Kerala health dept issues new guidelines for treating cough in childrenKerala's health department has issued new technical guidelines for treating cough in children, including strict precautions for dispensing ...
09 Oct, 2025, 08.08 PM IST
All medicines of Sresan Pharmaceuticals banned from sale in KeralaHealth Minister Veena George announced that all medicines manufactured by Sresan Pharmaceuticals, a company based in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nad...
08 Oct, 2025, 08.43 AM IST
Kerala bans Sresan Pharmaceuticals' medicines after Tamil Nadu cancels company licenceKerala has banned medicines from Tamil Nadu's Sresan Pharmaceuticals following the cancellation of its license. The state also halted sales...
07 Oct, 2025, 09.05 PM IST
Kerala bars all medicines for children under 12 without prescriptionKerala's Health Department mandated doctor prescriptions for all medicines given to children under 12, citing cough syrup concerns. An expe...
06 Oct, 2025, 03.47 PM IST
Maharashtra bans Coldrif cough syrup batch over safety concernsThe Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Sunday ordered an immediate halt to the sale, distribution, and use of Coldrif cough ...
05 Oct, 2025, 07.46 PM IST
Kerala suspends sale, distribution of Coldrif syrup, says Health MinisterKerala suspended Coldrif cough syrup sales statewide. This decision followed reports from other states flagging issues. An inquiry found th...
04 Oct, 2025, 05.13 PM IST
How a digital drug dealer went about business quietly with a postal planEdison Babu, a former engineer, was unmasked as the mastermind behind 'Ketamelon,' India's top-tier darknet drug empire. He exploited the g...
06 Jul, 2025, 05.11 AM IST
Kerala is in the grip of a surging drug crisis. The state is cracking down, but the ground is slipping under its feet. Why?Kerala grapples with a mounting drug crisis, surpassing Punjab in drug-related cases, with both urban and rural areas impacted. The rise in...
23 Mar, 2025, 12.52 AM IST
Drug menace: Congress demands disbanding of SFI, targets Pinarayi VijayanSenior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala accuses SFI, the student organization of the ruling CPI(M), of being primarily responsible for dr...
15 Mar, 2025, 01.59 PM IST
Predator Drones helped India uncover drug off Kerala-Gujarat coast, Lanka, MaldivesOperation ‘Samudragupta’ carried out by Narcotics Control Bureau & Indian Navy; surveillance maintained using medium-altitude and long-endu...
23 Jun, 2023, 01.08 PM IST
Nearly 2,500 kg of methamphetamine worth around Rs 12,000 cr seized by NCB, Navy in Indian watersGiving details of the seizure at a press conference held here, NCB officials said it was carried out as part of 'Operation Samudragupt' whi...
13 May, 2023, 07.54 PM IST
Kerala PSU produces 83,000 litres of sanitiser to distribute in schoolsClasses for the 10th and 12th standards in government, aided and private sector schools reopened on the New Year day after nine months adhe...
04 Jan, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
Kerala government will use COVID-19 vaccine as instructed by Centre: Health Minister"The Covaxin has not yet had Phase 3 trials. Approval was premature and could be dangerous. @drharshvardhanshould please clarify. Its use s...
03 Jan, 2021, 04.01 PM IST
Maharashtra could soon have an AYUSH policy for COVID-19Maharashtra is among the last states to have an official policy on using traditional medicines among the methods to prevent the spread of c...
22 May, 2020, 09.37 AM IST
Centre to distribute only 50 drugs free under essential medicines planHealth ministry's target of distributing 50 drugs free under the free essential drug scheme is much lower than the hundreds of drugs being ...
30 Jan, 2015, 12.40 PM IST
Kerala MP Innocent for mobile cancer testing centresThe CPI(M)-supported Independent member from Kerala made a fervent plea for launching of mobile testing centres.
03 Dec, 2014, 04.59 PM IST
- Robust IT architecture holds key to making government's new healthcare plan effective: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
India's per capita public spending on health is an abysmal $32 or about Rs 1,800 per annum. The neediest of patients are often denied drugs...
22 Aug, 2012, 09.38 AM IST