India must evolve its own standards on how democracy must be ranked in a diverse and multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and pluralistic idea called India, suggests R Jagannathan.......
Some 8.5 lakh chemists across the nation under the aegis of the All-India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists on Wednesday downed their shutters demanding action from the government against......
The Delhi high court on Wednesday asked the Centre to file a status report on petitions seeking a ban on "illegal" sale of drugs online. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph:......
Artificial shortages and brazen hawking of the drug on the streets at 15 times the normal price rule the day as the official machinery tries desperately to stamp out the parallel market, reports......
The Kashmir Valley on Tuesday witnessed three targeted civilian killings in 90 minutes, which included a prominent Kashmiri Pandit businessman Makhan Lal Bindroo and the owner of Srinagar's most......
The government has been stringent with pricing changes.Prices of 651 essential medicines came down from April 1, 2023 by 6.73 per cent with the government capping ceiling prices of these drugs.......
'Whichever company offers better incentives, the chemist would prefer it.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy Karolina......
The legal regime does not permit home delivery of medicines, tough owing to situation of COVID-19 pandemic and an emergency-like situation, the government allowed the home delivery of medicines but......
Although there is no government order to this effect, chemists decide to not dispense medicines for cold, cough and fever over the counter. Image used for representational purpose.......
This is apart from the requirement to stock hydroxychloroquine (200 mg) and Azithromycin (500 mg) tablets for patients requiring ICU management, asymptomatic healthcare workers and asymptomatic......
'The people who had spiked his food/drinks were not sure whether it was done properly (on June 23 & 24) before the first test on June 25, so they did it again before sending the complain letter to......
I stood outside a local hair-cutting saloon in the Nawabi Bagh area of Karachi as twilight descended on the port city. A contact, after a few minutes of cajoling, had agreed to introduce me to a......