Centre mulls amending law on drugs to make it strongerET has reliably gathered that inter-ministerial discussions have now been initiated on both amending the NDPS Act, 1985 and shifting admini...
20 Oct, 2021, 05.46 AM IST
SBI staff union, global associations ask RBI to rethink NUE policyAs many as six consortiums, including one led by multinational company Amazon, have applied for a New Umbrella Entity (NUE) licence from th...
08 Jun, 2021, 11.37 PM 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
India bests China in election to UN bodyThe sharper American stance against China at the UN creates many opportunities for India to field good candidates for even higher positions.
08 May, 2019, 11.54 PM IST
Opioids can be silent killers if abusedIn 2010, according to the INCB, 99% of the global production of licit opium—580 tonnes—occurred in India.
25 Jun, 2016, 02.45 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
India's opium poppy production flat at 318 tonnes in FY14: GovernmentCiting reports of International Narcotic Control Board, MoS Jayant Sinha said India is one of few countries of world that legally grows opi...
19 Dec, 2014, 04.08 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
Pharma products being smuggled outside India are misused: International Narcotics Control BoardPharmaceutical preparations containing narcotic drugs continue to be diverted from Indian pharma firms and smuggled into South Asian countr...
05 Mar, 2013, 09.19 PM IST
- Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Musa says ready to face trial in Ephedrine scam
Gilani's son Ali Musa has said he is ready to face trial in a case of alleged irregularities in the import of a large amount of the control...
24 Apr, 2012, 01.46 PM IST