Topic: Drugs
India could avert medicine shortage as bulk drugs start arriving from coronavirus-hit China
While major supply has started arriving through sea, some cargoes 'airlifted' by the government on behalf of pharma companies have also started coming in.
How bhang became such an integral part of Holi
The festival of colours has long been associated with getting high. What's the connection?
Modi govt restricts exports of common drugs on fear of coronavirus shortages
The drugs include over-the-counter painkiller and fever reducer paracetamol and finished pills that include it.
Govt to fly raw material from coronavirus-hit China for Cipla as shortage fears continue
There are fears that supply of essential medicines — including for HIV & cancer — may dwindle if supply chains in coronavirus-hit China don’t normalise soon.
What are APIs and how they threaten India’s status of a ‘pharmacy to the world’
Despite being a leading supplier of medicines to several countries, India is highly dependent on China for raw materials even to produce medicines as basic as Crocin.
Prices of Paracetamol, other bulk drugs jump as coronavirus crisis stokes fear of shortage
The price rise won't affect consumers since pharmaceutical companies are not allowed to push up prices of key drugs by more than 10% per year.
Two Chinese drones used to ‘smuggle drugs’ to Pakistan seized, Army Naik arrested
Police say drones were being launched from the Indian side to fly into Pakistan to pick up payloads of narcotics. No drugs have been recovered yet from those arrested.
India’s price control policy has destroyed drug manufacturers. This is how they can be saved
India has one of the lowest drug prices in the world, yet many Indians are deprived of life-saving drugs. Price controls haven't been enough to bridge this gap.
Taking opioids for chronic pain: The truth no one’s telling you
Current evidence indicates that widespread, long-term opioid prescribing for chronic pain is likely to cause more harm than benefit in society.
Why sale of Naloxone, a life-saving drug that reverses opioid overdose, is falling in India
Use of Naloxone in India has dropped by nearly half since 2014 — from 30,000 units to 15,700 units in 2018-2019.
How Spain tragically bungled its response to coronavirus
Spain ignored the health crisis unfolding in Italy & dithered before imposing draconian lockdown measures that could have saved thousands of lives.
How is Modi’s BJP different from the one founded by Advani-Vajpayee 40 years ago?
Forty years ago, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani founded BJP. Today it's led by Narendra Modi-Amit Shah duo, who have won two general elections with full majority.
Defence
5 Special Forces men, 5 terrorists: How a deadly hand-to-hand fight at the LoC unfolded
Five commandos of the elite 4 Para were killed in action after they eliminated 5 terrorists from Pakistan in close combat in J&K’s Keran sector.
Poke fun at taali, thaali, diya and mombatti all you want. Modi couldn’t care less
Modi knows who he needs to speak to, who he should toss, who he can address in kind. People accuse him of infantilising his voters, but it’s a winning strategy.