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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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TV news was unusually sympathetic to Noida protest until Monday. Then came ‘toolkit’ talk

Late Monday afternoon, the tide began to turn. On TV news channels, such as Republic and CNN News 18, a ‘riot toolkit’ appeared on screen, with fingers pointed at ‘foreign elements’.

Russia raking in a windfall from Hormuz blockade. Export revenues doubled to $19 bn in March, says IEA

Despite damage to key Russian oil infrastructure by Ukrainian drone strikes in March, International Energy Agency data shows Russia’s earnings in March were highest for any month since January 2024.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.