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Ten thousand smokers in Scotland are set to undergo testing for symptoms of lung cancer under a new institutive to fight the disease.The Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, Sir Harry Burns pointed out the disease is not usually diagnosed until the advanced stage when it is difficult to fight the disease.

The screening will include all those who have smoked at least 20 cigarettes a day for more than 20 years. A part of the participants will simply go though a simple blood test that detects the earliest stages of development of the disease.

Roche Holding has said that it is will reduce the prices of two cancer drugs; Herceptin and Mabthera in the Indian market to better compete with the generic medicine.

The Swiss drug maker follows a strategy in which it charges sale amount of money for its medication across the world. The move in India is a shift from the company policy and it is thus changing the names of the drugs so as to retain the price power it enjoys in other markets.

State Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa has released the `Vision Tamil Nadu 2023' document that calls for providing piped water supply, education, healthcare, housing and employment to everyone in the state next ten years.

The plan for the state is looking to boost economic growth through investment in infrastructure. The Chief Minister pointed out that the vision document not only focuses on loping industries and attracting investments but is also aims at inclusive, socio-economic growth.

Arup Roy Choudhury, the Chairman and Managing Director of state-run NTPC has said dismissed reports suggesting that the state run companies befitted from the failure of the government to auction coal assets in the country.

He said that NTPC did not earn any windfall profit from the coal produced from the mines because the CERC-regulated regime makes the cost of coal from these mines a pass-through in the power tariff. Thus, the ultimate benefit in cost savings will be given to the users.

Unions representing the staff of Air India (AI) including pilots and engineers have warned that they might go on strike from April 2 if the management does not clear their pending salaries and allowances dues till March 31.

A total of seven unions, which represent a majority of the employees, are also jointly seeking a written assurance from the AI management that the remaining dues will be cleared by the airline.

The prices of fuel is set to up in the country next month as state-run oil firms prepare to roll out the increase in prices.

India's state-run Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) might be planning to announce an increase in the prices of fuel, petrol and diesel in the country as basket of crude oil import price crossed the $123 a barrel mark.