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Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Apex Committee for Pharma Marketing Practices, under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, has found that AbbVie Healthcare India Private Ltd., a subsidiary of the U.S.-based AbbVie Inc., had sponsored international trips for 30 doctors by spending nearly ₹1.91 crore in breach of the Uniform…
Russia’s arms control point man cautioned Donald Trump’s incoming administration on Friday that Moscow was considering a whole range of possible steps on nuclear testing due to what it said was Trump’s radical position on the issue. The Kommersant newspaper quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, who oversees arms control, as saying that Trump took…
Parker Solar Probe is operating normally after passing just 6.1 million kilometres above the Sun’s surface, NASA says. The United States space agency has confirmed its Parker Solar Probe is safe after making the closest approach to the Sun ever recorded by a human-made object. The probe passed just 6.1 million kilometres (3.8 million miles)…
The gains of science can easily be frittered away, much faster than they were earned. Eternal vigilance is the price we pay to inhabit a planet like Earth, with the range of biodiversity it has. Any let up, and it’s quite likely that years of achievement might be undone. As in the case of polio, which…
India announced seven days of state mourning on Friday after the death of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country’s economic liberalisation in the early 1990s. Singh, who held office from 2004 to 2014, died at the age of 92 late on Thursday evening at a hospital in New Delhi….
Continued rise in homelessness in the United States driven largely by lack of affordable housing options, experts say. The number of people living in homelessness in the United States has increased by 18 percent over the last year, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said in a new report. Data released on…
Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: AFP The move to give faster access to medicines for patients in India is a double edged sword warn experts, following the Central Licensing Authority’s (CLA) recent specification where six countries under Rule 101 of the New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules (NDCTR), 2019 are considered…
At least 69 people died, including 25 Malian nationals, after a boat headed from West Africa to Spain capsized off Morocco on December 19, Malian authorities said. The makeshift boat was carrying around 80 people when it capsized. Only 11 survived, the ministry of Malians abroad said in a statement on Thursday, after collecting information…
As we observe International Epidemic Preparedness Day on December 27, India stands at a crucial juncture in its journey towards building robust health security systems. The COVID-19 pandemic and recurring Nipah outbreaks in Kerala have provided valuable insights that can shape our approach to future health emergencies. The Kerala model Kerala’s successful management of Nipah outbreaks since…
Daniel Chapo says he will be ‘president of all’, calls for ‘non-violence’ after week of protests against vote-rigging. Mozambique’s president-elect has called for “non-violence” and “unity” after widespread rioting this week sparked by his governing party’s contested election win. Daniel Chapo, of the long-governing Frelimo party, said on Friday that he “regretted” the violence, and…
