WHO issues alert against Indian cough syrups. They are...

The World Health Organisation has issued an alert against three "substandard" oral cough syrups identified in India -- Coldrif, Respifresh TR and ReLife -- and urged national regulatory authorities......

6 kids die due to 'contaminated' cough syrup; govt begins probe

The government's nodal agency for disease surveillance, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has collected water and entomological drug samples from hospitals and other sites in Madhya......

'Linking Aadhar With Voter ID Is Very Dangerous'

'The protection of secrecy and anonymity gets lost with this linking.' IMAGE: A Booth Level Officer (BLO) conducts door-to-door distribution of enumeration forms and collection of filled forms......

AI plane crash death toll hits 270 as families wait for bodies

The death toll in the London-bound Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad rose to 270 on Saturday even as the Centre set up a high-level multi-disciplinary panel headed by the Union home secretary to......

India asks for $55-million funding in first call with Pandemic Fund

In a significant development, India is believed to have placed a funding request of around $55 million in its first call with the Pandemic Fund of the World Bank, sources said. Illustration:......

Bird flu: The Rs 90,000 cr poultry industry is in a fix

It is estimated that around 60 million people are directly impacted by the poultry sector in India. The death of a 11-year-old boy due to ‘bird-flu’, even before the devastating......

Non-bailable warrants issued against Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi

The issuance of NBWs by a court also opens door of seeking Red Corner notices against both of the accused from the Interpol. Must Read: The Great Diamond Heist   A special Central Bureau of......

Antibiotic crisis needs global response: Experts

Growing resistance to antibiotics and other drugs demands a co-ordinated global response on the same scale as efforts to address climate change, experts have said. Without an international......