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Under the current rules, pharmaceutical manufacturers cannot advertise drugs covered under Schedules H, H1 and X without prior approval from the Central Government

The Supreme Court asks the Centre and amicus curiae to propose a permanent corpus for SMA patients, funded through CSR contributions and government grants to ensure treatment support

The Ebola outbreak in Congo is creating new hot spots where there's little to no support for patients, responders and officials say, as health workers admit there could still be a long way to go in fighting the disease that has killed over 4,000 people. More than 70 per cent of new cases are still coming from outside of known contacts and at least 60 per cent of deaths are outside of treatment centers, Africa CDC Director-General Dr. Jean Kaseya told The Associated Press. There are so many other

The combined Maharashtra business is expected to generate around 500 crore in revenue this year, with plans to establish a presence in every district headquarters

Indian women's cricket team's long-serving captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Tuesday stepped down from her position in all three formats, saying that she has done her duty as leader and is now eady to play for the love of the game again. Harmanpreet's announcement came after a BCCI review meeting in Guwahati to evaluate the team's trajectory in the past few months. Chaired by BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, the meeting was attended by Harmanpreet, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and head coach Amol Muzum

A suspected plague case in Siberia has prompted quarantine measures after a 28-year-old worker at an anti-plague research institute died. Here's all you need to know

One in seven women worldwide suffers from endometriosis, a painful condition more common than diabetes that robs years from women's working lives, though much of the damage is avoidable, a medical expert said. Prolonged disease can lead to infertility, as it damages the ovaries and fallopian tubes, while the resulting inflammatory environment hampers implantation, endometriosis surgeon and Indian Centre for Endometriosis (ICE) director Dr Abhishek Mangeshikar told PTI. Endometriosis is now recog

Telling smokers to quit is not enough and greater emphasis needs to be placed on clinical support for tobacco dependence, while public health policies should evolve with emerging scientific evidence, experts said. The experts spoke at the 9th Summit on Tobacco Harm Reduction, held virtually from September 28 to 30, where clinicians, researchers and policy experts discussed tobacco dependence, smoking cessation, nicotine use among young people and the role of scientific evidence in shaping tobacc

The retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye, contains several specialised layers of cells

Elections to Panchayati Raj institutions will be held in four phases across Rajasthan from October 23 to November 17, Rajasthan State Election Commission announced on Saturday. The elections will be held for members of 41 Zila Parishads, 457 Panchayat Samitis and 14,403 Gram Panchayats following delimitation and reorganisation of Panchayati Raj institutions. State Election Commissioner Rajeshwar Singh, who announced the election schedule, said that more than 4.03 crore voters will be eligible to

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 3: Second Talent today launched Hire Offshore in India, giving companies in the US, Europe and Australia a way to hire full-time Indian developers while the platform handles local employment, payroll and equipment.

The Trinamool Congress has lost the chairpersonship of two key Parliamentary panels as Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday reconstituted various department-related Parliamentary standing committees. While BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi has been appointed the new chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Commerce, replacing TMC's Dola Sen, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, leader of TMC's rebel faction, has replaced her former party colleague Kirti Azad as the chai

A Delhi court on Saturday adjourned the formal framing of money laundering charges against former railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav, and six others in the Enforcement Directorate's case regarding the alleged IRCTC hotel scam to October 30. Special Judge Prashant Kumar adjourned the proceedings to October 30. The judge asked ED to seek instructions based on the order of the predecessor court. Out of 16 accused arrayed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED),

The CBI has filed a charge sheet in the Rs 3,750-crore cheating case against Reliance Communications Ltd. (RCom), former executives of the group and a former Chief Investment Officer of Life Insurance Corporation of India for causing wrongful loss to LIC, officials said on Saturday. The CBI investigation so far has revealed that, in 2012, LIC subscribed to NCDs worth Rs. 1,500 crore issued by Reliance Communications Ltd. on the basis of serious misrepresentations, according to the central agency

