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Friday, October 24, 2025
TopicDrugs Technical Advisory Board

Topic: Drugs Technical Advisory Board

Widely used drug cocktails for fever, cold on Centre’s latest ban list, calls grow for penalising makers

Latest crackdown on fixed dose combination drugs is Centre's biggest in 6 yrs. While only CDSCO can issue licenses, makers convince state licensing authorities to approve manufacturing.

Banning 328 ‘cocktail’ drugs not a witch hunt, says officer behind the crackdown

Singh, who was responsible for DGCI move, says ban will not hurt the pharma brands or India’s larger pharma market.

On Camera

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.