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...

Mirziyoyev Pitches Uzbekistan As Hub For Regional Nuclear Energy Competence

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, October 9.​ Uzbekistan proposes the establishment of a regional competence center for nuclear energy, the country's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev stated at the "Central Asia-Russia" summit in...

India pharma boss held after deaths of 21 children

India pharma boss held after deaths of 21 children Published on: Friday, October 10, 2025 Published on: Fri, Oct 10, 2025 By: AFP Text Size: Dark Mode: Off Cough syrups manufactured in India have come under global scrutiny in recent years, with...

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...

Owner of international cough syrup company arrested, deaths of at least 21 kids linked to medicine

CHHINDHWARA, INDIA -- The owner of a pharmaceutical company in India has been arrested in connection with the deaths of at least 21 children who consumed a cough syrup made by his company. According to CBS News, G. Ranganathan, 75, was arrested...

Kuwait tests form against Uzbekistan

Kuwait players in high spirits ahead of a friendly against Uzbekistan. TASHKENT, Oct 8: Kuwait will take on Uzbekistan in a friendly match at 4 p.m. today at the Olympic Stadium in Tashkent. The encounter comes as part of Kuwait’s preparations...

Transport, Nuclear Energy, Industrial Cooperation: Uzbekistan’s President Names Partnership Priorities for Central Asia and Russia

At Dushanbe Summit on Thursday, 9 October 2025, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev called on the countries of Central Asia and Russia for closer coordination and cooperation in the six-sided format, urged by “growing geopolitical tension...

Europe looks East: Uzbekistan builds a new manufacturing bridge

As Europe rethinks its supply chain dependencies, a new production corridor is emerging across Central Asia, and Uzbekistan is working to position itself at its centre. Once known as a trade crossroads, the country now wants to become a...

More and more Uzbek youth in Russia are being forced to fight in Ukraine and dying – will the government finally act?.

The Dostlik neighborhood in Payariq district of Samarkand region is a quiet shepherds’ settlement – though in recent years, even the meaning of “quiet” has changed. Ahror, who had just graduated from school, went to Russia in search of work. A few...

Indian pharma boss arrested after toxic cough syrup linked to deaths of 21 children

CHENNAI, Oct 9 — Indian police have arrested the owner of a pharmaceutical company after a cough syrup made at his plant was linked to the deaths of at least 21 children, officials said today. Most of the children, all aged under five, died in...

India finds serious testing lapses at pharma firms after 17 cough syrup deaths

Indian pharmaceutical firms failed to follow rules that every batch of medicinal ingredients is tested, the country's drug regulator said on Wednesday, following the deaths of 17 children aged under five linked to toxic cough syrups. An advisory...

Kids, pregnant ladies most at danger of medical malpractice

Following the current deaths of 14 kids in Madhya Pradesh connected to polluted cough syrup, an analysis of information exposes an uncomfortable pattern. Casualties due to medical carelessness or malpractices have actually been repeating routinely...

World News | MEA Secy (West) Attends Uzbekistan's National Day Celebrations, Highlights Civilisational Ties

New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Secretary (West) Sibi George attended Uzbekistan's National Day celebrations as the Chief Guest in Delhi, hosted by the Embassy of Uzbekistan. George highlighted deep...

India flags testing lapses at pharma companies after cough syrup deaths

NEW DELHI – Indian pharmaceutical companies failed to follow rules that every batch of medicinal ingredients is to be tested, the country’s drug regulator said on Oct 8, following the deaths of 17 children aged under five linked to toxic cough...

India flags testing lapses at pharma firms after cough syrup deaths

By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian pharmaceutical firms failed to follow rules that every batch of medicinal ingredients is tested, the country’s drug regulator said on Wednesday, following the deaths of 17 children aged under five...

Azerbaijan joins 6th Eurasian Pharmaceutical Summit in Tashkent

Baku, October 8, AZERTAC From October 7 to 9, the sixth Eurasian Pharmaceutical Summit got underway at the Tashkent Pharma Park, an innovative scientific and industrial pharmaceutical cluster, according to UzA. The event is organized in...

Business News | GSL Medical Institutions Partners with Uzbekistan's Impuls Medical Institute to Launch NMC-Compliant MBBS Program

PNN Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], October 8: In a landmark development marking the first-ever India-Uzbekistan collaboration in medical education, GSL Medical Institutions (India) and Impuls Medical Institute (Uzbekistan) have jointly launched a...

India flags testing lapses at pharma firms after cough syrups deaths

By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Some Indian pharmaceutical firms failed to follow rules that every batch of medicinal ingredients is tested, the country’s drug regulator said on Wednesday, after deaths in the past month of 17 children...

Thirteen Uzbeks held in Tula for eight months say ministry and embassy has failed to help.

Thirteen Uzbek citizens have been held for eight months in a temporary detention facility in Russia’s Tula region, as previously reported by Kun.uz. Following that report, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said diplomats...

Nanavati Max Hospital inks agreement with Uzbekistan’s Namangan Viloyat Republic Hospital 

Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai has signed a strategic agreement with Uzbekistan’s Namangan Viloyat Republic Hospital. As part of the agreement, Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital will extend advanced organ transplantation...