Trump’s remarks aside, India and US move forward on easing shrimp, apple and alcohol trade rulesDespite trade tensions, the US and India are quietly working to resolve trade barriers. India is considering easing import rules for US app...
14 May, 2025, 12.05 AM IST
Will tech billionaires move fast and break our brains?The planned acquisition of Lykos is an example of how tightly entwined a once left-wing psychedelic movement has become with the Trump admi...
29 Apr, 2025, 11.58 AM IST
'I got DOGE’d': FDA employee speaks out after being laid off via 5:00 AM email in revealing LinkedIn postAlex Saint, a former FDA health communications specialist, was abruptly laid off amid the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) sw...
03 Apr, 2025, 11.03 PM IST
'Humiliating, degrading': US health employees turned away after showing up to work, recall how they learnt of layoffsThe Trump administration carried out mass layoffs across the Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, aiming to slash around 10,...
02 Apr, 2025, 06.14 PM IST
US health dept 10,000 job cuts: When will mass layoffs begin and which depts will be the hardest hit?Robert F Kennedy Jr said the nation’s health agencies will cut 10,000 jobs from their 82,000-person workforce. Kennedy said the department ...
29 Mar, 2025, 02.33 PM IST
US health department to cut 10,000 jobs as Robert F. Kennedy Jr announces overhaul in latest DOGE pushIn latest DOGE push, the US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is planning to cut 10,000 jobs at his department. The red...
27 Mar, 2025, 11.54 PM IST
After 50% layoffs in Department of Education, here’s who Donald Trump’s government is targeting for layoffsThe aggressive cuts under Trump’s Government Layoffs reflect a dramatic shift in federal workforce strategy.
12 Mar, 2025, 10.28 PM IST
From USAID to CIA, how hard have US agencies been hit by Trump and Elon Musk's layoffs?U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are leading a campaign to reduce the federal civilian workforce, with over 100,000 employees alre...
11 Mar, 2025, 08.24 PM IST
Trump administration's NIH layoffs total 1,165 people, internal email showsThe Trump administration has revised the number of terminated workers at the National Institutes of Health to 1,165 from an initial 1,500. ...
16 Feb, 2025, 11.03 PM IST
US government employees sacked by Donald Trump administration. What do we know so farUS FDA did not immediately respond to request for comments outside regular business hours.
16 Feb, 2025, 09.37 PM IST
Indian-American Jay Bhattacharya is Trump's pick to lead top US health institutePresident-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor, to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Bha...
27 Nov, 2024, 06.22 PM IST
DOGE chief Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk plan major job cuts in federal bureaucracy, mass deportation of millionsVivek Ramaswamy, appointed to lead the Department of Government Efficiency, announced plans for significant reductions in the US federal wo...
16 Nov, 2024, 08.43 AM IST
Big clean up coming by Trump? RFK Jr who is touted to get a big role in the new administration says, entire departments at FDA have to goEver since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dropped out of the US elections 2024 race against the likes of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, he took to ...
09 Nov, 2024, 04.38 AM IST
McDonald's E. coli crisis reveals why vegetable contamination is harder problem than beefMajor U.S. fast-food chains have temporarily removed fresh onions from their menus. This step follows an E. coli outbreak linked to McDonal...
26 Oct, 2024, 08.20 AM IST
Indian pharma to step up quality standard to meet global generic demandIn 2019, Indian pharma companies received 19 warning letters. Nearly half were from the Office of Manufacturing Quality, US Food and Drug A...
06 Oct, 2022, 11.38 PM IST
Biden invokes Defense Production Act for formula shortageThe Defense Production Act order requires suppliers of formula manufacturers to fulfill orders from those companies before other customers,...
19 May, 2022, 09.51 AM IST
Ranbaxy ignored consultants' warnings about US FDA action over malpractices, data manipulationEarlier this month Ranbaxy agreed to pay $500 mn in fines to settle data manipulation and manufacturing malpractice charges levied by the U...
28 May, 2013, 11.34 AM IST