Drug Test
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Air India pilot's dope test raises safety questions: What checks must pilots clear before flying?
Explainers | Aug 12, 2026, 04:02 PM ISTPilots in India face stringent checks covering alcohol, psychoactive substances, medical fitness and fatigue before they can operate flights. DGCA rules provide for strict action against violations, including licence suspension and cancellation in repeated cases.
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111 medicines fail quality test, regulatory body issues market alert
India | Dec 28, 2024, 11:17 AM ISTThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organization under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conducts monthly sample tests from sales or distribution points to prepare a list of spurious or poor-quality drugs.
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Paracetamol to Pan D: Check complete list of drugs that failed CDCSO's quality test
Health | Sep 26, 2024, 04:11 PM ISTThe drug regulator has released two lists of medicines that failed the quality test. One list contains 48 medicines. While the other list contains the names of 5 additional medicines.
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More than 50 popular medicines fail quality tests, drug regulatory body issues market alert
India | Sep 26, 2024, 11:19 AM ISTThe recent findings by the Central Drug Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) follow the agency’s August decision to ban 156 fixed-dose drug combinations. These combinations were deemed to pose significant risks to human health.
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DGCA removes pilot from flight duty after drug test turns positive
India | Aug 26, 2022, 07:07 PM ISTDGCA removes pilot: As per the Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR), in case the result of the confirmatory drug test is positive for the first time, then the person concerned will be referred to a de-addiction centre by the organisation concerned for de-addiction and rehabilitation.
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Serena Williams says it's unfair she's drug-tested more
Tennis | Jul 02, 2018, 11:42 AM ISTSerena Williams has been checked five times in 2018 by June, more than other U.S. women and men in the sport.
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Rajasthan: 21 labours unethically put on drug trial by hospital in Churu
News | Apr 22, 2018, 09:38 AM IST21 labours unethically put on drug trial by hospital in Churu, probe ordered
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Pakistan to exhume bodies of crashed plane’s crew for drug test
World | Jan 17, 2017, 08:08 PM ISTIn an atypical move, Pakistani authorities will have the bodies of the crew of a plane that crashed last month exhumed to see if any of them were under the influence of drugs. Pakistan International
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Maria Sharapova admits to failing drug test at Australian Open
Tennis | Mar 08, 2016, 12:35 PM ISTLos Angeles: Tennis star Maria Sharapova shocked the world of sports after she announced a failed drug test at Australian Open, saying a change in the World-Anti-Doping Agency banned list led to the violation.Sharapova said she
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Backstrom to get silver medal despite drug test
Other Sports | Mar 15, 2014, 01:17 PM ISTLondon: Swedish hockey star Nicklas Backstrom will receive an Olympic silver medal even though he was suspended from the final in Sochi after a positive drug test. The International Olympic Committee ruled Friday that Backstrom
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Lindsay Lohan Could Be Sentenced To 30 Days In Jail
Hollywood | Sep 18, 2010, 01:54 PM ISTHollywood actor Lindsay Lohan could be sentenced to 30 days in jail over her failed drug test. According to a source, the troubled starlet, released early from rehab last month, failed the court-mandated test last