NMC Guidelines: Nine States And Four UTs Cannot Add New Medical Seats

New Delhi: South Indian States such as Tamil Nadu and Karnataka were up in arms over the new guideline by the National Medical Commission (NMC) which says that new medical colleges…

Illegal Drug De-Addiction Centre Busted In Gurugram, Operator Arrested

Gurugram: A joint team of the chief minister’s flying squad and the health department busted a drug de-addiction centre being run illegally here and arrested one of its operators, police…

Allahabad HC Puts On Hold UP’s Order To Suspend Sanjay Gandhi Hospital’s Licence

Lucknow/Amethi: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Wednesday stayed the Uttar Pradesh government’s order suspending the licence of Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Amethi. A division bench of Justices Vivek…

India Finds Two More Toxic Syrups Months After Poisoning Deaths

NEW DELHI: India’s drug regulator has found that a cough syrup and an anti-allergy syrup made by Norris Medicines are toxic, according to a government report, months after Indian-made cough…

Fake Degree Racket Busted In Bulandshahr, 3 Held

MEERUT: Bulandshahr police arrested three people for allegedly being involved in the production and sale of counterfeit degree certificates and mark sheets purportedly from various private universities, officials said on Tuesday.…

Police And DST Seized Drugs Worth Rs 1.5 Crore In Raid, One Arrested

Udaipur: Hiran magri Police Station and DST (District Special Team), in a joint action, have seized a cache of banned illegal drugs worth Rs 1.5 Crore. Police seized these medicines…

West Bengal Is The Highest Consumer Of Antibiotics In The Country: State Health Secretary

Kolkata: West Bengal is the highest consumer of antibiotics in the country owing to irrational and rampant prescriptions advising patients to consume these drugs. A study conducted by the state health…

Clinical Trials Of New Drugs Over Recruiting Indians: Study

New Delhi: Several international clinical trials of new medicines have “over recruited” participants from India, with Indians accounting for more than 60% of the total volunteers in some cases, a new study has…

Firozpur STF Arrested Drug Smuggler With 1100 Intoxicating Pills

Firozpur : As part of the anti-drug campaign being run by the Firozpur STF Range of Punjab, a medical drug smuggler has been arrested with 1100 drug pills. A case…

4 Arrested With 375 Bottles Of Eskuf Cough Syrup Worth Rs 4 Lakh

Agartala : Police of Arundhati Nagar police station on Sunday detained contraband cough syrup worth Rs 4 lakh market value along with four persons from Badharghat area near Agartala railway station.…