Health ministry issues proposal for one-year residual shelf life for imported drugsThe Union Health Ministry is proposing to relax import rules for medicines, requiring a minimum 12-month shelf life upon arrival instead of...
26 Jun, 2026, 12.03 PM IST
CDSCO asks states, port offices to step up screening to curb imports of illegal drugsIndia's drug regulator is intensifying border screenings to block unapproved medicines from entering the country. Authorities are cracking ...
26 Jun, 2026, 10.08 AM IST
20,000 kg sugar-mixed jaggery, coloured peas seized in Pune food safety department raidsThe FDA in Pune seized 16 tonnes of jaggery and 20 tonnes of sugar intended for adulteration, alongside 68 kg of artificially coloured frie...
04 Jun, 2026, 12.15 PM IST
Ladakh rings in new excise policy- wider choice in low alcohol content; hard liquor also at retail vendsThe administration’s decision comes in the wake of growing concerns raised by civil society, religious organizations, and medical experts r...
31 May, 2026, 11.07 PM IST
Fake life-saving medicine racket busted in Delhi: Here's how they repackaged and sold drugs across several statesDelhi Police crime branch busted an interstate counterfeit medicine racket, arresting four individuals. The network allegedly sourced gover...
08 May, 2026, 04.45 PM IST
Rs 70,00,000 worth fake Mounjaro injections seized in Gurgaon; Police expose illegal weight-loss drug racket in NCRGurgaon Drug Racket: Authorities in Gurgaon have busted a major illegal pharmaceutical racket involving spurious Mounjaro KwikPen (tirzepat...
20 Apr, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
Regulator steps up oversight of GLP-1 drug distribution chainIndia's drug regulatory body is intensifying its scrutiny of the distribution channels for GLP-1 weight loss drugs. State drug authorities ...
28 Mar, 2026, 12.34 AM IST
US Drug Enforcement Administration seizes 200+ domains linked to India-based online drug network, over four arrestedThe DEA has seized over 200 website domains. These were linked to an India-based criminal group. The group allegedly ran illegal online pha...
05 Feb, 2026, 08.25 AM IST
Delhi HC quashes Covid drugs case against cricketer Gautam GambhirThe Delhi High Court has quashed a criminal case against cricketer Gautam Gambhir, his foundation, and family members. The case involved al...
21 Nov, 2025, 05.19 PM IST
AIOCD demands strict action against illegal e-pharmacies; raises alarm over inaction by SLAsThe All-India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists raises concerns. It highlights the illegal operation of online pharmacies. These pharm...
27 Jul, 2025, 02.36 PM IST
US Justice Department planning to make Marijuana legal? Know what's the real storyUS DOJ has been planning to reclassify marijuana soon which may become a historic movie in the country, according to reports. Here is all t...
01 May, 2024, 08.41 PM IST
Hoarding COVID medicines: SC refuses to stay proceedings against Gambhir foundationA bench comprising Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah said people were running around for medicines and drugs, and in this situation sud...
26 Jul, 2021, 01.05 PM IST
Gujarat MLA to HC: Remdesivir was distributed from BJP office to "save lives"The MLA, Harsh Sanghavi, told the HC on Tuesday that Remdesivir injections were made available by BJP leaders to needy patients in Surat an...
16 Jun, 2021, 08.13 PM IST
No online sale of medicines till norms in place, says Delhi High CourtThe observations by the bench were made while hearing the applications moved by some online pharmacies seeking to be impleaded in the matte...
18 Dec, 2018, 05.43 PM IST
Centralised drugs control, regulatory cell set up in PunjabA centralised cell has been set up in Punjab to keep a check on the sale of illegal and habit-forming drugs and to deal sternly with the vi...
20 Sep, 2015, 05.08 PM IST
Indian doctor sent to 2 years in jail for healthcare fraud in USAn Indian doctor has been sentenced to over two years in prison for submitting false medical insurance claims for services that he had not ...
01 Nov, 2013, 10.05 AM IST
- Indian American doctor indicted for drug trafficking
An Indian American doctor in the US has been charged with 202 counts of drug trafficking and related violations, and of seeking forfeiture ...
27 Jun, 2009, 09.11 PM IST