There were no pest control measures, purified water generation system or cleaning procedures in place at Sresan Pharma’s unit, inspectors found CHENNAI: Sresan Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of toxic Coldrif cough syrup, purchased non-pharmaceutical grade of propylene glycol – a raw material for manufacture of drugs – but there was no invoice for the purchase, found…
18 dead as landslide strikes bus in Bilaspur KULLU: At least 18 people were killed after a massive landslide slammed into a private bus near Barthi village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, around 100km from Shimla, on Tuesday evening. Many are missing and the rescue operation was on when this report was filed.The bus…
NEW DELHI: While hearing NGO-petitioners against the special intensive revision of the Bihar electoral rolls on Tuesday, the Supreme Court said that since it appears that there is an appreciation of numbers from the draft rolls, to avoid any confusion, the identity of add-ons should be disclosed.“You’d agree with us that the degree of transparency…
NEW DELHI: Soaring demand for weight-loss therapies has brought Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro within striking distance of Indian pharma market’s long standing market leader GlaxoSmithKline’s Augmentin, an antibiotic. During September, Mounjaro recorded sales of Rs 80 crore, becoming the second-largest brand in the pharma retail market, latest data culled by TOI from market research firm Pharmatrac…
NAGPUR/BHOPAL: Toxic cough syrup Coldrif prescribed to children in MP’s Chhindwara snuffed out two more lives on Tuesday, taking the toll to 17 in 43 days. Jayashu Yaduvanshi and Vedansh Pawar, both aged two and suffering from renal failure, succumbed during treatment in Nagpur, report Sarfaraz Ahmed and Amarjeet Singh.Both died following severe brain damage…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Tuesday took serious note of rising discontent among more than 20,000 judicial officers, with those who joined the service at entry level alleging Tuesday that advocates directly recruited as district judges have scuttled their chances to head the district judiciary and be elevated as high court judges.A bench of Chief…
File photo: Haryana ADGP Y Puran Kumar CHANDIGARH: Haryana ADGP Y Puran Kumar (52), known as an outspoken IPS officer who flagged irregularities, including alleged caste bias, in his own department, was found dead from a gunshot to the head at his Chandigarh residence Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened a day before he was to…
MUMBAI: Bombay high court has said it’s evident that once a company account is declared as fraud, the promoter or directors in control of affairs would automatically be liable to penal measures, reported as fraud and debarred from raising funds or seeking credit facilities, as they were responsible for the acts or omissions of the…
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the India-Russia annual summit in early December, PM Modi and President Vladimir Putin spoke again and reaffirmed their commitment to further deepen the India-Russia Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership.After Putin called Modi last month to wish him on his 75th birthday, Modi made a return birthday call to the president, 73,…
NDA, INDIA bloc race to complete poll pacts PATNA/NEW DELHI: As Bihar’s governing NDA and opposition INDIA bloc engaged in hectic seat-sharing talks on Tuesday, a day after the Election Commission announced the two-phase assembly poll dates, the opposition alliance was expected to induct two more allies – Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and ex-Union minister Pashupati…
