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New Delhi: Drug pricing regulator NPPA Saturday capped trade margins on 137 non-scheduled anti-cancer formulations at 30 per cent, according to an official statement. The move, effective November 9, is expected to slash retail prices of these critical life-saving medicines by up to 70 per...

New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI has proposed banning addition of fructose and sucrose in food products for infants up to six months of age, a move aimed at safeguarding children's health by minimising early exposure to added sugar. The objective is to strengthen nutritional safeguards...

Washington: China’s holdings of US Treasury securities fell sharply in August while India’s rose for a third straight month, according to US Treasury data released. China’s holdings dropped to $590.7 billion at the end of August from $618 billion in July. A year earlier, in...

New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI has initiated legal proceedings for prosecution against Surya Food & Agro for using cattle feed bran in the manufacturing of Priyagold biscuits and for other serious violations. Legal proceedings for prosecution have also been initiated against Dodla Dairy and UEIR...

New Delhi: Elon Musk-owned Starlink said it has worked closely with regulators, industry and operators in India for more than 5 years, in a reply to Reliance Industries Ltd (REL) which said that India’s rules apply equally to domestic and foreign companies in the field...

Washington: President Donald Trump has put into effect the tariffs of a new US law targeting buyers of Russian oil and then waived them in the same order, sparing countries such as India and China, a 100 per cent duty, a day before it was...

Washington: India and the United States are close to sealing the first part of a trade agreement, with dairy access the biggest remaining obstacle, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to India. President Donald Trump Friday signed an order implementing the Lindsey O. Graham...

Washington: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has introduced legislation seeking to block President Donald Trump's arrangement to purchase and import Russian diesel, escalating congressional opposition to a policy critics say could provide Moscow with additional revenue for its war in Ukraine. The proposed legislation,...

Chicago: Tesla has unveiled its new Roadster sports car, which can thrust itself up in the air. But drivers shouldn't expect to take it for a spin anytime soon. Elon Musk's electric car company this week debuted the latest bells and whistles of its second-generation...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday approved the disbursement of Rs 56.55 crore as six months' honorarium for sarpanches and naib sarpanches across the state, an official statement said. A total of Rs 56,55,72,000 has been sanctioned for the period from April 1...