Drug

New Delhi: The new threat of black fungus infection, or mucormycosis, is worrying medical experts amid the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The Centre has even asked states to declare it as a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Act.…

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court will hear bail petitions of actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik on Tuesday (September 29), NDTV reported. The hearing was rescheduled from Wednesday to Thursday due to heavy rain in the city. The…

Mumbai: After Showik Chakraborty and Samuel Miranda’s arrest, reports are doing the rounds that Rhea Chakraborty is going to be arrested next. According to a Times Now report, sources have revealed that Rhea’s credit card was used for…

Mumbai: The Customs and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), in a joint operation, seized 191 kgs of heroin worth Rs 1000 crore from Navi Mumbai’s Nhava Sheva Port on Saturday night. The peddlers smuggled the drug from Afghanistan…

Mumbai: Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has slapped a showcause notice on Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company Glenmark over "false claim and pricing" of FabiFlu, their recently approved generic version of COVID-19 drug…

With traces of Favipiravir drug having been found in sperm and breast milk, FabiFlu (brand name of Favipiravir) must be used with great caution for COVID-19 treatment. It has been approved for marketing and sales in India for treating mild…

Bollywood’s affiliation with drugs and alcohol is nothing new. Its association with the drug mafia is also well known. There are instances galore of stars, both male and female, being hauled up at airports and in parties for either…

Chandigarh: Balwinder Singh once ran a chemist shop at Morinda in Punjab. About a decade ago, acting on a tip-off, the drug controller's office raided his shop and seized intoxicants. Thereafter, he lost his licence and was rendered…