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11 Indian sailors convicted, ship fined $5.3 million for cocaine trafficking in NigeriaA Nigerian court has convicted eleven Indian sailors for cocaine trafficking. Their merchant vessel was fined over five million US dollars....
Indian sailors, ship fined $6 million in Lagos cocaine caseA Nigerian court has convicted 11 Indian sailors and their vessel, MV Aruna Hulya, for cocaine trafficking. Authorities discovered 31.5 kil...
Nigeria arrests 22 Indian ship crew members in cocaine bustNigeria's drug enforcement agency Sunday said it had arrested 22 Indian crew members of a merchant ship after 31.5 kilogrammes of cocaine w...
Pregnancy has become a nightmare for many women in Nigeria's conflict-hit northNigeria faces a severe maternal health crisis. Boko Haram's resurgence and dwindling foreign aid worsen the situation. Women in the northea...
India accords high priority to its strategic partnership with Nigeria including in defence & energy sectors: ModiIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Nigeria, has pledged to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two natio...
Cactus-based drug smuggled in toffees gaining popularity in Delhi partiesDelhi authorities discovered a consignment of mescaline, a psychoactive drug from the peyote cactus, used in underground parties. The raid,...
Nigerian diplomats getting Raksha tips at Ahmedabad-based universityA delegation of 30 Nigerian diplomats, including officials from various Nigerian law enforcement agencies, is undergoing a two-week trainin...
MHA Nod for MoU between Indian & Nigerian drug control agenciesThe move comes after a meeting between the heads of the NCB and NDLEA following the 'No Money for Terror Conference' in Delhi in November l...
Nigeria, India plan Jt fight against drugsAs many as 798 Nigerian nationals have been arrested across India in 2021 for their involvement in drug trafficking, cheating, forgery, vio...
Nigerian drug enforcement agency head to visit India, meet local counterpartNDLEA is headed by Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), OFR. “We regret any one of us involved in crime. My advice to India was that law s...
Nigeria demands 'diligent prosecution' after students attackedThe Nigerian students were allegedly attacked by people during a candle-light march for a 17-year-old Indian boy, who died of suspected dru...
Indian national not executed in Indonesia: Sushma SwarajMEA Spokesperson had yesterday said that Indian Embassy officials in Jakarta were reaching out to the Indonesian foreign office on the issu...
India-led BRICS opposes UN arm’s move on model drug lawUNODC had last week held closed-door meetings in Vienna to firm up a model law prescribing harsh penalties for ‘falsified’ drug-related cri...
Arvind Kejriwal does Sheila act, accuses police of inactionArvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused Delhi Police of not doing their job and demanded action against cops who ignored his ministers’ prompts.
- SMS system soon to check fake drugs
Pharma cos may be asked to install an SMS-activated system to counter fake drugs in market. Companies will need to print a unique number on...
- Now, Africa siding with India in generics battle
India is battling a sustained campaign by global pharmacos against Indian low-cost copies of medicines that may be patent protected in some...
- Kenya sees cure in Indian generics now
African nation’s health ministry says it will try to change anti-counterfeit law to save genuine generics.
- India asks Kenya to change law making generics illegal
The Kenyan legislation lays down that all generics will be treated as counterfeits and rejected in case a patent holder in a third country ...
- Govt gives diplomatic push to pharma exports to Africa
India has started a diplomatic exercise to counter a 'propaganda' by multinational pharmaceutical companies against Indian generics or off-...
- India may drag EU to WTO on seizure of drugs in transit
If the European Union does not allow Indian drugs to transit through its customs even after bilateral negotiations, India will drag Brussel...