Pakistan, Uzbekistan agree to boost coop in health sector

Islamabad - Ambassador of Uzbekistan met with Pakistan’s Health Minister, Dr. Mustafa Kamal, to discuss strengthening collaboration in the health sector and other areas of mutual interest on Monday. Dr. Kamal highlighted the deep and brotherly...

Korea, Central Asia discuss tourism

South Korea and five Central Asian nations discussed sustainable tourism at the Global City Tourism Summit in Busan on Tuesday. The session, co-hosted by the Korea Foundation and the Tourism Promotion Organization for Global Cities, a Busan-based...

Goals and Highlights: Uzbekistan 1-2 Uruguay in Friendly Match

Thank you all very much Thank you all very much for joining us for our live coverage of the friendly match between Uzbekistan and Uruguay. We wish you all a pleasant evening and invite you to stay connected to VAVEL.com. END OF THE MATCH The match...

India’s ‘pharmacy of the world’ under scrutiny as authorities raid pharma firm over toxic cough syrup linked to 19 child deaths

NEW DELHI, Oct 13 — India’s financial crime-fighting agency is searching seven sites on suspicion of money-laundering by Sresan Pharma, the cough syrup maker linked to the deaths of several children over the last month, a source told Reuters...

ED Raids Sresan Pharma

The decision comes after Coldrif cough syrup, manufactured by the Chennai-based firm, was found contaminated with dangerously high levels of diethylene glycol (DEG) — a toxic industrial chemical linked to the deaths of more than 19 children in...

UN-monitored CITES hails world-class animal care at Vantara, praises Indian norms

The CITES Secretariat conducted a comprehensive review and mission to India, preparing a report for the upcoming seventy-ninth meeting of the CITES Standing Committee in Samarkand, Uzbekistan In a major endorsement of India’s commitment to...

Sresan Pharmaceuticals: India cancels licence of cough syrup-maker linked to child deaths

CHENNAI, India, Oct 13: India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu has cancelled the licenses of a cough syrup-maker linked to the deaths of several children over the past month, it said on Monday, as authorities search some of the firm’s sites on...

UPSC Key: Muttaqi in Delhi, Global Burden of Disease report, and Ethanol production

Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance Mains Examination: General Studies-II: India and its neighbourhood- relations; Bilateral, regional and global groupings and agreements involving India and/or...

Afghanistan's earthquake death toll climbs to 20, hundreds wounded

Electricity supply lines from neighboring Uzbekistan and Tajikistan cut off ISTANBUL At least 20 people were killed and hundreds of others wounded after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck northern Afghanistan at around 1 am local time on Monday...

Preview: Uzbekistan vs Uruguay - prediction, team news, lineups

Sports Mole previews Sunday's International Friendlies clash between Uzbekistan and Uruguay, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. As both sides prepare for the 2026 World Cup, in-form Uzbekistan are set to face Uruguay in a...

Post MP kids’ deaths, pharma panel make glycol test must for all syrup formulations

In the wake of 24 deaths of children in Madhya Pradesh allegedly due to cough syrups adulterated with diethylene glycol (DEG), the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission has amended norms and made it mandatory for all oral liquid formulations to be...

UPSC Current Affairs Pointers of the past week | October 27 to November 2, 2025

UPSC Current Affairs Pointers brings you essential current affairs of the past week, every Monday, to aid you in your Prelims and Mains preparation of UPSC, State PCS, and other competitive examinations. Report (FYI: The data provided in these...

Chhindwara’s Coldrif deaths show India’s dangerous irony—pharmacy of the world, failing at home

In a country that prides itself as the pharmacy to the world, the word medicine should carry trust. But in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, that trust curdled into grief, and then into national and international news headlines and page 1 stories. Over...

Rewind: Deadly cough cure — how safe are our medicines

A series of child deaths linked to contaminated cough syrup has exposed deep cracks in India’s drug regulation and manufacturing oversight By Kattamreddy Ananth Rupesh In the recent past, at least 14 paediatric deaths have been allegedly linked to...

Kuwait coach targets improvement after Uzbekistan loss

Bader Tareq is helped off the pitch. DUBAI, Oct 11: Kuwait kicked off its training sessions in Dubai, UAE, in preparation for its upcoming friendly against Morocco’s local team on Tuesday. The Al-Azraq delegation arrived in the UAE the day before,...

Along the old Silk Road, Uzbekistan takes a new turn

Up a dry mountain pass an hour’s drive east of Tashkent, we finally saw it, hovering like a silver spaceship on the horizon. The Uzbekistan Solar Furnace turns its back on Parkent Valley, a series of tin-roofed villages along a parched riverbed,...

Construction of Uzbekistan’s first nuclear power plant kicks off in Jizzakh.

Excavation work has begun in Forish district for the foundation of a small-scale nuclear power plant (NPP) reactor building. The first concrete pouring is scheduled for March 2026. According to Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev, Uzbekistan and Russia...

Nanavati Max Hospital partners with Uzbekistan Hospital to expand transplant services

Mumbai: Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai, has entered into a pioneering medical services agreement with Uzbekistan's Namangan Viloyat Republic Hospital. This structured cross-border collaboration aims to facilitate knowledge exchange...

Perceived inflation in Uzbekistan drops below 13% for the first time since spring 2024.

Perceived inflation in Uzbekistan has fallen to its lowest level since last summer, according to data from the Central Bank. Based on the September survey results, the average perceived price increase over the past 12 months amounted to 12.4%,...

At least 16 children aged under five killed after taking tainted cough medicine laced with toxic industrial chemical

AT LEAST 16 children have died after taking cough syrup contaminated with a toxic industrial chemical. The shocking deaths occurred in Madhya Pradesh, central India, in late August. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Thank you! These are some of...