Arogya Manthan 2026 to launch new digital health and health assurance initiatives
Union minister for health and family welfare and chemicals and fertilizers, Jagat Prakash Nadda, will commemorate eight years of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) and five…
Bengaluru drug scam: Rs 12cr spurious Pfizer stock sold to hospitals since Feb 2025; kingpin among 8 held
BENGALURU: Karnataka health minister UT Khader Monday ordered suspension of an assistant drug controller for failure to lock the wholesale pharmacy owned by alleged kingpin of Bengaluru’s drug racket even…
Banned in India, sold in Maharashtra: Man held over fake Pakistani beauty cream
Pimpri Chinchwad resident Prakash Guru was arrested after a raid on his store led to the seizure of 23 packets of ‘Goree Beauty Cream’. A shop owner in Maharashtra’s Pimpri…
Green or red dot? Your soap, shampoo and toothpaste will now reveal if they’re veg or non-veg
Green dot or red dot? Soaps, shampoos and toothpaste to reveal if they are veg or non-veg That green dot you usually look for on a food packet could soon…
Counterfeit rabies vaccine worth ₹2 lakh seized in Delhi
The Drugs Control Department has seized counterfeit rabies vaccine worth about ₹2 lakh from a firm in Chandni Chowk’s Bhagirath Palace, the Delhi government said on Tuesday. Health Minister Pankaj…
AIIA organises public awareness rally on 11th Ayurveda Day
The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Ayush, Government of India, organised an “Ayurveda Public Awareness Rally” today to mark the…
UKHSA and University of Oxford scientists uncover genetic changes in the bacteria causing severe Kent meningococcal disease outbreak
Scientists from UKHSA, the University of Oxford and a collaboration of academic institutions have used bacterial genome sequencing to understand why the meningococcal disease outbreak in Kent earlier this year…
‘Broad daylight dacoity’, says Supreme Court on overpricing of essential cancer drugs
‘It is very surprising that the authorities who are supposed to take action on this are silent,’ says Bench Terming it a “broad daylight dacoity” against patients, the Supreme Court…
CDSCO finds one spurious drug sample in Delhi, 220 NSQs in Aug surveillance
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) found one spurious and 220 not of standard quality (NSQ) drug samples from a batch tested randomly as part of the August drug…
FSDA cancels 16 pharmacy licences, suspends 8, including Pfizer depot
The action follows the department’s investigation into a large-scale unlicenced drug repacking and relabelling racket uncovered at a farmhouse in Bengaluru South district’s Bidadi on August 18. The Karnataka Food…
