China puts curbs on us exportsof chemicals used for FentanylFive government agencies now require special export licenses for three newly restricted compounds, according to an official announcement on...
23 May, 2026, 12.51 AM IST
NCB busts illegal Captagon factory in Uttarakhand, owner arrested after Operation RAGEPILLThe Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested a factory owner in Uttarakhand following a raid that uncovered a Captagon manufacturing operati...
18 May, 2026, 12.05 AM IST
Trump's $166 billion tariff refunds may finally be in sight as first payouts expected by May 11The Trump administration is set to issue its first tariff refunds around May 11, following the Supreme Court's ruling that the sweeping dut...
30 Apr, 2026, 07.29 AM IST
After Gurgaon’s Rs 70 lakh fake Mounjaro seizure, more stocks found in Hyderabad; Racket may span multiple statesThe investigation into fake Mounjaro injections has widened beyond NCR after authorities confirmed that part of the seized batch was sent t...
24 Apr, 2026, 05.16 PM IST
Different packaging, typos expose fake Mounjaro racketGurugram authorities uncovered a counterfeit Mounjaro operation. Police seized fake diabetes and weight loss injections valued at ₹70 lakh....
23 Apr, 2026, 03.18 PM IST
Counterfeit Mounjaro case: Eli Lilly issues statement after Gurugram drug racket exposedGurugram's law enforcement has taken a bold step by breaking up a ring creating counterfeit Mounjaro injections, with two individuals now i...
21 Apr, 2026, 03.38 PM IST
Centre to soon set up a digital portal to track narcotic drugsThe proposed platform will enable real-time, end-to-end digital tracking of all regulated pharmaceutical products, covering every stage fro...
09 Apr, 2026, 12.51 AM IST
Chemexcil, Narcotics Bureau drive compliance push for chemical exporters in BengaluruCHEMEXCIL organized a workshop in Bengaluru focusing on compliance for chemical exporters, featuring sessions on a Voluntary Code of Conduc...
04 Dec, 2025, 04.05 PM IST
Trump names Afghanistan, India, China, Pakistan among major drug transit, illicit drug producing countriesDonald Trump identified twenty-three nations as major drug transit or producing countries. These nations include China, Afghanistan, India ...
17 Sep, 2025, 08.55 PM IST
After cyberattacks, is China flooding America with drugs? US Treasury sanctions Guangzhou Tengyue and executives for Synthetic Opioid shipmentsUS authorities have sanctioned Guangzhou Tengyue Chemical Co. and its executives for allegedly supplying synthetic opioids to the United St...
04 Sep, 2025, 09.07 AM IST
ONDCP Director Dr. Rahul Gupta talks to Prof. Ishan Shivanand about the US-India strategic partnership to tackle drug overdose27 Oct, 2023, 06.15 PM IST
Significant increase in seizures of drugs in India over past five years: UN narcotics watchdogIn the period 2017-2022, heroin seizures increased from 2,146 kg in 2017 to 7,282 kg in 2021. There has also been an increase of more than ...
10 Mar, 2023, 12.54 PM IST
Government to move NDPS from Finance Ministry to Ministry of Home AffairsCurrently, while the home ministry governs the Narcotics Control Bureau, the Department of Revenue (DoR) in the finance ministry administer...
23 Jun, 2022, 05.21 PM IST
Centre plans 2 legislations to amend Narcotic Substances ActLaw enforcement agencies are of the view that number of chemicals in the scheduled list should be increased, said a senior official.
25 Nov, 2021, 12.03 AM IST
Indian companies’ supply of heroin chemical helping fund Afghan Taliban: Narco bodyA report has expressed concern at single largest seizure of illicit acetic anhydride in Noida in October 2018, about 9,000 litres. “The che...
01 Mar, 2020, 12.01 PM IST
Illicit diversion of pharma products challenge for industry: ReportThe diversion of pharmaceutical preparations containing narcotics and precursors like ephedrine and pseudoephedrine to illicit channels in ...
07 Mar, 2016, 06.45 PM IST
Prescription drug abuse growing in India: UN reportThe UN report said in its annual report that governments in South Asia continue to respond strongly to the threat of drug trafficking and a...
05 Mar, 2014, 11.48 AM IST