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Concerns have been raised over critical-care medicines, oncology medicine, high-value injectables, implants and surgical supplies, besides diagnostic-linked consumables and disposable devices. BENGALURU: Karnataka Food Safety and Drug Administration commissioner K Srinivas has sought urgent regulatory intervention over the pricing of medicines, medical devices and consumables supplied to hospitals at discounted institutional prices but billed to…

Gor said he looked forward to see American firth-generation fighters planes flying alongside the Indian jets (Photo: AP). Six American F-35 fighter jets, along with more than 200 US airmen touched down in Jodhpur on Saturday to take part in the second edition of multinational air exercise, Tarang Shakti.US Ambassador Sergio Gor announced their arrival…

Delhi minister Parvesh Verma said that man abused his family and that video missed context NEW DELH: The cockroach Janata Party on Sunday criticised the incident that went viral of a Delhi minister slapping a man in broad daylight, saying “Gen Z wants answers.”“The Modi Govt wants to “reach out” to Gen Z. Well, here’s…

Suvendu Adhikari on Bengal’s ‘changed winds’ NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday said the situation in the state had changed, asserting that people could now recite the Bhagavad Gita “fearlessly”.The first BJP chief minister of Bengal made the remarks at a Bhagavad Gita recital event in Kolkata, where around 11,000 people…

priyanka gandhi vadra demands CEC resignation NEW DELHI: Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said protests had been held across the country against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and demanded his resignation over former Kerala chief secretary’s allegation that Kumar had offered him a BJP ticket.Calling the alleged offer “completely illegal and unethical”, Priyanka said it…

Gorakhpur was among the worst-affected areas, with continuous rainfall inundating several parts of the city. NEW DELHI: BJP‘s Gorakhpur corporator Vishwajeet Tripathi had a heated verbal exchange with party colleague Ravi Kishan after he sought the administration’s accountability over knee-deep waterlogging in Gorakhpur, which Kishan represents in the Lok Sabha.When Tripathi confronted the Lok Sabha…

Tamil Nadu CM C Joseph Vijay NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu government led by CM C Joseph Vijay has exempted the Public (Law and Order) Department from the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, classifying it as an Intelligence and Security Organisation under Section 24(4) of the law.A Gazette notification issued by the…

Yogi Adityanath hits out at opposition over SIR row NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath defended the Election Commission amid the “dissent within the poll body” row, while slamming the Congress party for “creating confusion and targeting constitutional institutions”.Tearing into the rival Congress for criticisng the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls,…

EC issues clarification on SIR NEW DELHI: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday questioned the Election Commission‘s response to concerns over Form 6, claiming that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was based on a change to the form that could not have been made without amending the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960.Speaking…

NEW DELHI: India has called for a global system that ensures countries sharing pathogens and biological resources during a health emergency also get timely access to vaccines, diagnostics, medicines and technologies developed from them.The demand was made at the UN High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response in New York, where India stressed that…