Rohit Sharma doing fine but New York's drop-in pitch faces criticism; ICC mumRohit Sharma's bruised bicep is expected to heal before the game against Pakistan on Sunday but the Nassau County ground's track, which is ...
06 Jun, 2024, 03.41 PM IST
Air India derosters pilot involved in hard landing incident in Dubai; orders probeThe incident didn't go well with the Air India administration, and the pilot who was flying the aircraft has been removed from duties until...
01 Jan, 2024, 09.48 PM IST
India’s forex reserves comfortable for next 5-6 years, FTAs to generate surplus: Piyush GoyalHe said that the overall exports had been at $500 billion for almost a decade but reached $776 billion in FY23 with $450 billion of merchan...
25 May, 2023, 12.51 AM IST
QR codes could be used to check if medicines are fakeAround 300 top selling drugs will have to print QR codes on the 'primary' packaging labels in accordnace with the government's plans of lau...
03 Oct, 2022, 11.14 AM IST
All pharmaceutical products could come with QR codes in bid to ensure authenticityThe government has been trying to introduce QR codes since 2011 but it hasn’t been implemented. Pharma companies and lobby groups had expre...
16 Jul, 2020, 08.51 AM IST
Implementation date for track and trace system for exports of drug formulations extendedThe decision is applicable for both non-SSI (small scale industry) and SSI-manufactured drugs.
02 Nov, 2018, 03.22 PM IST
Soon a text message will be enough to spot fake medicinesPharma companies are likely to start printing unique codes on their best-selling products. This could weed out counterfeits of the top 300 ...
24 May, 2018, 03.44 PM IST
Centre plans e-portal to track sale of medicinesThe data could be entered online or through mobile phones and pharmacies located in remote areas will have the option to upload the data on...
20 Mar, 2017, 11.34 AM IST
Government proposes new e-portal to check AMR, substandard drugsIndia currently does not have a track-and-trace mechanism for drugs sold within the country even while it has a bar-coding system in place ...
18 Mar, 2017, 09.10 AM IST
Food regulator FSSAI proposes tougher regulations for food importersThe draft norms require importers to indemnify consumers through third-party insurance cover for injuries or damages caused by imported foo...
16 Dec, 2015, 03.00 AM IST
Government extends deadline for pharma barcodesBarcode helps in tracking and tracing origin of drugs, which minimises the chances of genuine medicines being considered spurious, sub-stan...
18 Aug, 2014, 04.52 PM IST
Self-certification for bar-coding for drug firms launchedThe govt has introduced self -certification for bar coding of secondary and tertiary level packaging of drugs in order to simply the export...
06 Apr, 2014, 03.59 PM IST
Barcode procedures for pharma companies simplifiedIn a move to simplify barcode procedures for pharma cos, the govt has decided to treat mono cartons containing medicines also as primary le...
18 Oct, 2013, 02.26 PM IST
Govt working on standards to check sub-standard goods' importsThe Commerce Ministry has been tasked to coordinate with all the departments on the matter.
01 Sep, 2013, 12.59 PM IST
Deadline for pharma barcodes on primary level package extendedThe govt has extended the deadline for one more year to affix barcodes on primary level packaging by pharma companies till July 2014.
08 Apr, 2013, 03.49 PM IST
- CBI files chargesheet in Dow pesticide case
A special CBI court in Panchkula on Tuesday framed charges against a senior Central government official and his aide, who were allegedly br...
01 Jun, 2011, 02.40 AM IST
- Chinese Botox won't let you look young
Thirty-five-year old Rekha Chaudhary went to her nearby skin clinic where the friendly doctor agreed to give her a Botox shot, to get rid o...
28 Oct, 2007, 04.14 AM IST