amendment Ordinance introduces a clear regulatory framework for ATPs, which cover gene therapy products, somatic cell therapy products and tissue engineered products, in order to safeguard public health and facilitate the development of ATPs. After the Amendment Ordinance comes into operation, ATPs will form a ... Read more