News Today Live Updates, 5 October | MP bans Coldrif cough syrup sale amid toxic chemical scare; what we know so far
Latest News Live Updates | The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) risk-based inspections at manufacturing units across six states, focusing on 19 drugs, including cough syrups and antibiotics, said the Union health ministry said on Saturday (Oct 4).
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday appealed to the people to take a pledge to use only “swadeshi” products and boycott any foreign-made products in their households. Shah said granting ownership rights of houses under the ‘Mhaje Ghar Yojana’ to lakhs of citizens of Goa, who had been entangled in different types of legal complications, is a major step toward empowerment. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the target to become ‘Viksit Bharat by 2047.
In early September, officials in Madhya Pradesh’s Parasia noticed something was wrong as several children aged under five started dying from unexplained health complications. For two weeks, the district administration scrambled to understand what was killing their youngest residents. Health officials launched an urgent field investigation, testing the usual suspects: contaminated water sources, disease-carrying rodents, and mosquito populations.
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Over a week after clashes erupted in Bareilly over the ‘I Love Muhammad’ row, DIG (Bareilly Range) Ajay Kumar Sahni said that the posters were not the issue but action had to be taken after a large gathering disturbed law and order last Friday. Authorities also demolished a banquet hall owned by a man arrested in connection with the clashes, stating that it was illegal.
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11:53 (IST) 5 Oct 2025
India News Live Updates | MP bans Coldrif cough syrup sale amid toxic chemical scare; what we know so far
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) risk-based inspections at manufacturing units across six states, focusing on 19 drugs, including cough syrups and antibiotics, said the Union health ministry said on Saturday (Oct 4). Read More
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Delhi News Live Updates | Bareilly violence: Bulldozers raze baraat ghar owned by accused, officials say demolition routine
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23:03 (IST) 4 Oct 2025
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