A sample of low-fat dairy whitener manufactured by Nestle India, drawn from the premises of Hotel Lalit in Connaught Place in the national capital, has been found unsafe and substandard, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said. In a post on social media, the food regulator said a sample was collected from the premises of Bharat Hotels Ltd (The Lalit), Connaught Place, New Delhi. According to the FSSAI, the report of the food analyst's laboratory declared the product substan

People travelling between west Delhi neighbourhoods such as Peeragarhi, Peeragarhi Village, Udyog Nagar and Paschim Vihar will get a new Metro interchange at Peeragarhi, linking the Green and Magenta lines and providing a direct connection between the two corridors, a DMRC official said. The interchange is being developed between the existing Peeragarhi station on the Green Line and the upcoming station on the Magenta Line's Krishna Park Extension-Deepali Chowk section under Phase 4, the officia

India are one gold away from fourth in the Asiad 2026 medal tally as the men's hockey final against Malaysia is underway, while Antim Panghal wrestles for gold at 4 pm IST

Union Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that India's judicial system was once known for delays, but now, with the full implementation of the new criminal laws, justice will be delivered within three years from the filing of an FIR to the Supreme Court. He was addressing a conference of cattle rearers after inaugurating an exhibition on the new criminal laws at the Dussehra Ground in Bhopal's BHEL area. Shah, who heads the Home and Cooperation ministry, also said that after the full implementat

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday demanded dissolving the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies, saying that all the elections were illegal and even Prime Minister Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Ministers of all the states were illegal. He said fresh polls should be conducted on ballot papers. Today, the entire country is being run on illegal elections. Modi is an illegal Prime Minister, Shah is an illegal minister, and all the chief ministers who have been elected anywhere are

AAP national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar on Saturday quit the party and joined the Congress, saying she could no longer defend the indefensible. Kakkar joined the Congress along with former Uttar Pradesh MLA Shyam Sunder Sharma and Rajat Rakesh Tandon in the presence of senior party leaders, including Rajiv Shukla, Pawan Khera and the party's Delhi unit chief Devendra Yadav. Welcoming her and others into the party, Congress general secretary Naseer Hussain said Kakkar has been a former chief na

Front-of-pack warning labels identifying packaged foods high in added sugar, added fat or salt can make nutritional risks more visible to consumers and help them make more informed choices, health experts said, stressing the need for nutrition education alongside labelling. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed a red hexagonal warning on the front of packaged food products that cross specified thresholds for even one nutrient of concern. The thresholds are based o

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Chandigarh [India], October 3: The Department of Biosciences at Chandigarh University has secured a grant of over Rs 17 lakhs from Punjab State Council for Science & Technology (PSCST) under the Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF & CC), Government of India for conducting a three-month specialized training programme on 'Nature Conservator-cum-Ecotourism Guide' aimed at building a skilled workforce in nature conservation, sustai

Private refiners are cashing in on export margins, while state-run OMCs absorb losses from controlled pump prices and rising domestic demand

The 15-year-old eclipsed shooter Saurabh Chaudhary's eight-year record after featuring in India's 19-run win over Pakistan in the men's cricket final at Aichi-Nagoya

The successful propulsion tests mark a key step in JWALA's development as a scalable hard-kill counter-UAS interceptor designed to complement electronic and conventional air-defence systems

Sanjay Malhotra said future crises could emerge from geopolitics, cyberattacks or technology failures, requiring resilience across banks, markets and financial infrastructure

The West Bengal government will launch a fresh inquiry into Mamata Banerjee's false claims of leg injury during the 2021 assembly poll campaign, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference at state secretariat Nabanna, Adhikari claimed Banerjee had faked her injury during the elections. Mamata Banerjee faked her leg injury during campaigning in Nandigram in 2021. We have the medical report which stated that there was no evidence of fracture or dislocation. We

Traffic on Kyiv's Northern Bridge was halted after the strike damaged its surface and trolleybus power lines, while Moscow said it also hit a logistics centre and a cargo vessel

