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Topic: Gambia

Gambia taking Myanmar to ICJ on Rohingya issue. Why India must be cautious

By allowing The Gambia to serve as the sole litigant, the OIC ensured that individual states don't bear the diplomatic or strategic costs of direct legal confrontation with Myanmar.

India’s Ambassador to Senegal to take up concurrent role as High Commissioner to The Gambia

A 1990-batch IFS officer, Asthana has served in the Indian diplomatic missions in Bonn, Bangkok, Colombo and Mexico City.

India to take ‘appropriate action’ after cough syrup bribe probe linked to child deaths in Gambia

WHO linked the syrups made by India's Maiden Pharmaceuticals to the deaths of 70 children in 2022, though govt stated that subsequent lab tests showed the syrups were not toxic.

The meds they bought were toxic. Now Gambian parents seek justice

At least 70 children died from acute kidney injury in Gambia last year, cases the WHO linked to medicines made by Indian drugmaker Maiden Pharmaceuticals.

Mandatory test for Indian pharma products in Gambia after cough syrup deaths

The new rule focusses on accessing Gambia's reliance on India's $42 billion pharmaceutical industry since the contamination came to light last year.

India orders probe into bribery claim in Gambia syrup tests case

Harayan's drug controller, Manmohan Taneja, is accused of taking bribe worth Rs 50 million from Maiden Pharmaceuticals to switch samples before the lab tests in India.

Mysterious middleman may be new link in India-made cough syrups deaths in Gambia

Drugs regulator told WHO in December that the propylene glycol used in the syrups came from Goel Pharma Chem, a Delhi-based pharma-supplies company.

India inspects drug factories as Gambia controversy lingers

The deaths of at least 70 children in Gambia has dented the pharmaceutical industry's image, though India says the drugs made by New Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd were not at fault.

Will take ‘strict action’ if cough syrup proved to be behind Gambia deaths, says Anil Vij

Haryana health minister said the government has sent cough syrup samples to central pharmaceutical laboratory for testing after deaths of 66 children in the West African country.

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The so-called ‘socialist pattern’ and democracy cannot co-exist for long: Minoo Masani

The main enemies of grassroots vigilance are personality cult, loyalty to party 'high command', sycophancy and a controlled economy where permit-licence is a pre-condition to economic survival, Minoo Masani wrote in 1989.

7 lakh jobs created, Rs 50 lakh-cr investments bagged, says UP CM. Oppn flags MoU-reality gap

CM Yogi Adityanath claims that from being called a ‘bimaru’ state, UP is now among the top-3 economies in India. The 2026 Budget session of the UP assembly is currently underway.

Australian amphibian aircraft firm eyes Indian civil & military market, ties up with Apogee Aerospace

Aligning with India's push to promote inter-coastal air connectivity, Apogee has ordered 15 seaplanes in a deal valued at Rs 3,500 crore.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.