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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicIndian drugs

Topic: Indian drugs

Indian car drivers, rising rage and the evolution of ‘hit and run’ culture

If Sanjeev Nanda and his BMW represented the entitled carelessness of wealth, today’s drivers represent its weaponised rage.

36 drugs to treat cancer, rare diseases exempted from basic customs duty in Union Budget 2025

Lakhs of patients are likely to benefit from this move as some of these drugs were exorbitant to procure.

India has a substandard, fake drugs problem. Lack of recall law, scrutiny is making matters worse

Underlining need for more accountability, experts also stress that govt data does not include fixed dose combination drugs, which account for over 40% of drugs sold in India.

ICMR calls for development of local drugs for rare diseases, offers assistance in clinical research

The medical research body aims to encourage domestic companies to develop cost-effective treatments for rare conditions, such as spinal muscular atrophy, Gaucher disease, among others.

Indian pharma firms now liable to recall defective drugs as Modi govt notifies new norms

Under revised good manufacturing practices (GMP) norms, pharma companies will be required to assume onus for quality of drugs to ensure they do not place patients at risk.

Regulatory actions taken against 105 pharma companies, says health minister Mansukh Mandaviya

The action by national and state regulators comes after Indian-made cough syrups were linked to the deaths of dozens of children overseas.

WHO says 20 ‘contaminated’ drugs from Indian & Indonesian makers under scanner

WHO spokesperson says instances of contaminated drugs being found in 6 countries warranted Medical Product Alerts & that it takes reports of substandard medical products seriously.

‘Feeding cough syrup seems like Russian roulette’—new book exposes drug regulation in India

Dinesh S. Thakur and Prashant Reddy tapped into the nitty gritty of drug regulation, cough syrups and medicines in India at the launch of their book ‘Truth Pill’ in Delhi.

How Delhi Police’s war against drugs saved India from becoming another Colombia

In ‘Khaki in Dust Storm’, former DGP Amod K. Kanth revisits the 1980s and 1990s when India witnessed riots, political assassinations & growing culture of drug abuse.

Trump’s ‘Buy American First’ order will actually favour India — drug export body tells govt

Pharmexcil has told Modi govt that Indian generics constitute 10% of the US generic market in value terms & the order may give Indian drugmakers a chance to capture more.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.