Karnataka govt flags 14 substandard drugs

Bengaluru, 25/6: The Karnataka government’s Drug Testing Laboratory declared 14 drugs manufactured by 14 different companies as “substandard” on Wednesday. The state’s Food Safety and Drug Administration department has directed chemists, wholesalers, doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes not to stock, sell, or use these drugs and cosmetics, an official statement said.    

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Happy to meet if machine-readable voters’ list and CCTV footage is given, Congress to EC

New Delhi,25/6: The Congress on Wednesday told the Election Commission that its leadership will be “happy to meet” the poll body soon if it provides “machine-readable, digital copy” of electoral rolls used for conducting Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Maharashtra and CCTV footage of polling day in both Maharashtra and Haryana. The party’s response…

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Trump tells Congress that Iran had nuclear weapons program, contradicting US spy agencies

Washington, 25/6: U.S. President Donald Trump told Congress this week that the Iranian sites bombed by the U.S. housed a “nuclear weapons development program,” even though U.S. spy agencies have said no such program existed. Trump’s claim raised questions whether U.S. intelligence backed up his decision to order the strikes on Iran on Sunday  

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Weather 90% favourable for Axiom-4 mission: SpaceX

New Delhi, 25/6: After multiple delays, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others are all set to travel to the International Space Station on Wednesday with SpaceX announcing that the weather was 90 per cent favourable for lift-off. All systems are looking good for Wednesday’s launch of @Axiom_Space’s Ax-4 mission to the @Space_Station and weather…

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No Indian will ever forget how spirit of Constitution was violated: PM Modi on Emergency

New Delhi, 25/6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that no Indian will ever forget the manner in which the spirit of the Constitution was violated during the Emergency, as he affirmed his government’s commitment to strengthening constitutional principles. In a series of posts on X on the 50th anniversary of the Emergency, Modi…

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DGCA finds multiple violations related to airlines, airports, aircraft maintenance works

New Delhi, 24/6: Aviation watchdog DGCA has detected multiple violations related to airlines, airports, aircraft maintenance works, and repeated defects in multiple cases during its surveillance at major airports, an exercise carried out in less than two weeks after the Air India plane crash. Without disclosing names of the airlines, airports and other entities in…

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Trump lashes out at Israel and Iran as fragile truce is tested

Washington DC, 24/5: President Donald Trump lashed out at Israel and Iran on Tuesday over concerns that both sides had violated an hours-old ceasefire, intensifying the uncertainty over the fragile deal that he had helped broker to end the deadly conflict. In expletive-laced remarks to reporters, Trump accused both sides of launching attacks, pledging to…

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Adani Airports secures Rs 8,612 crore financing for Mumbai International Airport

New Delhi, 24/6: Adani Group’s airport arm has secured $1 billion (Rs 8612 crore) in financing from global investors to fund construction of the Mumbai International Airport, the conglomerate said on Tuesday. The transaction was led by Apollo-managed funds, with participation from a syndicate of leading institutional investors and insurance companies which included BlackRock-managed funds,…

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