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NCB nabs one foreign national with heroin worth Rs 26 crores
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials on Saturday arrested a foreign national with 4 kgs of heroin worth Rs 26 crores.
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Punjab police arrests 5 associates of Gangster Gavi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 8 (ANI): The Punjab police on Saturday arrested five persons who are said to be associates of Gavi Singh, a close aide of Gangster Jaipal, currently absconding.
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2 Afghans arrested with 125 kg of heroin in Delhi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Anti-Auto Theft Squad (AATS) on Friday arrested two persons and recovered 125.48 kgs of heroin from them in the national capital.
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DCGI nods anti-COVID drug developed by DRDO for emergency use
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the emergency use of an anti-COVID drug - 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) - as an adjunct therapy in moderate to severe COVID-19 cases.
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Centre issues company-wise supply plan of Remdesivir to states, UTs
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): A company-wise supply plan of Remdesivir, a key drug used in the treatment of COVID-19 patients, has been issued to states and union territories, informed the Central government.
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Mumbai: 20-yr-old drug peddler held, drugs worth over Rs 22 lakh seized
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): The Kandivali unit of Mumbai's Anti-Narcotics Cell on Friday arrested a 20-year-old drug peddler from Goregaon area and seized drugs worth Rs 22,20,000 from his possession.
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EMA safety committee probing cases of new side effect from AstraZeneca vac
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Medicine Agency (EMA) said on Friday that its committee on vaccine safety asked AstraZeneca to provide additional trial data on its COVID-19 drug for an inquiry into cases of a rare autoimmune disorder following vaccination.
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WHO, medicines regulators call on drug manufacturers to open access to cli
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik) : The WHO and the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) urged the pharmaceutical industry to open access to clinical data for all new medicines and vaccines for reasons of "overriding public health interest."
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Scientists discover way to trick cancer cells into consuming toxic drugs
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): A new research led by a team at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) points to a promising strategy to boost tumours' intake of cancer drugs, thereby increasing the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatments.
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Pfizer, BioNTech seek full approval of COVID-19 vaccine across US
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday said that they have started the process for getting the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) complete authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine after having emergency use authorization for almost five months.
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RBI's Rs 50,000 crore liquidity facility can increase hospital bed capacit
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): Crisil Ratings said on Friday the Rs 50,000 crore liquidity window offered by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to banks under priority sector lending to augment COVID-19 healthcare infrastructure will help raise treatment capacity, availability of medici
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'Sehar khan', traditional Ramadan drum beaters, still playing their role i
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Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 7 (ANI): Amid the ongoing holy month of Ramadan, traditional drummers -- known as Sehar Khans in Srinagar -- have been carrying on with the ritual of waking up people by beating drums for Sehri, the pre-dawn meal before the fasting day.
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