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Bengaluru: How dangerous can expired medicines be? The question has gained urgency after police recently busted a fake drug racket in Bidadi and seized expired medicines worth Rs 35 lakh from a farmhouse. While expired drugs do not necessarily turn toxic immediately after crossing their expiry date, doctors say loss of potency can lead to treatment failure, while certain high-alert medicines can cause serious harm if used after expiry.“Expired drugs primarily lose their efficacy. But with high-alert medications used in CCUs and ICUs, chemotherapy drugs and certain cardiac medicines, administering them after expiry can potentially cause toxicity and harm to…
TN’s GATE, JAM training programme for college students sees huge surge in interest this year Chennai: Following the success of Tamil Nadu’s residential training programme for basic science students to crack entrance tests for prestigious institutions such as IITs, NITs and IISERs, there has been a huge surge of interest this year. As many as 5,014 UG and PG students from govt arts and science colleges applied for the training this year compared to 500 students last year.As many as nine students out of 165 students who attended the training joined IITs, NITs and other institutions last year.The two-week-long residential…
(From left) Director Orlando von Einsiedel, P K Mahanandia, Charlotte von Schedvin and actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas at the New York premier of the film Bhubaneswar: The extraordinary love story of Odisha-born artist Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia, who cycled thousands of kilometres across continents to reunite with his Swedish wife, Charlotte, has found global limelight again with “The Cycle of Love”, a documentary executive-produced by actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas and premiered in New York.The film revisits the remarkable journey of the Angul-born artist, whose decades-old tale of love, determination and adventure continues to inspire audiences worldwide. The acclaimed painter’s son Siddharth…
Aizawl: Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), the Mizo students’ apex body has expressed concern over the highhanded activities of the central agencies in Mizoram without the sanctions of the state govt and the state police, a press statement issued by the student body said on Saturday.A team of MZP leaders stated this while meeting the state chief secretary Khilli Ram Meena saying that central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Income Tax department are working ‘unhindered without the sanction and knowledge of the state govt and the police.’They alleged that the agencies sometimes…
Mysuru: Despite Karnataka govt initiatives to support startups and the positioning of Bengaluru, Mysuru and Mangaluru as startup hubs, only 2,584 startups were registered with state govt agencies during the five years from 2021-22 to 2025-26.The data revealed that state startup registrations are far lower than central figures. Mysuru, an important Tier-II city under the Beyond Bengaluru initiative, recorded 111 such registrations during the period.However, authorities said the state registration figure does not represent the total number of startups operating in the state or in Mysuru, as many startups are registered with central govt agencies.According to data presented by IT,…
A stakeholder consultation on the draft ‘Pataliputra Greenfield Satellite Township Development Plan 2047’ held in Patna on Saturday Patna: The state govt on Saturday presented the draft Pataliputra Greenfield Satellite Township Development Plan 2047, proposing a new urban growth centre across nearly 81,730 acres and 273 villages around Patna, with a focus on integrated infrastructure, employment generation and public participation.The proposed township will cover parts of nine blocks — Punpun, Naubatpur, Masaurhi, Fatuha, Sampatchak, Patna Rural, Dhanarua, Daniyawan and Phulwarisharif. It will also include parts of Naubatpur Nagar Panchayat and the entire Punpun Nagar Panchayat. A 3,008-acre core area comprising…
A power outage at an AIAPGET examination center in Jaipur disrupted the test for 49 candidates JAIPUR: A power outage at an AIAPGET examination centre in Jaipur on Saturday not only left 49 candidates unable to complete the test but also triggered allegations of copying, with some candidates claiming that students were talking among themselves and cheating in the presence of the centre observer.The incident occurred at Shri Satya Sai PG College in Transport Nagar, where 192 candidates were appearing for the computer-based All India Ayush Post Graduate Entrance Test (AIAPGET).The two-hour examination had begun at 10 am when the…
Dumka: A cleric from Kurba village under the Karmatanr police station limits of Jamtara district, Maulana Afroz, was arrested on charges of allegedly making objectionable remarks against Hindu deities while addressing people in rural markets late Friday, police said.Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) district president Anup Rai said, “Afroz has been making objectionable comments about Hindu deities in local markets and villages for long. We approached the police. When no action followed, representatives of various organisations met Jamtara SDO Anant Kumar on Friday and pressed for immediate intervention.”SDO Kumar said, “We received the complaint and the video footage, post which legal…
Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Catholicos Bava and CM V D Satheesan on Saturday Thiruvananthapuram: Major Archbishop Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Catholicos Bava is a beacon of light spreading hope and compassion in Kerala society, CM V D Satheesan said on Saturday.Speaking at the concluding session of the celebrations marking the silver jubilee of Bava’s episcopal ordination, Satheesan said the Cardinal had been a source of solace, reaching people as a small ray of light even in places and human hearts surrounded by darkness.The silver jubilee celebrations began with a concelebrated Holy Mass at 9am, with Bava as the principal celebrant. Cardinal Oswald…
Union home minister Amit Shah, CM Suvendu Adhikari and others at Saturday’s meeting on Gorkhaland Siliguri: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday chaired a tripartite meeting with Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari, Centre-appointed interlocutor and former deputy NSA Pankaj Kumar Singh and political parties of the region and decided that Singh would steer the move for a permanent political solution for the Hills within the framework of the Constitution.Adhikari reiterated that Bengal govt will not accept any proposal on the state’s division but was ready to work towards any other permanent solution.A committee led by Singh will draft the political…