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LS Polls: EC seizure crosses Rs 613 crore
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Nearly three weeks after the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force, the Election Commission has seized Rs 613.176 crore worth of cash and other material from 29 states and seven Union Territories (UT).
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9 held, heroin worth Rs 500 crore seized by security agencies off Gujarat
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 27: An illegal consignment of narcotic drugs and heroin was seized by Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Marine Task Force (MTF) in a joint operation off Gujarat coast from a boat.
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3 held with 134 kg cannabis in Vijayawada
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): A team of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials on Tuesday apprehended three people and seized a vehicle in which they were carrying 134 kg of cannabis, amounting to over Rs 26 lakh.
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Haryana Police arrests 2 under NDPS Act, seizes drugs
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Haryana Police on Tuesday arrested a person for allegedly growing opium at his property without any permit or license and recovered 37.5 kg green opium plants with 1.2 kg Doda Post from his possession.
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Preventive drugs are overused at the end of life in older cancer patients
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 25 (ANI): A new research has reported that preventive medications such as those to lower blood pressure or cholesterol, or to protect bone health, among others, are commonly prescribed during the last year of life of older adults with cancer, even though they are u
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Anti-TB drugs can add to the risk of TB re-infection
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Mar 23 (ANI): A recent study revealed that treatments available for tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), may not always prevent re-infection.
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Premature babies could benefit from combined glucocorticoid, antioxidant t
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 21 (ANI): As part of a recent study, scientists have suggested that subtle changes to the drugs administered to mothers threatened with preterm birth or to premature babies could further improve clinical treatment and help increase their safety.
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Around 94kg narcotics, 16,495 litres of illicit liquor seized in Delhi
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Around 94 kilograms worth of narcotics and 16,495 litres of illicit liquor have been seized under Code of Criminal Procedure and Delhi police act violation since the Model Code of Conduct came into force, Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh said o
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Delhi: 10 held with heroin worth Rs 332 crore
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 16 (ANI): Police arrested 10 people and seized 83 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 332 crore.
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Two drug peddlers held by Narcotics team in Kolkata
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 8 (ANI): Two drug peddlers were arrested by Narcotics team of the Detective Department (DD) from Sealdah’s Pragati Maidan area of Kolkata on Thursday evening and confiscated 460 grams of heroin worth Rs 4 lakh from them.
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West opens new digital technology center in Bengaluru
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) March 8 (ANI): West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (NYSE: WST), a global leader in innovative solutions for injectable drug administration, today officially opened the Company’s new Digital Technology Center (DTC) in Bengaluru, India, a regional hub of digital and techno
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5.7 crore Indians dependent on alcohol: Survey
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 20 (ANI): A study by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has revealed that 5.7 crore Indians are addicted to alcohol and about 8.5 lakh people inject drugs.
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