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Cholesterol medicines lessen risk of degenerative eye disease of ageing
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Regular use of drugs to lower cholesterol and control type 2 diabetes may lessen the risk of the degenerative eye disease associated with ageing, known as AMD, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
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Andhra Pradesh: 6 drug peddlers held in Chittoor
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A total of six people were arrested in a drug haul in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, said officials on Monday.
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Assam: Drugs worth Rs 5 cr seized, 2 people arrested
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati city police seize large quantities of contraband drugs worth Rs 5 crore from a vehicle.
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Scientists find out how organic compound affects drug-resistant bacteria
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists suggested how an organic molecule affects bacteria that are resistant to drugs and have found that it can suppress and destroy a pathogen that can cause significant disease or, in some circumstances, death.
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Assam: Drugs worth 15 crore seized from a vehicle in Sonapur area
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Guwahati city police seized a large quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 15 crore from a vehicle in Assam's Kamrup (Metro) district on Saturday.
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Drug syndicate busted in Delhi, Nigerian national among 3 held
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A team of Delhi Police Special Cell Thursday apprehended 3 main members, including a Nigerian national, of an international drug syndicate in the national capital and seized contraband drugs of over Rs 17 crore, officials said.
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Mizoram: Assam Rifles seize foreign-origin cigarettes worth over Rs. 5 cro
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Troops of Assam Rifles seized a large quantity of foreign-origin cigarettes worth over Rs 5 crore in Mizoram's Champhai district, officials said.
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Goa: Edwin Nunes of Curlie restaurant held for submitting fake Covid certi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Edwin Nunes was earlier arrested and released on bail in connection with the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) case.
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Nanobots made from DNA could fight cancer by delivering drugs directly to
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A team of Canadian researchers from Universite de Montreal has designed and validated a new class of drug transporters made of DNA that are 20,000 times smaller than a human hair and that could improve how cancers and other diseases are treated
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Afghanistan opium cultivation in 2022 up by 32 per cent: UN survey
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan - latest findings and emerging threats is the first report on the illicit opium economy since the Taliban, which assumed power in August 2021, banned cultivation of opium poppy and all narcotics in April 2022.
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Belize national held with heroin worth Rs 69.95 cr at Delhi airport
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In a statement, Joint Commissioner of Customs (IGI Airport) Nisha Gupta informed that the woman passenger arrived from Johannesburg via Doha. The contraband was concealed in the false bottom of a stroll bag being carried by her. The passenger has been arrested under the NDPS Act.
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Pakistan has started new game of smuggling weapons, drugs through drones:
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"Pakistan's nefarious designs are not hidden from anybody. In the past few years, they have started playing a new game of using drones to smuggle weapons, narcotics and improvised explosive devices (IED)," DGP Dilbagh Singh said, adding that these are attempts of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) te
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