Author: Insha Khan

The World Health Organization (WHO) still stands by the alert it has raised on Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup, and Magrip N Cold Syrup—the four Indian cough syrups. Around 70 children in the African country of Gambia have died due to acute kidney injury, which is potentially linked to the consumption of India-made cough syrups by Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited. WHO has issued a global alert about the possible risks of the respective cough syrups and has advised the regulators to stop their sales. The intergovernmental health body issued the alert regarding the cough syrups…

Agartala: On Sunday, December 18, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Tripura’s first Dental College in Agartala, confirmed Chief Minister Manik Saha. Modi’s visit comes amidst an ongoing initiative of the state government to extend governance to the doorstep through the portal ‘Amar Sarkar’ (My Government) to fulfil Localised Sustainable Development Goals (LSDG). Permission Granted On Thursday, as per the recommendations of the Dental Council of India (DCI), the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare granted permission to establish a Dental College in Indra Gandhi Memorial (IGM) hospital’s new building, told Saha at a press conference here on…

Vice Chancellor Santishree D Pandit announced on Monday that the much-reputed Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi will conduct its PhD entrance examination, starting next academic year. The exams are to be conducted three years after the responsibility was outsourced to the National Testing Agency (NTA). For the past years, the entrance examinations for postgraduate programs including PhD program have been conducted by the National Testing Agency only. The students and teachers of JNU have been demanding that the university authorities must take back the responsibility of conducting the entrance examination.Regarding this program, the vice-chancellor of the university also mentioned…

What happened in Lok Sabha? On Monday, 12th of December, 2022, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla warned the members of the parliament against doing any kind of remarks on anyone’s caste or religion. This issue heated up when one of the members of the parliament commented on another member’s caste and also told the speaker not to interrupt. This warning was given after a Congress MP claimed that Nirmala Sitharaman, the finance minister had made certain remarks on his proficiency in Hindi because he belonged to a lower caste. Congress MP Anumula Revanth Reddy said that the people of the…