Thiruvananthapuram International Airport will get direct Air India Express services to Riyadh and Bahrain from October 27, further expanding its connectivity with the Gulf region. Air India Express will commence direct services to Riyadh and Bahrain from October 27, 2026, with bookings now open, the airport said in a statement here on Saturday. The new Riyadh service will address the long-standing demand for direct air connectivity between Thiruvananthapuram and the Saudi Arabian capital, offeri

Market regulator Sebi will soon issue a framework on proposed changes to the Closing Auction Session (CAS) mechanism after receiving more than 3,500 comments on its consultation paper, its Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Saturday. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) had sought public comments on its proposal to review certain aspects of the CAS, market timings and the settlement methodology for derivative contracts. The deadline for submitting comments is October 3. Asked when

New Delhi [India], October 3: In a significant step towards building future-ready classrooms, Oxford University Press (OUP), a leading education publisher with a longstanding commitment to advancing learning, today announced a strategic collaboration with Canva, the world's leading all-in-one visual communication platform. The collaboration brings together OUP's pedagogical expertise and trusted educational content with Canva's intuitive creative tools to embed design thinking and digital creati

The victory completed India's golden double in cricket at the Asian Games, with Harmanpreet Kaur's women's team having earlier retained its gold medal after beating Sri Lanka in the final

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The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday that the co-pilot on a FlyDubai flight that nearly crashed with 182 people on board attacked the captain with the cockpit's crash axe in a errorist attack. The UAE statement cited the attorney general as saying the co-pilot also tried to take control of the plane during Wednesday's attack on the Israel-bound flight. Passengers and crew intervened to subdue the co-pilot and stabilise the plane.

Nayara Energy, India's largest private fuel retailer, has raised petrol prices by Rs 5 per litre and diesel by Rs 3 with immediate effect, seeking to narrow the gap between retail prices and rising international oil and refined-product costs, people familiar with the matter said. The latest increase comes amid renewed pressure on fuel retailers from higher global energy prices and follows a series of price adjustments by Nayara this year as refiners grapple with the impact of geopolitical disrup

The patented formulation showed activity against oral cancer cells, researchers said, but further preclinical studies are needed to establish its safety and efficacy.

The Drugs Consultative Committee has sought the DGHS opinion and data on Merbromin's manufacture and use before deciding on its continued inclusion under Schedule K

The Drugs Consultative Committee has sought a detailed proposal from Rajasthan amid concerns that machinery from closed pharma units could be used to make spurious drugs

A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta asked the Centre why the maximum retail price (MRP) of essential medicines such as cancer drugs could not be capped at 16 per cent

Proposed 350-bed facility in UP to strengthen Global Health's footprint across Delhi-NCR healthcare market

World Heart Day 2026: A report by digital health benefits platform ekincare found that 58.5% of employees under 35 had at least one flagged cardiovascular risk marker in 2026 year-to-date data

India needs a five-year policy agenda to make advanced genomic testing and targeted cancer therapies accessible to lower-income patients, leading oncologist Dr Bhawna Sirohi said on Saturday. Speaking to PTI, Sirohi noted that precision oncology has the potential to transform cancer treatment, but high costs, limited access to advanced genomic testing and expensive drugs remain major challenges in the country. Sirohi, consultant medical oncologist and medical director at Vedanta Medical Research

India has directed states to crack down on the illegal sale of nicotine pouches, citing health risks and increased availability through online and offline channels.

A new review examines the potential of immune modulation and regenerative medicine for hair loss, but experts say no clinically validated 'hair vaccine' exists yet

Proposed rules could restrict sales of high-fat and high-sugar foods near India's 1.5 million schools, adding pressure on global food and beverage companies

India reiterated its commitment to eliminating hepatitis B and C as public health threats by 2030, with a focus on prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment and care

Drug regulator asks healthcare professionals and pharmacists to discourage indiscriminate use of NSAIDs and antibiotics, citing risks of kidney damage and CKD

AI can accelerate health research, but the WHO warns that existing oversight may not fully address emerging risks involving data, bias and accountability