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Zydus gets USFDA nod to sell morphine sulfate tablets

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Pharmaceuticals major Zydus Group has announced the receipt of an approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to sell chronic pain reliever morphine sulfate tablets.

“The product used in treatment of chronic pain or cancer related pain will be manufactured at Nesher Pharmaceuticals (USA) LLC, located at St Louis,” Cadila Healthcare, a part of Zydus group, said in a filing to the BSE.

A subsidiary of Zydus Pharmaceuticals Inc, Nesher has considerable expertise in niche therapies with development or products barrier, such as controlled release medications, it added.

Severe asthma fails to respond to mainstay treatment

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The immune response that occurs in patients with severe asthma is markedly different than what occurs in milder forms of the lung condition, says a new study by an Indian-origin researcher.

These unique features could point the way to new treatments. People with severe asthma, in which the airways become inflamed and constrict to impair breathing, do not get better even with high doses of corticosteroids, the mainstay of treatment for typical asthma.

Argentina route Paraguay to reach Copa America final

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Angel Di Maria struck two second-half goals as Argentina earned a berth in the Copa America final by trouncing Paraguay 6-1 here, media reported on Wednesday.

Marcos Rojo and Javier Pastore gave Argentina a 2-0 lead before Lucas Barrios reduced the margin on the stroke of halftime, Xinhua news agency reported.

Di Maria netted twice in six minutes after the restart and the Albiceleste completed the rout via Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuain.

The result means Gerardo Martino’s team will meet hosts Chile in Saturday’s final at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago.

Telangana cops who harassed NRIs in Hyderabad suspended

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Hyderabad’s police commissioner has suspended four police personnel and transferred a sub-inspector of police for beating up four youth including an NRI living in Ireland, a statement said on Tuesday. V.Sampath, sub-inspector of Musheerabad Police Station has been transferred pending enquiry, said a police statement.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner Mahender Reddy on Sunday ordered a probe by an assistant commissioner of police after Mallapuram Vasu, one of the victims, complained through email, about the highhanded behaviour of police.

Indian economy now in take-off stage; to surpass China’s soon

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said that the Indian economy is in a healthy stage and will surpass the growth of China in the next few years.

BJP’s statement comes soon after the latest ratings by Moody’s which expressed concern over policy stagnancy under the leadership of the Modi government.

“The Indian economy has recovered. It is now in a take-off stage. The biggest institutions across the world consider the growth of the Indian economy to surpass that of Chinese in the coming years,” BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said.

CBI to examine ex-telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran today

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Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran will be questioned by CBI in Chennai on Wednesday in connection with a case of allegedly using over 300 high data capacity BSNL telecom lines at his Boat house residence in Chennai.

CBI sources said in Chennai that Maran was called on Tuesday for questioning but he skipped the scheduled meeting.

He approached the Madras High Court on Wednesday seeking interim anticipatory bail.

Bombay HC defers hearing on appeal to July 13

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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday deferred till July 13 an appeal filed by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan against the five-year sentence awarded to him in the hit-and-run case, after the actor’s lawyer sought time to check documents.

Although the ‘paper book’ (compilation of evidence and documents) is ready and copies have been served to both the sides by the court), Salman’s counsel Amit Desai urged for three weeks’ adjournment to check whether the documents were in order.

Justice AR Joshi, however, granted adjournment till July 13 to carry out the drill of checking documents.

Microsoft Windows 10 Edge, Wi fi

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Microsoft has released a latest preview of Windows 10 along with other new features including Microsoft Edge and Wi-fi that will come with the platform.

The users will have to download Windows 10’s latest preview build for PCs, to use the new feature available. Microsoft Edge, initially developed under the codename Project Spartan, is a web browser in development by Microsoft.

Father of SMS, Makkonen dies at 63

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Matti Makkonen, known as the father of SMS after developing the idea of sending messages via mobile networks, has died. Makkonen, a Finnish national, passed away on Friday at the age of 63 following serious illness, Finnish language daily Ilkka reported.

Despite being known as the father of SMS, Makkonen was often quick to point out that he did not invent the technology single-handedly.

In 2012, he told BBC News — in an SMS interview — that he believed texting in some form would be around “forever”.

All decisions were taken by Manmohan, says Dasari

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Former Minister of State for Coal Dasari Narayan Rao, an accused in Jharkhand’s Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block allocation scam case, on Tuesday said that decisions to allocate coal blocks were taken by then PM Manmohan Singh, who was also heading the Coal Ministry at that time.

Coal scam:
“I was only the Minister of State. All powers for allocating coal blocks are of the Coal Minister and the then Coal Minister was Manmohan Singh. All the decisions were taken by the then Prime Minister Singh,” Rao told reporters outside the Patiala House courts here.

Gujarat schools to teach about Dhirubhai Ambani

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The BJP government in Gujarat is mulling to introduce a chapter on Reliance Group founder Dhirubhai Ambani in school textbooks to instill spirit of entrepreneurship in young minds.

The idea has been put across by Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasma to the state Textbook Board, a senior state official said.

Greece seeks 2-year debt deal

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The Greek government proposed on Tuesday a two-year agreement with the ESM to fully cover its financial needs and a parallel debt restructuring, after it declined to pay the IMF loan installment.

Greece’s government proposed a two-year debt deal with the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) in a last-minute bid to avert the countdown to default and a possible Grexit, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ office said on Tuesday.

India’s manufacturing PMI shrinks in June, job strain stays

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India’s manufacturing sector eased in June due to weak growth in new business inflows as companies took a cautious line on hiring, an HSBC survey said.

The HSBC India Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 51.3 in June from 52.6 in May, amid slowest rise in new orders since September 2014.

