Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 7 (ANI): Two drug peddlers were arrested and heroin worth Rs 5 crores were seized from the Vasai area in Palghar during the search operation carried out by Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Maharashtra.
New Delhi [India], February 6 (ANI): The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted emergency-use permission to the single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine, informed Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday.
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): A new study has found that a common medication used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) appears to help manage the symptoms of a rare and currently difficult to treat genetic movement disorder primarily found in children.
Bristol [UK], February 5 (ANI): A recent study has found that high doses of a widely-used drug used in the hormonal treatment of conditions like excessive hair growth, early puberty, prostate cancer, are linked to an increased risk of meningioma -- the most common type of benign brain tumour
Santirbazar (Tripura) [India], February 5 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Friday said that a number of steps had been undertaken to modernize Tripura Police and Tripura State Rifles (TSR) with financial help from the Central government.
New Delhi [India], February 5 (ANI): The subject expert committee under India's drug regulator has recommended Russia's Sputnik Light one-shot COVID-19 vaccine, sources told ANI.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 4 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday instructed the officials to formulate an integrated nutrition programme for the health of mothers and children.
Hoshiarpur (Punjab) [India], February 4 (ANI): Senior BJP leader and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that Bharatiya Janata Party wants to improve the 'ease of doing business' in Punjab and is also determined to tackle the drug menace in the state.
Edinburgh [Scotland], February 4 (ANI): A recent study has found that a drug that is currently used to treat skin and lung cancer has been found to slow the progression of a form of ovarian cancer and increase the number of patients who respond to treatment.
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 3 (ANI): The price of Paracetamol, the most commonly prescribed medicine for COVID patients, has now been increased, with the Drug Regulatory of Pakistan (DRAP) approving the hike and fixing the rate up to Rs 2.67 per tablet.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 3 (ANI): The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Kolkata has seized 128.600 kg of Ganja from Murshidabad's Beldanga.