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CDSCO warns against misuse of painkillers, antibiotics over kidney disease risk. (Photo: ANI) NEW DELHI: Taking painkillers repeatedly for everyday aches or antibiotics without proper medical advice could put people at risk of kidney complications and other adverse effects, prompting the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to issue a fresh advisory on their rational…

PM Modi and Canadian PM Mark Carney (File photo) Canadian PM Mark Carney has said his counterpart, Narendra Modi, could travel to Canada in Dec, while citing good progress in negotiations for a trade agreement.He said the two sides were hoping to wrap up trade talks by Dec and he was looking forward to hosting…

Jaishankar said energy security is at the heart of development, and availability and prices should not be manipulated for political ends. Chairing a high-level meeting of Global South countries on the sidelines of UNGA, external affairs minister S Jaishankar stressed the need to work towards food and energy security, fair economic and trade practices, while…

India rejects OIC’s Kashmir remarks NEW DELHI: Govt categorically rejected in a statement the “unwarranted and factually incorrect” references to India in the joint communique of the so-called OIC Contact Group on J&K, saying the grouping has “no locus standi to pronounce on matters that are strictly internal” to India.“The entire UTs of J&K and…

Election Commission of India NEW DELHI: It is not the first time that faultlines within the Election Commission are out in the open. The trend started from the time it became a multi-member body in 1989, reports Bharti Jain.Two election commissioners S S Dhanoa and V S Seigell were appointed in Oct 1989 and joined…

SC: Constitution bench should deal with case to prevent delay NEW DELHI: On a day when Election Commission found itself under the scanner, a two-judge bench of Supreme Court gave a split verdict on whether the issue of validity of the law on appointment of CEC/ECs be referred to a constitution bench, but later agreed…

NEW DELHI: Private fuel retailers have started rationing diesel sales at their outlets amid a surge in global crude prices, driven by supply constraints caused by the ongoing West Asia conflict. However, state-owned oil marketing companies Indian Oil, HPCL and BPCL confirmed there was no such restriction at their outlets.The impact is limited, as the…

SRINAGAR: Tap water existing only on paper, people in some areas still having to hire horses for “transporting drinking water to their houses”, water pipes abandoned and littered around at some places are some of the damning observations in the report by a J&K assembly committee that was formed to probe alleged irregularities in the…

SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah said Wednesday his elected govt had no role in deciding which books are banned or withdrawn from libraries, distancing his administration from the removal of 4,249 books after a screening of more than 21 lakh volumes across the Union territory over the past two months.“I have my own views on…

NEW DELHI: In a move that will help govt job aspirants to centrally manage their applications and schedule for recruitment examinations conducted by different agencies like UPSC, Staff Selection Commission, Railway Recruitment Board etc and even state govt recruitment boards etc, the department of personnel and training (DoPT) is planning a unified portal that shall…