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TopicOnline pharmacies

Topic: Online pharmacies

Pharmacies were supposed to track Punjab’s mild Covid cases, but this is why plan failed

Last March, Punjab released SOPs advising chemists to send report on daily basis to civil surgeons when people bought medication for fever, cough or cold — common Covid symptoms.

Chemists move Delhi HC against Modi govt for ‘promoting’ e-pharmacies via Aarogya Setu

A petition, filed on 8 May, raised questions over the Modi govt’s intention of favouring online pharmacies, which, it said, are ‘illegal under law’.

Fever, cough, fear or myths — Indians are turning to e-doctors for all coronavirus ‘cures’

As COVID-19 hits pandemic status, the use of virtual visits — through calls and chatting — has climbed across several online healthcare platforms.

Rules for online sale of medicines top new Modi govt’s 100-day agenda

Online pharmacies currently do not fall under the ambit of any existing laws, though they function on the principles of their brick-and-mortar counterparts.

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Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.