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Indonesia executes four convicted for drug crimes
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jakarta, July 29 (ANI): Indonesia on Friday executed four convicted drug traffickers, including three Nigerians, late last night despite a string of legal appeals, diplomatic pressure and international condemnation.
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Drug testing service initiated at Music festival to remove toxic substance
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, July 26 (ANI): In a first of its kind initiative, an independent music festival in Cambridgeshire is offering people the chance to have their illegal drugs tested and remove the potentially toxic substances from circulation.
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Pak steps up diplomatic efforts to save death convict in Indonesia
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore/Islamabad, July 26 (ANI): Pakistan has intensified its diplomatic efforts for saving its citizen, Zulfiqar Ali, who is facing imminent execution in Indonesia after being convicted of drug-related charges.
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New cheap patch 'microneedles' pain out of blood testing
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 26 (ANI): Costly, invasive, painful blood draws may soon become history, thanks to a newly-developed microneedle drug monitoring system.
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Need to amend Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 to promote e-pharmacy in India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 25 (ANI): With the advent of e-pharmacy, there is a need to amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 as it does not differentiate between offline and online pharmacies.
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Ashish Vidyarthi got role in '24' by chance
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 25 (ANI): One of silver screen's renowned villains, Ashish Vidyarthi, who will be seen playing a dreaded drug Mafia in the second season of Anil Kapoor-starrer '24,' has revealed that he got the part just by chance.
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BJP prevented Sidhu from speaking against drugs in Punjab: Kejriwal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 25 (ANI): With Navjot Singh Sidhu claiming that he quit the Rajya Sabha because he was asked to stay away from Punjab, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prevented the cricketer-turned-politician from speaking against
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IOC reveals another 45 failed drug tests from Beijing & London
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg, July 22 (ANI): In a latest twist in the doping saga, the International Olympic Committee on Friday announced that a further 45 athletes have tested positive for prohibited substance after samples from the London and Beijing Olympics were reanalysed.
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Bolt believes Olympic ban on Russian athletes will scare dopers
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg, July 22 (ANI): Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has said the recent decision to uphold the ban on Russian athletes from participating in next month's Rio Olympics will act as a strong deterrent to stop athletes taking performance-enhancing drugs.
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This drug combo helps soft-tissue cancer survival
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 21 (ANI): Adding a novel monoclonal antibody therapy to traditional chemotherapy can help make people more likely to survive advanced sarcoma, a lethal soft-tissue cancer, by nearly a year, suggests a recent study.
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Dhaka cafe attackers blood samples taken by doctors
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka, July 20 (ANI): A forensic team of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday collected fresh blood samples of July 1 Gulshan cafe attackers to ascertain if they took any stimulant or drug before carrying out the carnage.
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Using vaginal ring can protect women against HIV: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. July 19 (ANI): A new study has found that using a vaginal ring ,containing an antiretroviral (ARV) drug called dapivirine monthly, may protect women against HIV.
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