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Massive drug haul in Ludhiana: 10 lakh habit-forming Tramadol pills seized from chemist

Chitleen K Sethi -
Police say repeat offender Pradeep Goyal has sold almost 70 lakh tablets of Tramadol, a painkiller sold only under prescription, in last 10 months.

How Ranbaxy faked manufacturing data for all drugs not only in India, but in US, Europe too

Katherine Eban -
Ranbaxy was treating data as an entirely fungible marketing tool, apparently without consideration of impact on patients. It was an outright fraud.

Antibiotic resistance is not new – it existed long before people used drugs to kill bacteria

Ivan Erill -
If resistance is already out there, drug development can offer only temporary relief. The challenge then is to avoid its spread.

Why no one’s talking about Punjab’s drug problem in these elections

Chitleen K Sethi -
In the 2017 assembly polls, Congress & AAP had gone to town accusing the SAD-BJP govt of patronising the drug trade. But everyone is silent this time.

India’s highest haul of pseudoephedrine drugs seized, claims Narcotics Control Bureau

PTI -
The NCB seized 1800kgs and arrested 3 foreigners outside a factory in Greater Noida. The entire haul, including some cocaine, is worth Rs 25 crore.

Share of Wadia group companies tank after Ness Wadia’s arrest

P. R. Sanjai -
Nusli Wadia’s son, Ness Wadia, has got a two-year prison term for possessing about 25 grams of a substance that resembled cannabis resin in Japan.

Move over Bhang, the new Holi vice at farmhouse parties is Ecstasy

Priyamvada Grover -
MDMA has been used as a party drug in India since the 1990s, but its use has spiked recently and spilled over from the party scene to festivals like Holi.

Modi govt slashed prices of cancer drugs, just not for the costly ones

Himani Chandna -
Govt order has little effect on patented drugs, most of which have been kept out of it. Don't want to kill innovation, says Niti Aayog member.

Indians are buying and selling heroin, cocaine & ganja online, and UN is worried

Himani Chandna -
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime has highlighted the emergence of 'illicit internet pharmacies' as a gateway for drug sales.

IMA asks govt to reconsider restrictions on importing, manufacturing Oxytocin

PTI -
The government had restricted the manufacturing of Oxytocin, a life-saving drug for new mothers, to just one organisation, a move IMA says will create a shortage.
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Quad has a sea of challenges. Navy can take cue from a Maratha admiral who sank English ships

Praveen Swami -
Even though Kanhoji’s navy held its own against the English and Portuguese, its fleet never truly modernised. Indian Navy could learn from his tale.
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The Gyanvapi Mosque and Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Gyanvapi row and Places of Worship Act were born together. Now each wants to end the other

Economy

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Under fire for spiraling inflation, Modi govt announces excise duty cut on fuels, LPG subsidy

Shubham Batra -
It has also decided to enhance the fertiliser subsidy for farmers, and reduce import duty on some raw materials. ‘It is always people first for us!’ tweets prime minister.

Defence

File photo of a defence personnel armed with a SiG 716 rifle near the Line of Control | Photo: Snehesh Alex Philip | ThePrint

India to ink ‘repeat order’ deal for 73,000 SiG 716 rifles from the US

Snehesh Alex Philip -
In February 2019, 72,400 SiG 716 rifles of 7.62 x 51mm calibre were contracted from SIG Sauer Inc, USA, under government's 'Buy (Global) category', through fast track procedure.

National Interest

Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation

Shekhar Gupta -
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.

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