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Odisha government launches new policy to promote biotechnology

The Times of India 15 Nov 2018

We need to encourage a lot of Startups to invest in biotechnology with funding support,” Dhal said. The new policy has provisions of early stage grant funding like bio-innovation fund to translate ideas into product development, biotech bridge grant to help budding entrepreneurs to continue activities and immersion fellowships to promote research....

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Shortage of staff now greater threat to NHS than funding, experts warn

Belfast Telegraph 15 Nov 2018

Richard Murray, policy director at the King’s Fund, told the Press Association the NHS had less than a year to address the problem ... The think tanks said this was due to an “incoherent” national approach to workforce policy, poor planning, restrictive immigration policies and “inadequate” training funding....

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NHS Could Be Short Of 350,000 Staff By 2030, Think Tank Warns

Huffington Post 15 Nov 2018

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FCC's proposed regulation could mean cuts to Attleboro area cable television programming

The Sun Chronicle 15 Nov 2018

Today, Gay’s fear inches closer to reality as the Federal Communications Commission moves to adopt a new policy that could drastically reduce funding to local cable television ... The FCC is proposing regulations that would allow cable companies to assign those channels a value, and subtract the amount from the funding they give to local television....

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ADB offers solutions for green finance in Vietnam

The Saigon Times 15 Nov 2018

Despite the advantage of finding funding sources for RE projects, they noted that many hindrances still exist ... Revising energy price policy ... This fiscal policy would be beneficial in discouraging carbon dioxide emissions and creating a funding source for renewable energy projects across the country....

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Reef scientist Terry Hughes awarded prize for standing up to political ‘smears’

The Guardian 15 Nov 2018

It comes only weeks after his research centre lost government funding for its work ... Last month Labor’s science spokesman, Kim Carr, said the Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies had missed out on funding after “political intervention” because of Hughes’s public criticism of the government’s reef policy....

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Aust donating on Facebook to be easier

This is Money 15 Nov 2018

The social media giant and PayPal have teamed up to better connect users with charities, launching a special fee-free fund on Thursday ... Policy director Mia Garlick said the new native fundraiser platform - which also supports crowd funding campaigns for a fee - would remove the friction of the donation process....

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Foxboro Cable Access funding in danger

The Sun Chronicle 15 Nov 2018

Foxboro Cable Access could be hit with a drastic funding cut in the coming months, thanks to a policy change by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC is looking to amend language in the 1984 Telecommunications Act that would allow cable companies to deduct the cost of “in-kind services” from the funding they provide to local television....

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Terry: Development fund needs more money

Decatur Daily 15 Nov 2018

Terry told the City Council on Monday that more money is needed for the fund, and he got support from the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday when it established its local policy agenda for 2019. Terry said he would like to have enough money in the fund so the city is ready when developers say they want to build in Decatur....

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NHS ‘could be short of 350,000 staff by 2030’

The Guardian 15 Nov 2018

The experts blame the situation on “an incoherent approach to workforce policy at a national level, poor workforce planning, restrictive immigration policies and inadequate funding for training places”. Funding for education and training of staff has been cut by £2bn since 2006, it says....

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Californians want more funding for public higher education, survey shows

The Los Angeles Times 15 Nov 2018

Education Local Californians want more funding for public higher education, survey shows ... Most Californians believe higher education should be a top priority for the new governor and support increased funding for public colleges and universities, according to a new survey by the Public Policy Institute of California....

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2019 budget to bring respite to Ghanaians

Joy Online 15 Nov 2018

Mame Yaa Aboagye explained that, it would be the first time a budget will not be under the restrictions of the International Monitory Fund (IMF) thus government can implement policies in the interest of the citizenry....

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Entrepreneurs vow measures to shore up economic growth

China Daily 15 Nov 2018

"We believe the local government can promote relevant policies with the actual situations and build a more favorable business environment for private business." ... "During the past decade, we were confronted with different difficulties, including policies, shortage of funds and professionals, but I never gave up," he said....