Page 18 - Drugs

Cruise ship drugs: NCB arrests 7 more persons in rave party case

NCB has arrested seven more persons, including four "high-profile organisers" belonging to a Delhi-based event management company, in connection with the seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship

Do not want people who take drugs in Goa: Minister on Aryan Khan's arrest

The Tourism Minister said that Goa should be clean of drugs and garbage

NCB questions actor SRK's son, 7 others after busting drug party on ship

The Narcotics Control Bureau has detained around 10 persons after raiding a passenger cruise ship anchored here and busting a party onboard where drugs were being used, an official said on Sunday

Second wave of Covid-19 spawns black mkt for oxygen, drugs: Survey

Black marketing during the second wave of Covid-19 meant that a large number of people had to pay a lot more than the actual rate to access health care facilities

Expense on R&D for Covid-19 drugs, vax, devices will count as CSR

The CSR FAQs provide details of what would qualify as administrative overheads

Aviation staff to be tested for drugs such as cannabis: Draft DGCA rules

Aviation personnel will be tested by their employers for psychoactive substances such as cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy, according to the draft rules issued by aviation regulator DGCA on Wednesday

Udaan, Throttle Aerospace trial run of drone delivery of drugs a success

The trial was conducted by Udaan within a 15-km radius at Gauribidanur on the outskirts of Bengaluru by udaan for the last mile delivery of medicines

Charting growth: Acute therapy drugs make a comeback in July, shows data

But a fall in doctor visits hit acute therapy drugs. July saw a major turnaround

Brown sugar worth Rs 2.40 crore seized, 3 drug peddlers arrested by STF

The Special Task Force of Odisha Police Monday seized brown sugar worth Rs 2.40 crore and arrested three persons in this connection in Balasore district, an officer said. Acting on intelligence inputs, the STF team nabbed three drug peddlers during a raid at Jaleswar in Balasore district and seized 2.402 kg of brown sugar, the officer said. A case has been registered against the three peddlers under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 and further investigation is underway. As part of its special drive against narcotic drugs, STF has seized over 38 kg brown sugar and more than 84.28 quintals of ganja since 2020. Over a hundred drug dealers have been arrested in this connection during the period, an official press release said.

Prescription drugs, controlled chemicals fuel illicit drug trade in India

India ranks among countries reporting opioid seizures, and concerns are rising over prescription drugs and their ingredients being increasingly diverted towards recreational use and illicit trade

AI predicts the shape of molecules, in a boon for medicine and drug design

DeepMind has given 3-D structure to 350,000 proteins, including every one made by humans

Illicit drugs business in Assam is worth Rs 5,000 cr annually: CM

Highlighting that trade in illegal drugs in Assam is worth about Rs 5,000 crore annually, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Sunday urged the police to be unrelenting in their war on drugs

Vijayan requests PM to waive tax on imported life-saving drug for child

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan urged the Centre to waive GST and customs duty on a life-saving drug to be imported from the US for the treatment of a child suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy

NPPA allows 50% price hike for ibuprofen, ranitidine, carbamazepine

These are scheduled drugs (or ones that are under price control) and low priced

WHO calls for price cut on drug for Covid-linked black fungus disease

This comes amid a sharp rise in cases of black fungus infections among Covid-19 patients in India and Nepal

61,000 more vials of Amphotericin B allocated to states/UTs: Centre

The drug is used to treat black fungus

Additional 5,240 vials of Amphotericin B allocated to Karnataka

Amphotericin B is used in the treatment of black fungus

Researchers explore microbial ecosystem in search of drugs for SARS-CoV-2

Researchers from Yonsei University in South Korea have found that certain commensal bacteria that reside in the human intestine produce compounds that inhibit SARS-CoV-2

Have sufficient Amphotericin B stock for treating Black Fungus cases: Govt

Amphotericin B drug is used for the treatment of Mucormycosis, commonly known as Black Fungus.

Venus Remedies wins legal battle against French firm for paracetamol patent

The Indian drug firm had initiated the legal battle in order to remove any patent hurdle in manufacturing of intravenous paracetamol solution in the country.