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Nigerian national gets four years imprisonment for peddling drugs
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar. 23 (ANI): A special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court on Thursday convicted Nigerian national, Michael Oti Nicholas for a four years rigorous imprisonment for possessing drugs in commercial quantity.
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Heads up college students! Boozing, marijuana linked to poor grades
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 9 (ANI): College students who are looking to score in top levels must restrain from smoking marijuana and consuming alcohol, as a study finds that medium-to-high consumption of both substances is linked to poor academic performance.
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Cabinet approves MoU between with Thailand on cooperation in controlling n
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 7 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Thailand in controlling narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their precursors and chemicals and drug abuse.
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DRI seizes about 23.5 MT of Mandrax tablets worth over Rs. 3 K crore
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov.2 (ANI): In one of the biggest seizures of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), apex counter-smuggling agency of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), has confirmed seizing about 23.5 metric tonnes of Mand
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New York Police finds white powder at Clinton campaign HQ 'non-hazard
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
WashingtonDC [United States], Oct.22 (ANI): A white powdery substance has tested negative for harmful substances in a preliminary investigation that was sent to Hillary Clinton's campaign office in New York, police said.
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New tactic to fight mosquitoes in more efficient and sustainable way
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug. 27 (ANI): A recent research shows that chemical substances emitted by one of the mosquito's natural enemies, the backswimmer bug make the biological pesticide Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis) more deadly.
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Dhaka court issues arrest warrants against 59 BNP leaders
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka, July 28 (ANI): A Dhaka court has issued arrest warrants against 59 leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and activists including party vice-chairman Salima Rahman in a case filed under the explosive substances act.
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Drug testing service initiated at Music festival to remove toxic substance
Updated : 8 years, 9 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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Male hormone can turn back biological clock
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C, Jul 26 (ANI): A new study has found that sex hormones can reverse ageing by stimulating production of an enzyme naturally found in the human organism, Telomerase, which is the closest of all known substances to a "cellular elixir of youth."
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