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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicVitamin C

Topic: Vitamin C

Zinc, Vitamin C supplements do not help Covid patients recover, says study 

Zinc and Vitamin C are commonly available, over-the-counter supplements that patients across the world take for the treatment of viral illnesses. 

Indians bought over 500 crore pills of Vitamin C, Zinc, multivitamins to battle Covid in 2020

According to data, sales of zinc supplement Zincovit increased by 93% with a total of 54 crore tablets sold in 2020 while that of Vitamin C grew 110% with around 185 crore pills being sold.

Vitamin C will soon stop being a medicine in India

Proposal by Department of Pharmaceuticals says Vitamin C is found in a variety of food products and is not a critical medicine that needs drug price regulation.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.