Day: March 24, 2019

Alembic Pharma gets USFDA nod for conjunctivitis treatment drug

New Delhi :  Drug firm Alembic Pharmaceuticals Friday said it has received approval from the US health regulator for Azelastine Hydrochloride Ophthalmic Solution used for treatment of allergic conjunctivitis. The approved product is therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug Optivar Ophthalmic Solution of Mylan Specialty L P. The […]

Lupin launches Levothyroxine Sodium tablets in US

New Delhi :  Drug firm Lupin Friday said it has launched generic Levothyroxine Sodium tablets in the US market. The company has launched Levothyroxine Sodium tablets USP after receiving approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) earlier, Lupin said in a BSE filing. The company’s product […]

Fitch cuts India GDP growth forecast for FY20 to 6.8 pc

New Delhi : Fitch Ratings Friday cut India’s economic growth forecast for the next financial year starting April 1, to 6.8 per cent from its previous estimate of 7 per cent, on weaker than expected momentum in the economy. “While we have cut our growth forecasts for the next […]

Sebi fines 4 entities Rs 27 lakh for fraudulent trading in BSE stock options

New Delhi : Markets regulator Sebi Friday imposed a total penalty of Rs 27 lakh on four entities for indulging in fraudulent trade in illiquid stock options segment of BSE. Umapati Oil Mill and Ginning Factory, Yudhbir Chhibbar, Kasturbhai Mayabhai Pvt Ltd and Vimladevi Shyamsunder Khetan are the four […]

Death toll climbs to 64 in one of China’s worst industrial blasts in recent years

Beijing :  The death toll climbed to 64 in one of the worst industrial accidents of China in recent times which knocked down buildings, tossed children into air and caused a tremor equivalent to a magnitude-3.0 earthquake, officials said Saturday. The officials said that 24 others were missing. The […]

Anti-Brexit protesters mass in British capital for rally

London :  Hundreds of thousands of pro-Europeans from across Britain were expected to march through London on Saturday calling for another referendum on EU membership with the country mired in political paralysis over Brexit. Opponents of Britain’s departure from the European Union will gather near Hyde Park from noon […]

Somalia attack kills five, including deputy minister: government, witness

Mogadishu :  Five people were killed including a deputy minister on Saturday after Al-Shabaab militants stormed government buildings in Somalia’s capital, a witness and a senator told AFP. “I saw the dead bodies of four people, one of them in police uniform,” said witness Abdulahi Mohamed. Senator Ilyas Ali […]

More than 630 civilians killed in Syria anti-IS fight: monitor

Beirut :  More than 630 civilians were killed in the six-month operation against the Islamic State group that culminated in its defeat by US-backed Syrian forces on Saturday, a monitor said. The civilian dead — among them relatives of IS fighters — included 209 children and 157 women, the […]

Macron says IS defeat removes ‘significant threat’ to France

Paris :  French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday that the fall of the so-called “caliphate” run by Islamic State jihadists in Syria has removed a source of potential terror attacks against France. “A significant threat to our country” has been “eliminated”, Macron said on Twitter, adding that “the step […]

Digvijaya Singh Congress candidate from Bhopal: Kamal Nath

Bhopal :  Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh will be the party’s nominee from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat– a BJP stronghold since the last three decades– Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath said on Saturday. The announcement was made at the “Holi Milan” programme organised by the Congress here and […]

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