NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over shortages of two critical cancer medicines, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has approved a 50% hike in the ceiling prices of Carboplatin and Cisplatin injections, citing escalating raw material costs and supply concerns. The regulator has also revised prices of anti-tetanus immunoglobulin and three key childhood vaccines to ensure…
KOLKATA: Police recovered around Rs 1.8 crore in cash from the vault of an English-medium school in Kanchrapara, North 24 Parganas, following a raid since Wednesday night and arrested two persons, including the school accountant, in connection with the case.Investigators are also examining allegations that a room was constructed under the guise of the school…
Mumbai: A major tragedy was averted at the Shivajinagar BEST depot in Govandi on Tuesday when, moments before a slab crashed inside one of the buildings there, 25 drivers and conductors rushed out sensing danger and escaped without getting hurt. Staffers said they were having lunch when they heard a creaking sound from the ceiling….
During this year’s IPL, Nikhil Chaudhary, 30, was travelling with Delhi Capitals as a net bowler, with an outside chance of landing a franchise contract. He took a few days off to visit his family and childhood coach Charanjeet Bhangu in his hometown Ludhiana.Suddenly, he cut his India trip short, with a promise to his…
Chennai: It’s been four years since the formation of Tambaram corporation. But, the basic civic grievances — water shortage, poor drain maintenance, lack of overhead tanks, encroachments, and stray dog menace — remain unresolved, councillors said at the corporation council meeting on Thursday.The first council meeting since the new state govt assumed office saw heated…
Health minister Nishant Kumar displays his certificate after being elected unopposed to the Bihar legislative council on Thursday Patna: Amid opposition attacks on the NDA over crime and corruption, state health minister Nishant Kumar on Thursday asserted that there would be no compromise on crime, corruption or communalism and pledged to carry forward the state’s…
কলকাতা: অভিষেক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়কে নিয়ে ক্ষোভ উগরে দিলেন কল্যাণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়। তিনি সরে দাঁড়ালেন অভিষেকের কেস থেকেও। তৃণমূলের হারের জন্য সম্পূর্ণ ভাবে অভিষেক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়কে দায়ী করলেন তিনি। বললেন, “হারের জন্য ওই তো সব থেকে বেশি দায়ী। লোকে কি বলছে? আমার মতো সৎ রাজনীতিবিদ কতজন আছে? ক্লেম করছি আমি। আমাকেও তো চোর চোর শুনতে হচ্ছে। ২০২২ সালেই তো…
तृणमूल कांग्रेस (टीएमसी) की बागी नेता Kakoli Ghosh ने दावा किया है कि उनके साथ 20 सांसद हैं और उनका गुट NDA के साथ रहेगा। उन्होंने कहा कि असली टीएमसी कौन है, इसका फैसला चुनाव आयोग करेगा। काकोली घोष ने स्पष्ट किया कि यह बगावत चुनाव नतीजों के बाद नहीं, बल्कि पिछले दो वर्षों से…
Shafali Verma (2nd from left) with teammates. (Pic credit: BCCI) It was in England in 2017, the occasion was an ODI World Cup semi-final and the opponents were Meg Lanning’s Australia. Harmanpreet Kaur‘s unbeaten 171 changed the course of women’s cricket and remains one of the most important innings in Indian cricket history.India are in…
Baraik becomes third MP to resign from Trinamool & RS NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Twenty rebel TMC Lok Sabha MPs, over two-third of the party’s 28 MPs, have written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, seeking recognition as a separate group on the lines of the breakaway faction in the West Bengal assembly and said they will…
