New Delhi: The Union health ministry Wednesday said it has proposed immediate suspension of manufacturing licences for drugs found not of standard quality (NSQ) on critical parameters such as assay, dissolution and sterility, to ensure faster regulatory action against substandard medicines. The proposed amendments to...
Kathmandu: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri paid a courtesy call on Nepal's Minister for Energy and Water Resources Biraj Bhakta Shrestha Wednesday and discussed expanding cooperation in the energy sector, according to an official statement. Misri is in Nepal on a two-day visit at the invitation...
Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader R Ashoka Wednesday criticised the Congress-led Karnataka government over the bus fare hike, alleging that it had failed to clear Rs 5,650.95 crore in dues to the state-run transport corporations and was passing the burden of its failures on to the...
New Delhi: Climate change is already cutting into India's food supply, disrupting farm-to-market systems and driving up food prices, with losses now running into billions of dollars a year, according to a report published Wednesday. For instance, heat stress alone costs India an estimated Rs...
New Delhi: In a major success in international law enforcement cooperation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), UAE authorities and Delhi Police, has secured the extradition of fugitive Sajeer Palli Mooppam...
New Delhi: Expressing concern over the tendencies to implicate husband's relatives in matrimonial disputes through sweeping allegations of cruelty, the Delhi High Court Wednesday stressed the importance of timely support from a woman's family when she speaks of violence in her marriage. The court said...
New Delhi: Supreme Court Wednesday directed the National Medical Commission to examine the issue of mandatory rural service for doctors after completion of their MBBS course. A bench of Justices P S Narasimha and Alok Aradhe passed the order while hearing a petition that raised...
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Students' Association (JKSA) said on Wednesday that it has appealed to the External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar for return of mortal remains of a Kashmiri medical student, who passed away in Bangladesh. JKSA National Convenor Nasir Kheuhami said the association...
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a stay on the release of Sunny Deol-starrer upcoming Hindi film Suryaa: Ant Se Aarambh Tak, scheduled to release in theatres November 20. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the ‘Viksit Bharat Initiative for Statistical Transformation, Analytics & Research (VISTAR)’ Scheme for the period FY 2026-27 to FY 2030-31 with an outlay of Rs 4,371.10 crore. Aligned with the central...
The quality of air that people across cities in India have been breathing on Deepabali nights for the past few...
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By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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