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Major terror threat to India from ISIS, Al Qaeda in J-K: FATF

The "most significant" terrorism threat faced by India appears to be from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or Al-Qaeda-linked groups that are active in and around Jammu and Kashmir,......

ED probes money laundering in drug case linked to DMK ex-functionary

The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case to probe an international drugs trafficking racket that allegedly involves an arrested former functionary of the Dravida Munnetra......

NCB makes India's 'largest-ever' LSD seizure, 6 held

The Narcotics Control Bureau on Tuesday said it has made the 'largest-ever' single operation seizure of about 15,000 LSD blots in the country and arrested six people after it busted an......

Modi first foreign head to get Bhutan's highest civilian honour

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received Bhutan's highest civilian award, the 'Order of the Druk Gyalpo', making him the first foreign Head of the Government to receive the honour. IMAGE:......

Will Ideology Trump Personalities And Issues in TN Again?

According to DMK, the voters are already consolidated on ideological lines, hence the impact of anti-incumbency, whether against the BJP Centre or the DMK state may not be too much, notes N Sathiya......

328 fixed-dose combination drugs banned on safety grounds

The original list had named 349 drugs, but 15 drugs, which include cough and cold medicines Phensedyl and Tixylix, approved prior to 1988, have been kept outside the purview of the ban The health......

Over 340 drugs to go off the shelves soon

Some of the popular brands that would be impacted include Phensedyl (Abbott), Tixylix (Abbott), Gluconorm PG (Lupin), Ascoril D (Glenmark), Solvin Cold (Ipca), D Cold Total (Paras Pharma). The......

Drug prices: Govt to brief SC on policy change

The government is likely to formally tell the Supreme Court about the need to change the existing drug pricing mechanism.At the previous hearing on the issue last Wednesday, SC had said: "While......

NGOs trash MNCs' patent argument

The foreign multinational drug majors have a poor track record in Research &Developmentinvestment in India. This has prompted public health groups to call the concerns of Swiss drug major Novartis......

Ethical Code to keep doctor, drugmaker nexus at bay not mandatory yet

‘Gift-giving’ – from free dinners and drug samples to promotional merchandise – seems to be driving drugmakers’ marketing – a marketing prescription deeply......

Review: Force is boring

Sukanya Vermadraws up a pros and cons list for the readers to to decide if they want to watch Force. Post YOUR reviews here!A viewer's Friday is a lot like Hamlet's famous quote with a slight......

No secret formula worked out: Bindra

Amidst reports of a compromise between bitter rivals at theBoard of Control for Cricket in India'sAnnual General Meeting, formerpresident Inder Singh Bindra on Saturday rebutted talk of a 'secret......

Cricket has no place for Azhar: ICC

International Cricket Council president Ehsan Mani voiced his displeasure atformer India captain Mohammad Azharuddin being hired as an expert television commentator, saying the disgracedcricketer......

'ICC wants the Azhar issue sorted out'

Ehsan Mani is a soft-spoken man, but when he speaks out his mind he means business. Among his priorities as president of the International Cricket Council are rooting out corruption in the game and......

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