“Following the pick-up in growth rates for output and new orders seen in May, June PMI data pointed to a slowdown in India’s economic upturn,” said Pollyanna De Lima, Economist at Markit, which compiles the data.

Saudi Arabia sentences anti-Indian Pakistani TV anchor to 8 years, 1000 lashes for criticising regime

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India baiter and hatred spewing Pakistani TV anchor Zaid Hamid has reportedly been sentenced to eight years in prison and 1000 lashes by a Saudi court for criticising the country’s government, unconfirmed reports have claimed.

Hamid was detained while on a private visit to the Kingdom with his wife. An official said that he made speeches against the Saudi government at a function two weeks ago and was arrested for lashing out against Arabs, reported Pakistan Destiny.

Father of Vyapam Scam Accused Seeks CBI Probe into His Death

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The father of Narendra Singh Tomar, an accused in the high-profile MPPEB scam who died on Saturday, demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI probe into the death.

Mr Tomar (29), a government veterinarian, had been arrested in February this year on the charge of helping a student from Jhabua in cracking the 2009 Pre-Medical Test through fraudulent means.

His father Kailash Singh Tomar today demanded a CBI probe and alleged that the police officer Ajay Jain had demanded Rs. 7 lakh from Narendra and on failure to pay he was framed in the MPPEB scam and tortured.

Jagmohan Yadav Appointed New DGP of Uttar Pradesh

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The state government late this evening appointed 1983 batch Indian Police Service officer Jagmohan Yadav as the Director General of Police (DGP) of Uttar Pradesh.

Mr Yadav was earlier posted as DG, Criminal Investigation Department (CBCID), and took charge from AK Jain, who retired as DGP on tuesday.

Mr Jain had retired on March 31 but was given three months extension by the state government.

The new DGP is considered close to the Samajwadi Party leaders, sources said.

He was made ADG, Law and order, after Akhilesh Yadav took charge as Chief Minister in 2012.

Arvind Kejriwal Says PM Modi ‘Bullying’ AAP Government

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday hit out at the “gundagardi” (bullying) of the Narendra Modi government, which he said was preventing his government from doing its work in the national capital.

He attacked PM Modi on various fronts, ranging from the black money issue to the tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party government and the central government over the posting of officials in the Delhi government and the Anti-Corruption Branch.

Amit Shah to Inaugurate 2-Day Workshop of Party Leaders

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As part of its national training programme, BJP President Amit Shah will inaugurate a two-day workshop of party leaders from across the country today that will help the party develop dedicated workers and put in place trainers for improved communication within.

The ‘Mahaprashikshan Abhiyan’ of BJP will help provide orientation to 1.5 million party workers on the core party ideology and issues before the nation.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar conferred with Peru’s highest award ‘Grand Officer’

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During his visit to Peru, Sri will have a private meeting with Brando Tapia, Congressman in Perú and Member, Andean Parliament; Ana María Solórzano, President of the Peruvian National Congress and with Luis Castañeda Lossio, Mayor of the City of Lima.

Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was on Tuesday conferred with Peru’s one of the highest awards ‘Grand Officer’ for social work and mission to deliver peace through his foundation The Art of Living.

Andean Parliament in Lima honoured Sri with the award titled “Medalla de la Integracion en el Grado de Gran Oficial”.

Hillary Clinton was advised to take action against Pakistan army leaders, reveals email

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Hillary Clinton was advised to quietly take action against Pakistani military leaders who gave support to al-Qaeda and its affiliates, an email sent to her when she was Secretary of State shows.

Such an advice was given to Clinton by Samuel Richard “Sandy” Berger, who served as the United States National Security Advisor for President Bill Clinton from March 14, 1997, until January 20, 2001, as per the email dated October 3, 2009, declassified by the State Department on Tuesday.

A tranche of emails of Clinton when she was Secretary of State were released late last night.

Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner divorcing after 10 years of marriage

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Hollywood couple Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have split after being together for a decade.

The couple – who have three children nine-year-old Violet, six-year-old Seraphina, and three-year-old Samuel together – marked their 10th anniversary early this week, reported People magazine.

“After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce,” the couple said in a joint statement.

Rural economy slowing down, warns Moody’s

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The global rating giant Moody’s said it expects India’s weakened rural economy to remain subdued through the fiscal year ending March 2016, particularly if the risk of below-average monsoon rainfall materialises.

It further pointed out that, the rural income growth in India has been stuck in the mid-to-low single digits in so far this year, well off the more than 20 per cent rates clocked in 2011.

Google Maps now available in Vizag

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Starting Tuesday people can see traffic information for 12 new cities, including Visakhapatnam, Kolkata and Bhopal, on Google Maps. Among the other cities are Coimbatore, Lucknow, Surat, Indore, Ludhiana, Thiruvananthapuram, Nagpur, Kochi and Madurai.

Caught on camera: JK Health minister ‘Lal Singh’ touching woman doctor indecently

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Known for misbehaving with doctors since he took over as the Minister for Health and Medical Education for the first time in 2002, the Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Chaudhary Lal Singh once again caught on camera touching inappropriately a woman doctor at a government hospital in Lakhanpur on Tuesday.

According to reports a photo of the minister touching the collar of a female doctor while others watching went viral on Facebook and Twitter. The opposition demanded a stringent action against the minister for his inappropriate act.

Gujarat HC junks 29-year-old plea saying Indira’s murder was ‘suicide’

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The Gujarat high court has dismissed a plea filed in 1986 which had sought to declare former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination by two of her security guards as a ‘well-arranged suicide’ to facilitate her son Rajiv Gandhi to become Prime Minister.

The plea was filed 29 years ago but it came up for hearing for the first time yesterday and the high court immediately rejected it.