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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicAntacid

Topic: antacid

US lawsuit settlement puts spotlight back on ranitidine. India still undecided on ‘cancer-risk’ drug

Ranitidine still sold as popular heartburn medicine in India despite being banned or suspended in US, Europe & Australia. It was dropped from essential medicines list last year.

Abbott recalls antacid Digene gel made in Goa facility after customer complaints

The drugmaker said it had initiated voluntary recall of the product based on isolated customer complaints.

Pantop, Lanzol & other top-selling antacids must carry warning about ‘acute kidney injury’

Studies have shown that PPI-based antacids can injure kidneys and reduce their capacity to filter blood effectively.

On Camera

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.