Pregnant women can soon take anti-diabetes drug MetforminThe UK and some EU countries allow this drug for pregnant women and during the periconceptional phase. So far, doctors in India prescribe i...
26 Oct, 2023, 07.46 AM IST
Blood is life: 1 in 4 people globally suffer from anaemiaPeople become anemic when their blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body.
15 Sep, 2023, 02.10 PM IST
Making anemia a visible problem in IndiaAnemia rates among Indian women and children have remained 20% and 15% more than the world average, respectively. India with its largest po...
07 Jun, 2023, 03.42 PM IST
Wi-Fi router UPS, headphone, webcam: How electronics emerged a winner in the pandemicAs the pandemic sped up the digital ambitions of the country and changed consumer behaviour, electronic products saw an enormous surge in d...
01 Oct, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
Stocks in the news: SBI, ICICI Lombard, LIC Housing, Granules India, Lupin, BHEL and Union BankNOCIL, Scooters India and Globus Spirits are among of the companies which will announce their June quarter results today.
24 Aug, 2020, 12.49 PM IST
Lupin recalls around 5.61 lakh pouches of birth control pills in the US marketThe product is used to prevent pregnancy. It is manufactured in India and then supplied in the US market by Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc, the ...
21 Aug, 2020, 05.40 PM IST
Home delivery of essential medicines can be organised in containment zones: Health ministryIn its 'Guidance note on Provision of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health Plus Nutrition (RMNCAH+N) services during a...
27 May, 2020, 04.15 PM IST
Lupin recalls over 12K cartons of birth control tablets from US marketThe product was manufactured by Lupin Ltd at its Pithampur facility in Madhya Pradesh. The voluntary ongoing nationwide recall is a class I...
07 Apr, 2019, 11.41 AM IST
Nepal's top astrologer can uncannily predict your fiscal futureThough he hails from a little-known town in southeastern Nepal called Jhapa, Vashistha has gained international recognition for his ability...
22 Jan, 2018, 10.17 AM IST
How tech is making life easier for differently-abledAssistive technology designed to help people with disabilities with their daily tasks is a huge and untapped market in India largely becaus...
07 Nov, 2017, 09.37 AM IST
Maximum Mumbai’s civic polls are turning traditional politics on its headThe key data point here is that the proportion of Marathi population in Mumbai has progressively dropped to 22-25% from around 52% in 1960.
22 Jan, 2017, 12.00 AM IST
Budget 2016: Full text of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's speechJaitley presented his third budget which took on the fiscal and physical health of the nation by setting the fiscal deficit target at 3.5% ...
29 Feb, 2016, 04.45 PM IST
- Pfizer recalls 1 million contraceptive medicine packs
Pfizer recalled 1 mn birth-control packs after discovering that pills were mixed up inside the packages, possibly putting women at risk.
02 Feb, 2012, 04.01 AM IST
- Lupin gets USFDA nod for generic oral contraceptive tablets
Lupin has received approval from USFDA to sell 'LoSeasonique' tablets, an oral contraceptive drug, in the American mkt.
28 Oct, 2011, 05.20 PM IST
- ET Special: Bhopal after 25 years
ET travels to the Union Carbide site at Kali Parade, Berasia Road.
18 Jun, 2010, 04.29 AM IST
- Faith accompli
Jerusalem is one of the eternal cities of the world. Jewish lore dates it back to the ancient times when King David developed it as the fir...
18 Jan, 2007, 12.00 AM IST