‘War on Drugs’: Punjab Cabinet gives formal approval to panel overseeing campaign against drug abuse

‘War on Drugs’: Punjab Cabinet gives formal approval to panel overseeing campaign against drug abuse

The house of an alleged drug smuggler being razed in Bathinda on June 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI Even as the Punjab Cabinet also gave ex-post facto approval for the constitution of the high-powered cabinet sub-committee to intensify the ‘War on Drugs’ program, the Congress party came down heavily on the ruling Aam Aadmi … Read more

Assisted dying bill: Plan to scrap need for High Court approval

Assisted dying bill: Plan to scrap need for High Court approval

Assisted dying cases would no longer have to be signed off by the High Court under changes suggested by the bill’s supporters. The proposed law currently says a High Court judge must check each person is eligible and has not been coerced into making the decision to die. But BBC News has been told Kim … Read more

Elon Musk’s Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial – ET HealthWorld

Elon Musk’s Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial – ET HealthWorld

Bengaluru: Elon Musk‘s Neuralink said on Wednesday it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for a device designed to give paralysed individuals the ability to use digital devices simply by thinking. The brain chip startup said the Canadian study aims to assess the safety and initial functionality of its implant … Read more

DCGI gives approval for Indian eye drops developed to reduce dependency on reading glasses

DCGI gives approval for Indian eye drops developed to reduce dependency on reading glasses

Image for representational purposes only. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given its final approval for ENTOD Pharmaceuticals PresVu eye drops specifically developed to reduce dependency on reading glasses for individuals affected by presbyopia, a common age-related vision condition that typically impacts those over 40. The approval follows an earlier recommendation by the … Read more

Denial of approval for AIIMS: LDF organises jatha in Balussery

Denial of approval for AIIMS: LDF organises jatha in Balussery

The Balussery Assembly constituency committee of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) on Monday took out a jatha in protest against the Centre’s denial of approval for an All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Kinalur in Kozhikode. The State government has identified Kinalur as the location for the AIIMS and acquired around 150 acres land … Read more

DeepTek’s chest X-ray screening solution, Genki receives Thai FDA approval – ET HealthWorld

DeepTek’s chest X-ray screening solution, Genki receives Thai FDA approval – ET HealthWorld

Pune: DeepTek announces that its revolutionary chest X-ray screening solution, Genki, has received approval from the Thai Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Genki leverages cutting-edge AI technology to classify scans as normal and abnormal along with further analysing over 19 different chest pathologies. By automating the interpretation of chest X-rays it offers immense potential for … Read more

CDSCO approval for medical device developed by SCTIMST

CDSCO approval for medical device developed by SCTIMST

An advanced wound care product developed by the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), named Cholederm, has won the approval of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) as a Class D medical device. Cholederm is a wound healing material derived from the extracellular matrix of de-cellularised gall bladder of pig … Read more

Elon Musk’s Neuralink gets FDA approval for study of brain implants in humans – ET HealthWorld

Elon Musk’s Neuralink gets FDA approval for study of brain implants in humans – ET HealthWorld

Bengaluru: Elon Musk‘s brain-implant company Neuralink on Thursday said it had received a green light from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to kickstart its first-in-human clinical study, a critical milestone after earlier struggles to gain approval. On at least four occasions since 2019, Musk has predicted that his medical device company would begin … Read more

Calicut varsity trying for NCTE approval for physical education courses

Calicut varsity trying for NCTE approval for physical education courses

Authorities at the University of Calicut are trying to get back National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) approval for their physical education courses. Senior officials at the university told The Hindu on Monday that an application for the purpose had already been submitted online. A list of teachers and their professional details as required by … Read more