Drug smuggling racket busted inside Ropar jail; ASI, head constable, among others arrested
Ropar police today busted a drug smuggling racket inside Ropar jail. SSP Ropar, Gulneet Singh Khurana, said that a gang involved in smuggling drugs and other prohibited items into Ropar…
Nepal ex-PM under fire for alleged corruption over Patanjali-linked land deal, fined $1 million
Authorities in Nepal have charged former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal with corruption and demanded a million-dollar fine over the purchase of land by a firm owned by Indian yoga…
NCB seizes Rs 9.2 crore assets of ‘prime accused’ in transnational drugs trafficking case from Noida
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday said it has attached a flat and a factory premises worth ₹9.20 crore in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida of a “prime” accused involved in…
Wockhardt’s novel antibiotic Zaynich eyes $9 billion global market
Mumbai-based pharma major Wockhardt, which is all set to launch its new class of antibiotic Zaynich targeted at treating complicated gram-negative infections in India this year, estimates that the drug…
Illegally stocked drugs worth Rs 5.21 lakh seized
HYDERABAD: The Drugs Control Administration (DCA) raided the residence of a habitual offender in Moosarambagh, Malakpet, and seized spurious drugs worth Rs 5.21 lakh. The accused, Puvvada Lakshmana, is a…
Patanjali and AIIMS Bhopal partner to develop holistic treatment solutions
AIIMS Bhopal has taken a historic step toward integrating Indian systems of medicine with modern healthcare through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Patanjali Research Foundation Trust. This…
NPPA fixes retail prices for 41 drug combinations, including empagliflozin
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the retail prices of 41 drug combinations, including 18 variants of the off-patent diabetes drug empagliflozin, originally developed by German pharmaceutical company…
Drug Inspector Dismissed After Rs 4 Crore Cash Found in Sacks; Linked to Illegal Sale of Pharmacist Degrees
Patna: A drug inspector in Bihar has been dismissed from service following the discovery of Rs 4 crore in cash during a raid in 2022, along with evidence of extensive corruption,…
Delhi Crime branch cracks down on fake cancer drug sellers, arrest six individuals
New Delhi : The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has busted a racket selling spurious cancer medicines and injections, arresting six individuals and seizing several high-value spurious cancer drugs on…