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Friday, April 10, 2026
TopicRanitidine

Topic: ranitidine

US lawsuit settlement puts spotlight back on ranitidine. India still undecided on ‘cancer-risk’ drug

Ranitidine still sold as popular heartburn medicine in India despite being banned or suspended in US, Europe & Australia. It was dropped from essential medicines list last year.

Ranitidine off essential meds list but India still sells ‘cancer-causing’ antacid shunned by world

Known as Rantac and Zantac in India, ranitidine is still a heartburn go-to. But several countries suspended its sale in 2020 after it was found to contain cancer-causing compound.

Explained: Why India, US haven’t recalled acidity drug Ranitidine but France & Canada have

US expert who flagged the presence of cancer-causing NDMA in Ranitidine says sales must stop permanently.

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.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

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.