New Delhi: The Drug Regulatory Agency of India is tightening regulations on illegal sales and promotion of weight-loss drugs (GLP-1), the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday.According to the Ministry of Health, the move is aimed at ensuring ethical pharmaceutical practices throughout the pharmaceutical supply chain.“With the recent launch of generic versions … Read more
NEW DELHI: India’s top drugs regulator has said in a major public health alert that around 90 medicines – from painkillers and antibiotics to cough syrups and vitamin supplements – are being sold without approval, raising concerns about patient safety and law enforcement gaps.In a letter to all state drug controllers, the Central Drugs Standard … Read more
– The former professor of economics at Harvard University was speaking on the sidelines of Indiaspora Forum 2026 in Bengaluru on Monday. International Monetary Fund First Vice President Gita Gopinath warned that geopolitics is now a permanent, transformative force in global policy. Gopinath pointed out that the world is moving from the post-Cold War era … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu government has issued an order regulating beauty, cosmetology and hair transplant clinics, requiring them to register under the Tamil Nadu Clinical Establishments Act and bringing them under formal rules. Days later, doctors called for similar rules to be implemented nationwide amid a surge in surgeries driven by social media.The Indian … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday disagreed with the family court’s decision to involve police in a couple’s custody battle over their minor children, saying it was atrocious to involve police in such cases.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta termed the Bhopal Family Court’s direction as unconstitutional as it asked the … Read more
Nepal has always been more than India’s neighbor. It is a shoulder on our northern edge—a place where we feel no threat, where our people mingle freely with our people, where we pray fervently in our temples, and where the Gurkhas come to define valor itself. The long-standing narrative of ‘Roti-Beti’ – the sharing of … Read more
NEW DELHI: To bolster the capabilities of the Indian Air Force, India will sign several large contracts in the financial year 2026-27, including a deal to purchase 114 aircraft Rafale fighter jetThe Ministry of Defense told a parliamentary panel that there would be up to 60 medium transport aircraft (MTAs) and additional airborne early warning … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Nagpur Parsi panchayat’s response to a Parsi woman’s petition challenging the constitutional validity of a religious practice that excommunicated her for marrying a non-Parsi man. She called the custom sexist as the rule did not apply to Parsi men married to non-Parsi women.Senior advocate Shyam Divan, … Read more
Dismissing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement on the situation in West Asia as a “master class in braggadocio, cowardice and partisan dialogue”, the Congress on Monday demanded a debate in Parliament on the current conflict so that all parties can air their views on the subject. Parliament expressed concern over the Prime Minister’s reference to … Read more
New Delhi: The three-day meeting of the 12th steering committee of anti-corruption law enforcement agency Global Operations Network (GlobE Network), which has members of investigative agencies from 135 countries, kicked off in the national capital on Monday. It will review the network’s strategic direction, operational priorities and evolving international cooperation framework.The meeting was chaired by … Read more