NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over shortages of two critical cancer medicines, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has approved a 50% hike in the ceiling prices of Carboplatin and Cisplatin injections, citing escalating raw material costs and supply concerns. The regulator has also revised prices of anti-tetanus immunoglobulin and three key childhood vaccines to ensure…

NEW DELHI: Barely two months after the National Medical Commission (NMC) prohibited medical colleges from charging MBBS fees beyond the prescribed 54 months of academic study, a complaint from Kerala has alleged that colleges continued to collect fees for five years, setting up the first major test of the regulator’s willingness to enforce its own…

NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Thursday pushed back against European criticism of India’s Russia policy, saying weapons sold by European countries had been used against India for years even as they questioned New Delhi’s purchase of Russian oil. Defending India’s energy choices, he also revealed that the United States had encouraged India…