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Tuesday, March 17, 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

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.