‘Miracle drug’ can cost Rs 13 lakh for haemophilia A patient annually, but reduced dose found efficacious & cost-effective in small trial. Larger trial is under way.
Haryana villagers have taken the fight against drugs into their own hands. Vigilante groups across the state are naming and shaming users and peddlers, but caste plays a part too.
Delhi Police seized cocaine worth over Rs 2,000 cr from godown in Mahipalpur Extension. Five arrested including Delhi-based businessman who was working with Dubai-based handler.
Central govt had proposed to apply trade margin rationalisation (TMR) approach to regulate prices of non-scheduled drugs, which would have resulted in capping trade margins.
Responding to a Lok Sabha discussion on the government's steps to control drug abuse in the country, Shah said the Modi government has vowed to jail all drug traders in the next two years.
Police said Indian troops deployed along the LoC in Baramulla district observed suspicious movement and on searching, found a 'drug like' substance was dropped there.
The draft Seeds Bill gets the big ideas right: universal registration, traceability, real penalties. To work for Punjab, it must get federal plumbing and farmer-facing details sorted.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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