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Centre clears two new COVID vaccines, one antiviral drug; manufacturers we
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): After the Union Health Ministry cleared two new COVID-19 vaccines and one anti-viral drug for emergency use on Tuesday, vaccine manufacturers welcomed the announcement and said that this would support the patients across India.
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Centre approves two indigenously developed COVID vaccines, one anti-viral
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday announced the approval of two new indigenously developed vaccines and one anti-viral drug for the treatment of the adult patients of COVID-19 having a "high risk of progression o
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South Korea approves Pfizer's COVID-19 oral pill for emergency use
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], December 28 (ANI/Global Economic): 'Paxlovid,' the COVID-19 oral treatment developed by a global pharmaceutical company Pfizer, received emergency use authorization from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) on the 27th. It is expected to be used from the end of Ja
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Increased mortality risk among alcohol abstainers might depend on other fa
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 28 (ANI): A new study has found that increased mortality risk among current alcohol abstainers might largely be explained by other factors, including previous alcohol or drug problems, daily smoking, and overall poor health.
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SEC recommends emergency use authorization of Covovax, Corbevax vaccines f
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): After reviewing all applications and data, the Subject Expert Committee (SEC), a body under India's drug regulator, has recommended granting the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Serum Institute of India's COVID-19 vaccine Covovax and Corbevax vacc
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Amit Shah directs states to form dedicated Anti Narcotics Task Force
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Underlining the importance that the Indian government is placing on the need to eradicate drugs from the country with the objective of a "Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan", Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asked all states to form and notify a dedicat
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UK universities to probe illegal use of study drugs by students, work out
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Universities UK, an organization comprised of 140 British higher education institutions, said that next year it will investigate the use of so-called "study drugs" among students to enhance their academic performance, and develop a new set of regulatio
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Amit Shah chairs 3rd apex level Narco Coordination Centre meeting in Delhi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday chaired the 3rd Apex Level meeting of Narco Coordination Centre (NCORD) here in the national capital aimed at discussing drug-trafficking related issues and their solution.
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SEC to take decision on antiviral Covid pill today
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI): After reviewing all applications and data on antiviral pills, the Subject expert committee (SEC) a body under India's drug regulator will be meeting today for antiviral pill Molnupiravir recommendations, sources told to ANI.
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Captagon pills (a.k.a.poor man's cocaine) are flooding oil-rich Arab state
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], December 27 (ANI): A counterfeit version of Captagon, which is highly addictive, has become the drug of choice among young people in the oil-rich countries of the Arab Gulf and mainly Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. As it is much cheaper than cocaine, man
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Aiming for 'drug-free Kashmir', Sky Running Championship held in Srinagar
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 27 (ANI): The Sky Running Association of India (SAI) organized the third National Sky Running Championship on Sunday on the outskirts of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir.
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BSF seizes 40.64 kgs of heroin in Punjab's Ferozepur
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ferozepur (Punjab) [India], December 26 (ANI): Troops of the Border Security Force (BSF) in two separate incidents on Saturday seized 28 packets weighed approximately 40.64 kgs of contraband suspected to be heroin in Punjab's Ferozepur sector.
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