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  India 'privately' against patent-overriding drug permits: USIBC

  March 08, 2016 21:36 IST

  New Delhi: Indian government has "privately reassured" industry lobby group US-India Business Council that the country would not invoke 'compulsory licensing' for commercial purposes that could allow local drugmakers to make cheaper products by overriding

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  Saudi Prince, four others held in Lebanon over biggest Beirut airport drug bust

  World | October 27, 2015 19:10 IST

  Beirut: A Saudi prince and four others were detained on Monday in Lebanon in the largest drug bust in the history of Beirut airport, media reports said.A Lebanese official said Beirut airport authorities have foiled

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  Cancer drug shows potential to slow ageing

  Lifestyle | June 27, 2015 9:10 IST

  London : Drug normally used to treat skin cancer has been found to delay the onset of age-related deaths by slowing the ageing process in fruit flies.The researchers said the result is “a significant step

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  Indonesia execution: Brief profile of all 8 drug smugglers

  World | April 29, 2015 11:14 IST

  Cilacap, Indonesia: Indonesia early Wednesday executed eight people convicted of drug smuggling, according to foreign governments and local media reports, although a Philippine woman was granted a stay of execution.The Indonesian government has not confirmed

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  Indonesia gives 72-hour execution notice to drug traffickers

  World | April 27, 2015 8:12 IST

  Canberra: Australian leaders on Monday continued to lobby Indonesia to spare the lives of two Australians on death row despite 10 prisoners being given formal notice that they could die within days.The Australians Myuran Sukumaran,

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  Chemists to mention in bill whether drug is price controlled

  India | February 23, 2015 9:52 IST

  New Delhi: The government is set to make it mandatory for chemists to mention in the bill whether they are selling a price-controlled drug or not. This is an attempt to empower consumer and save

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  High-level meeting on drugs enforcement to be held tomorrow

  India | January 15, 2015 23:44 IST

  New Delhi: In the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling for concerted efforts to curb the menace of drugs, heads of anti-narcotics units of major north Indian states will meet here to thrash out

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  Jackie Chan shamed by son's drug use

  Hollywood | December 26, 2014 7:17 IST

  Beijing: With his son's drug charges generating headlines, Chinese star Jackie Chan said he felt shamed by his son's behaviour and hoped he will behave in the future.On Monday, Jackie Chan's son Jaycee Chan was

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  Mel B was hospitalised due to drug overdose

  Hollywood | December 22, 2014 7:02 IST

  London: Singer Mel B was hospitalised last week because she had an accidental overdose, mixing tranquilizers and alcohol, reports say.Controversy has swirled around the “X Factor” judge after she recently split from husband Stephen Belafonte

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  Britney Spears's beau credits his past for their love

  Hollywood | December 18, 2014 7:10 IST

  Los Angeles: Britney Spears's boyfriend Charlie Ebersol has credited his personal hurdles early on in life for helping him to be in a relationship with someone as loving as the pop singer.“My personal life is

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  Over 1,000 arrested in EU crackdown on organised crimes

  World | September 25, 2014 6:47 IST

  The Hague: As many as 1,027 people were arrested in a large-scale police operation against drug and human traffickers across Europe this month, the Hague-based European police organisation Europol announced on Wednesday.Law enforcement officers from

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  FIFA medical chief 'hates' Brazil drug test doubts

  Football | April 12, 2014 7:30 IST

  MONACO : FIFA's medical chief is "really not happy" with drug-testing plans for the World Cup in Brazil because samples taken from players must be flown across the Atlantic for analysis at a laboratory in

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  Drug ban unjust, says Asafa Powell

  Other Sports | April 11, 2014 10:23 IST

  Kingston (Jamaica):  Jamaican Asafa Powell has described as "unfair and patently unjust" an 18-month drugs ban handed to him by the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission, and says he will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for

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  Kejriwal warns Delhi Police, demands suspension of 2 SHOs, 2 ACPs

  India | January 17, 2014 9:26 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today angrily warned the Delhi Police to take action against people accused of dowry torture, sex and drug rackets, or face the wrath of the people of Delhi.

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  Three Pak smugglers shot dead; drug worth Rs 120 cr seized

  India | October 26, 2013 14:53 IST

  Attari: Three Pakistani smugglers, carrying 24 kg of heroin worth Rs 120 crore in the international market, were shot dead by BSF on the Indo-Pak border as they were trying to sneak into Indian territory,

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  26 new drugs permitted for sale in India without trials

  India | August 18, 2013 22:27 IST

  New Delhi: Notwithstanding strong warnings by the parliamentary standing committee on health, new drugs continue to be approved for marketing in the country without holding any clinical trials on Indian patients to test their safety

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  2.5 tonnes of drugs seized in Iran

  World | July 14, 2013 11:52 IST

  Tehran, July 14: Iran's border police have seized 2.5 tonnes of drugs in operations along the country's boundary in Sistan and Baluchestan province, the Fars news agency reported.The narcotics, among them opium and hashish, were

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  Scientists discover new TB drug

  World | June 19, 2013 14:41 IST

  Washington, June 19: Scientists have hit upon a novel drug that attacks the tuberculosis bacteria, a finding that could prove to be an effective tool in treating the dreaded disease, says a study.The researchers at

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  Amanda Bynes arrested for drug possession

  Hollywood | May 24, 2013 20:05 IST

  New York, May 24: Actress Amanda Bynes was arrested at her apartment here for possession of marijuana. She even threw the evidence out of the window, reports tmz.com.She was arrested Thursday night.A building official called

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  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar lashes out at Bollywood stars for booze, drug use

  Bollywood | March 26, 2013 14:41 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 26: Noted spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on Monday lashed out at Bollywood stars for what he called leading "immoral and unethical lives" and spending lavishly on booze and drugs.Addressing a