NEW DELHI: In a move aimed at strengthening medicine safety and improving monitoring of adverse drug reactions, the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC) on Tuesday signed agreements with pharmacy councils of Bihar, Maharashtra and Mizoram to expand pharmacovigilance and promote rational use of medicines.The Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs), signed at IPC headquarters in Ghaziabad, seek to…
NEW DELHI : Every Hindu voter became a Hindu worker in West Bengal, Dattatreya Hosabale of RSS said on Tuesday, framing the recent assembly polls as a “civilisational question” for the Hindutva organisation due to the hurdles and attacks it faced there.“It was a struggle not only by RSS volunteers but by the entire Hindu…
NEW DELHI: Patients across the country may face disruption in routine medicine purchases on May 20 as more than 12.4 lakh chemists prepare for a nationwide shutdown against online medicine sales and deep discounting by e-pharmacy platforms.The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) said the protest is aimed at highlighting risks to patient…
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday gave a strong dissent note on the process of selection of the next CBI director during a meeting of the high-powered panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and said he does not want to be a part of a “biased exercise”.In his…
NEW DELHI: In response to Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir warning India against any “future misadventure”, Indian Navy chief-designate Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan has said that “misadventure does not come anywhere or anytime from India” and asserted that the country is ready to counter and quell any “misadventure” from across the border.Vice Admiral Swaminathan, who…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Congress brass moved closer Tuesday to ending Kerala’s week-long CM deadlock after protests, social media campaigns and factional muscle-flexing threatened to overshadow UDF’s blowout election victory.A final round of talks involving Mallikarjun Kharge, MPs Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi was expected to seal decision on successor to Left Front’s 10-year tenure in Kerala, party…
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday cancelled NEET-UG-2026 – held on May 3 – after its investigators found evidence that several questions appearing similar to that in the medical entrance exam’s paper had been circulated before the test. Govt has handed over the question paper leak case to CBI and said a fresh…
NEW DELHI: The 21st Livestock Census report, which was expected to be made public late last year, is likely to be released after June, as technical glitches in data compilation and validation have delayed its finalisation.An official said data validation was in process. “This is expected to be completed by June. The report can be…
NEW DELHI: CBI has busted an alleged corruption ring involving Punjab Vigilance Bureau, leading to the arrest of three individuals. According to the agency, the group solicited payments in exchange for “settling” formal complaints pending with the office of Director General of Vigilance.Vikas Goyal, his son, Raghav Goyal, and their associate, Ankit Wadhwaare accused of…
JAIPUR: CBI on Tuesday took over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak probe after Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) said “paper leak mafia” had sold a leaked question paper disguised as a “guess paper” – containing all 90 biology and 45 chemistry questions from the May 3 exam – for Rs 10 lakh to Rs…