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Narhari Zirwal
Narhari Zirwal
Narhari Zirwal is the Deputy Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly. Narhari Zirwal will contest the polls from Dindori assembly seat. Key tribal leader and 3-time MLA from the seat, Zirwal started his political innings in the 1980s from his home turf in Nashik as an activist of the Janata Dal. Won Dindori for the first time in 2004 but lost in 2009 by a margin of 149 votes to Shiv Sena rival. Notably, when Ajit Pawar had attempted a failed coup against the NCP in 2019, Zirwal was among the leaders to have accompanied Ajit Pawar to extend support to Devendra...
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Over 200 licences cancelled in Maharashtra for low-grade medicines: Zirwal
The licences of 176 retailers and 39 wholesalers have been cancelled across Maharashtra in the past year over substandard medicines, Food and Drug Administration Minister Narahari Zirwal told the state assembly on Wednesday. In a written reply to a question raised by BJP MLA Amit Satam and others, Zirwal said that samples of cough syrup and other medicines were sent for testing and analysis as part of a special campaign launched by the FDA. Licences of 176 retailers and 39 wholesalers were cancelled. Further, 136 retailers and 93 wholesalers were inspected. Show-cause notices were issued, and licences were cancelled for selling substandard cough syrups, he said. Zirwal said fake cough syrups were found in drug stores and companies during the FDA drive in October 2024. Doctors, clinical establishments and pharmacists were instructed not to prescribe or sell medicines containing propranolol, he said. The FDA minister said 36 samples were tested at 10 locations across Mumbai, Thane, .
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