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DRDO's anti-COVID 2-DG drug effective against different variants: DRDO sci
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)'s new anti-COVID drug, just approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) is effective against different variants of the coronavirus and helps in bringing patients out of oxygen support, sa
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NCB nabs one foreign national with heroin worth Rs 26 crores
Updated : 4 years, 10 months 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 : 4 years, 10 months 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 : 4 years, 10 months 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 : 4 years, 10 months 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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Mumbai: 20-yr-old drug peddler held, drugs worth over Rs 22 lakh seized
Updated : 4 years, 10 months 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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Scientists discover way to trick cancer cells into consuming toxic drugs
Updated : 4 years, 10 months 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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RBI's Rs 50,000 crore liquidity facility can increase hospital bed capacit
Updated : 4 years, 10 months 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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Actor Dalip Tahil's son arrested in drugs case
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 5 (ANI): Bollywood actor Dalip Tahil's son Dhruv Tahil has been arrested by the Anti Narcotic Cell, Bandra Unit on Wednesday in connection with a drug case.
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NCB Mumbai seizes 2 kgs of Pseudoephedrine concealed at bottom of 9 hot po
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 5 (ANI): The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai on Monday seized 2 kgs of Pseudoephedrine (a stimulant) at Andheri East.
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Mamata urges PM Modi to ensure adequate supply of vaccines, oxygen, Remdes
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 5 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday requesting him to ensure adequate supply of COVID vaccines, medical oxygen, and drugs like Remdesivir and Tocilizumab to the state.
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Short-term exposure to air pollution may impede cognition, Aspirin could h
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 4 (ANI): Exposure to air pollution, even over the course of just a few weeks, can impede mental performance; however, these adverse effects were lessened in people taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin, according to a new study led by research
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