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TopicCough syrup deaths

Topic: cough syrup deaths

India orders probe into bribery claim in Gambia syrup tests case

Harayan's drug controller, Manmohan Taneja, is accused of taking bribe worth Rs 50 million from Maiden Pharmaceuticals to switch samples before the lab tests in India.

‘Does govt have the resources?’ Why pre-export testing of cough syrups may not plug all loopholes

Govt has made sample testing of cough syrups a must before export. Pharmaceutical analysts say this is a good move, but it may not be able to address all issues in drug quality management.

Govt makes tests mandatory for cough syrup export after deaths in Gambia and Uzbekistan

Any cough syrup must have a certificate of analysis issued by a govt laboratory before it is exported, effective June 1, the health ministry said in a notice.

Considering changes in pharmaceutical policy after cough syrup deaths, says PM Modi’s office

The document from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office, which noted that ‘important things’ about the industry had been ‘overlooked’.

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This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.