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Cough syrup deaths case: MP Congress demands resignation of State health m
Updated : 8 months ago IST
He cited government records and said over "150 bottles of cough syrup have been sold in one month" and demanded the death penalty for the owner of the drug company.
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SC dismisses PIL seeking CBI probe into children's death in MP, Rajasthan
Updated : 8 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking CBI investigation into the death of children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan after consumption of toxic cough syrup.
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SC agrees to hear PIL seeking CBI probe into children's death due to cough
Updated : 8 months ago IST
It sought direction from the Centre to set up a National Judicial Commission or Expert Committee to investigate the regulatory failures that allowed the circulation of substandard cough syrups, and to suggest robust measures to prevent such tragedies.
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"Govt is very active in taking action in this matter": MP DyCM Rajendra Sh
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Deputy CM Shukla highlighted that the owner of the Tamil Nadu-based Sresan pharmaceuticals company, manufacturer of the Coldrif cough syrup due to which children died, was arrested, and he would be brought here on transit remand.
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DCGI issues directive to states, UTs on strict compliance with drug testin
Updated : 8 months ago IST
In a letter dated October 7, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi emphasised the "critical importance of testing new materials, including the excipients, before their use in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical formulations."
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MP Minister blames Tamil Nadu for cough syrup deaths, Congress hits out at
Updated : 8 months ago IST
"The Madhya Pradesh government is committed to take strict action against all those responsible in this incident and ensure that no guilty person should be spared. This entire incident occurred because of a factory in Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu government's system is responsible for it, b
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Death toll due to Coldrif cough syrup rises to 20 in Madhya Pradesh
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Of these 20 children, 17 are from Chhindwara district, two from Betul district, and one is from Pandhurna district.
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MP CM Mohan Yadav meets families of Cough Syrup tragedy victims in Chhindw
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Addressing the reporters, CM Yadav said, "Today, I have come to meet the families who lost their loved ones in a tragic cough syrup incident in Chhindwara district. As soon as we received information about the incident, we took required action into the matter. Today also, I have given ord
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Uttarakhand: Senior official appeals to people "not to purchase any medici
Updated : 8 months ago IST
A day after Uttarakhand launched raids on medical stores across the state in the wake of children deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, Additional Commissioner and Drug Controller Tajbar Singh Jaggi appealed people not to purchase any medicines without a doctor's prescription.
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MP: CM Yadav announces ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh to families of children die
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Saturday announced financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the 11 children who died due to consumption of Coldrif cough syrup in Chhindwara district.
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MP CM Mohan Yadav orders statewide ban on 'Coldrif' cough syrup after chil
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
"The deaths of children in Chhindwara due to 'Coldrif syrup' are extremely tragic. The sale of this syrup has been banned across Madhya Pradesh. The sale of other products manufactured by the same company is also being banned," the CM said in a post on X.
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"Spoke of only 3 cough syrups whose test reports were recieved": Madhya Pr
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
A total of nine children have died so far in the suspected cough syrup consumption case in Chhindwara district, said Dr Pawan Nandurkar, Associate Professor and Head of Paediatrics at Chhindwara Institute of Medical Sciences on Friday.
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