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TopicDrug racket

Topic: drug racket

Delhi Police bust fake cancer drugs racket, Syrian national among 4 arrested

Cyber cell seizes fake as well as unregistered medicines worth Rs 4 crore from two firms which allegedly manufactured and distributed them.

‘No prescription sought, drugs under different names’ — Maharashtra FDA busts ‘abortion pill racket’

FDA officers in 13 parts of the state posed as customers and managed to easily procure the kits. FIRs lodged against e-commerce app, ‘unlicensed’ agency.

Kannada actor Ragini Dwivedi’s residence searched in connection with drug racket probe

On 21 August, the Central Crime Branch had arrested three persons who were allegedly supplying illegal drugs in the Kannada film industry.

ED officer who questioned Akali leader Majithia in multi-crore drug bust case resigns

Niranjan Singh, a deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate, resigned citing "personal reasons".

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Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.