India imposes excise duty on cigarettes effective February 1
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December 2025
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The U.S. tariff shock, India’s pharma future
In September 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping announcement imposing a 100% tariff on branded and patented pharmaceutical imports from October 1, 2025, saw India’s pharmaceutical industry, which has long been hailed as the “pharmacy of the world”, standing at a crossroads. The U.S.’s move, ostensibly aimed at bolstering domestic manufacturing, threatens to disrupt supply
India test-launches indigenously built solid-propellant quasi-ballistic missile
ISTANBUL India said Wednesday it successfully conducted a salvo launch of two indigenously built, surface-to-surface short-range Pralay missiles during user evaluation trials, according to a statement by the Defense Ministry. The ministry said the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) carried out the launch in quick succession from the same launcher off the coast of
Ease of Voting: India’s next democratic reform agenda for migrants, NRIs, and PwDs
India has framed national reform agendas around ‘ease of living’ and ‘ease of doing business’, recognising that administrative convenience is not a luxury but a democratic obligation. It’s time to extend the same reformist lens to voting. ‘Ease of voting’ must now define the next phase of India’s democratic reform agenda. Migrants Census 2011 recorded
CM extends New Year wishes, lists initiatives taken last year
Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday extended New Year greetings to the people of the State, wishing them a year filled with peace, harmony, and happiness. Mr. Stalin said in a statement that 2025 was a successful year for Tamil Nadu in many ways — it was a significant year for the development of Tamil
Security heightened in Kashmir as tourist footfalls return
Tourists and locals gather at Ghanta Ghar on a cold winter evening, on New Year’s eve, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on December 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI As tourist flow once again returns to Kashmir at the levels seen in the months before the terror attack in Pahalgam in April, a multi-layer security cover
Cancel permits of quarries posing a risk to petroleum pipeline: environmentalists
The stone quarries must be set up 500 metres away from the underground BPCL pipeline. : Environmentalists have urged the State government to cancel the permits of stone quarries located within 500 metres of the underground petroleum pipeline laid by the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) in Karur, Tiruppur, and Coimbatore districts. Quoting a letter
DRDO conducts salvo launch of Pralay missiles off Odisha coast
A Pralay missile being successfully test-fired by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) off the Odisha coast on December 31, 2025. Photo: Handout via PTI Photo The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) carried out a salvo launch of two indigenous Pralay missiles from the same launcher on Wednesday (December 31, 2025). The test
Pharmacies to display QR code for reporting adverse drug events
Pharmacies must display a toll-free number of Pharmacovigilance Programme of India. | Photo Credit: B. JOTHI RAMALINGAM Pharmacy outlets across Tamil Nadu have begun displaying a QR code to help the public report suspected adverse drug reactions. About 42,000 chemist shops under the Tamil Nadu Chemists and Druggists Association (TNCDA) are adding the feature as
Gurdeep Singh's Netplus Broadband Business Clocks 30 percent Growth at Rs. 286 Crore in FY' 22
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