New Delhi, As part of efforts to make India self-sufficient in manufacturing bulk drugs or APIs, the Department of Pharmaceuticals said on Monday that it is finalising guidelines for selecting locations of three bulk drug parks and four medical devices parks.

The guideline will become the basis for selection of de

Mumbai, The dabbawalas of Mumbai performed a special 'pooja' and prayed for the early recovery of Covid-19 affected Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, his family and others in the country, here on Monday.

"We have prayed for the early recovery of Bachchan and all other people in the country. We want

Chandigarh, Punjab Police have busted a Pakistan-sponsored drugs and illegal arms smuggling racket with the arrest of four people, including their kingpin who is a BSF constable posted in Samba district of Jammu & Kashmir, officials said on Monday.

Foreign-made weapons, including a 9 mm pistol along with 80 li

Guwahati, The leaking oil & gas well of the state-owned Oil India (OIL) in Assam is expected to be capped and the fire in one of the wells doused in four-five days, according to a top official here on Monday.

"We are in the final phase of capping the well and dousing the fire in the Baghjan well in the Ti

New Delhi, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Monday informed the Supreme Court that it has decided not to hold the CA examination this semester (May cycle), and postponed it till November against the backdrop of Covid-19 pandemic.

The May cycle of exams were scheduled between July 29 and Augus

Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) Targeting the BJP-led Centre, NCP President Sharad Pawar on Monday said that the move to evict Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from her government residence in Delhi is a "display of NDA government's arrogance of power".

"We must remember that the Neh

Kabul, Twelve policemen and four civilians were killed during Taliban attacks in Afghanistan's Kunduz and Badakhshan provinces, authorities said on Monday, adding that 11 insurgents also died.

Five police officers and four civilians were killed, while eight people were injured after Taliban militants stormed i

Johannesburg, Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of South Africa's anti-apartheid icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, died here on Monday, according to the country's public broadcaster SABC reported.

She died on Monday morning aged 59, the BBC quoted the SABC as saying citing a family member

Kabul, At least 14 people, including three assailants, were killed and 63 others wounded when Taliban militants attacked a provincial branch of the country's national intelligence agency in Aybak, capital of Afghanistan's northern Samangan province, on Monday, an official said.

The attack started after a T

Washington, The first federal execution in the US after more than 17 years is set to go ahead in the state of Indiana on Monday following a ruling by an appeal court.

Daniel Lewis Lee and an accomplice were convicted of killing three members of the same family in 1996, the BBC reported.

Lee had orig