US President Donald Trump is deploying three warships off the coast of Venezuela as part of efforts to curb drug trafficking, a source familiar with the move said Wednesday. The deployment comes as the Trump administration steps up pressure on Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, doubling its bounty to $50 million earlier this month on drug…
US President Donald Trump has issued a direct ultimatum to 17 of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, demanding they lower the price of prescription drugs for Americans or face consequences. In a move announced by the White House on Thursday, Trump sent signed letters to the CEOs of top drugmakers urging them to extend the…
NEW DELHI: The Punjab government will implement a drug prevention curriculum in all government schools across the state starting August 1, targeting students in grades 9 to 12. The initiative aims to curb drug use through education and is part of a broader strategy to address both the supply and demand sides of drug abuse.The…
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved PTC Therapeutics’ oral drug to treat a rare inherited metabolic disorder that prevents the body from properly breaking down certain amino acids, the company said on Monday. The approval allows PTC to expand its revenue base as its top-selling Duchenne muscular dystrophy therapies, Translarna and Emflaza, face…
दिल्ली पुलिस की क्राइम ब्रांच ने एक बड़े इंटरनेशनल ड्रग सिंडिकेट का खुलासा किया है. इस ऑपरेशन में करीब 100 करोड़ रुपये की ड्रग्स जब्त की गई है. ये नेटवर्क भारत में एक फूड डिलीवरी ऐप जैसे सिस्टम से ड्रग्स की होम डिलीवरी कर रहा था. इस गैंग को नाइजीरिया का एक ड्रग किंगपिन Callistus…
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann (Image: PTI) CHANDIGARH: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday announced that modern sports grounds will be developed in villages across the state to wean youth away from drugs and channelise their energy in a positive direction.“We have decided to develop these grounds. The work on 3,083 grounds is going…
Expressing concern over women’s safety in protection homes, Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan has asked the Rajya Sabha to hold a discussion on the “escape” of 13 girls from a girl protection home in Siwan in Bihar. In a notice in the upper house Tuesday, Ranjeet has said that the matter is very serious because it…
The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has uncovered an international drug cartel with alleged ties linking Pakistan’s ISI, China, and Canada, and arrested an Indo-Canadian gangster, Opinder Singh Sian, also known as Thanos. Sian, who was arrested in June, was allegedly operating a global fentanyl and methamphetamine trafficking network from Canada’s British Columbia. Details of…
श्रीगंगानगर में नारकोटिक्स कंट्रोल ब्यूरो जोधपुर यूनिट ने एक सीक्रेट लैब का भंडाफोड़ किया है, जो Mephedrone नाम की खतरनाक सिंथेटिक ड्रग बना रही थी. ये रेड मंगलवार, 8 जुलाई 2025 की सुबह ड्रीम होम्स अपार्टमेंट, ऋद्धि सिंधी एन्क्लेव में की गई. NCB की टीम को छापेमारी के दौरान वहां से करीब 780 ग्राम Mephedrone…
NCB को डार्कनेट के जरिए ड्रग्स बेचने वाले भारत के सबसे बड़े नेटवर्क का पर्दाफाश करने में बड़ी कामयाबी मिली है. इस नेटवर्क का नाम ‘Ketamelon’ था और ये बीते दो सालों से LSD और Ketamine जैसी नशे की चीजें देशभर में भेज रहा था. इस ऑपरेशन को NCB कोचीन यूनिट ने ‘ऑपरेशन MELON’ नाम…