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SC quashes rRs.r5 lakh compensation order against Maharashtra FDA

India, Oct. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a Bombay High Court order directing the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to pay Rs.5 lakh compensation to a Pune-based sweet and da... Read More


Serum Institute's Cervavac receives WHO prequalification

India, Oct. 6 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified Cervavac, India's first indigenously developed gender-neutral quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus vaccine (qHPV) developed by Serum ... Read More


Maharashtra health dept directs districts to strengthen mental health programme under DMHP

India, Oct. 4 -- The state public health department has directed all districts to strengthen and effectively implement the District Mental Health Programme (DMHP). The focus is on expanding access to ... Read More


FDA cancels Cipla's wholesale drug licence at Pune warehouse

India, Oct. 4 -- The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cancelled the wholesale drug sale and distribution licences of Cipla Pharma & Life Sciences Ltd's carrying and forwarding (C&F) ... Read More


Eight young dreams cut short at Diveagar, Alandi mourns its sons

India, Oct. 3 -- On Thursday morning, eight Class 11 students from Alandi left home with their friends, teachers and a day at the sea ahead of them. By Friday, the town was preparing to receive their ... Read More


Alandi shuts down, parents demand answers

India, Oct. 3 -- Anger and grief gripped Alandi on Friday as the town observed a voluntary shutdown following the deaths of eight 16-year-old students who drowned at Diveagar beach in Raigad district ... Read More


Diveagar tragedy fallout: Alandi academy sealed; coaching centres under civic scanner

India, Oct. 3 -- The Alandi Municipal Council sealed Winners Academy after a preliminary inquiry found that the coaching institute had allegedly been operating without the required municipal permissio... Read More


Alandi town in mourning, families grapple with loss

PUNE, Oct. 3 -- The Diveagar trip, meant to be a day of friendship, excitement and memories, ended with eight 16-year-olds drowning at the Raigad beach, leaving behind grieving parents, unfinished dre... Read More


PMC to impose fire-safety fees on violators, recover dues based on built-up area

India, Oct. 2 -- Establishments found operating without mandatory fire-safety compliance and government approvals will now have to pay an annual fire and emergency services fee to the Pune Municipal C... Read More


Maharashtra to use drug-detection devices to screen medicines at govt facilities

India, Oct. 2 -- Maharashtra's public health department will for the first time use counterfeit drug-detection devices to conduct primary screening of medicines stocked at government healthcare facili... Read More