Anti-cancer drugs, antibiotics, vaccines set to become cheaper

Several anti-cancer drugs, antibiotics and vaccines will now become more affordable as they are among 34 new additions to the national list of essential medicines, with the government saying this......

10 Times Arvind Kejriwal Made Headlines

From the time he first rose to prominence during the movement against the then UPA government, Arvind Kejriwal has regularly grabbed headlines for his surprise moves and decisions.Utkarsh......

'Modi govt failed to understand or to tackle COVID'

‘There are queues to get an oxygen cylinder, queues to refill the cylinder, queues to get life-saving medicines, queues to get a hospital bed, and now there are queues outside......

Full Text: President's joint address to both houses of Parliament

Here's the full text of President's Ram Nath Kovind's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on the first of Budget Session 2022. IMAGE: A word cloud of President Ram Nath......

India maintains high import duty on American goods: US report

India maintains "high" import duties on a wide range of American goods such as agricultural items, drug formulations, and alcoholic beverages, besides imposing non-tariif barriers, a US report has......

More essential drugs may come under price control

The government proposes to bring all 354 drugs in the National List of Essential Medicines under price control, which covers only 45 of these at present.There are 29 other bulk drugs under price......

India withdraws policy to cap nonessential pharma prices

India's drug pricing authority said the government has withdrawn its power to set prices of nonessential medicines, but price caps on over 100 non-essential drugs that drew the industry's ire in......

509 essential drugs to be costlier

The government has allowed pharmaceutical companies to hike rates of 509 essential medicines used for treating various ailments like diabetes, hepatitis and cancer by 3.84 per cent with effect......