Jaipur: Rajasthan drug control authorities have identified three more medicine samples as “not of standard quality,” deepening concern over medicine safety after the recent Qcepod 200 case. The failed samples include Amoxycillin, Potassium Clavulanate and Lactic Acid Bacillus tablets, an antibiotic combination; Ondansetron Orally Disintegrating Tablets IP 8 mg sold as Vomitap-MD8, used to prevent…
Jaipur: State’s department of archaeology and museology (DAM) Tuesday announced unearthing of copper coins believed to date back to the Chauhan and early Sultunate periods at Tyonda village in Khetri tehsil of Jhunjhunu district, along with structural remains of a temple estimated to be more than 1,000 years old.The discoveries were made during an excavation…
Jaipur: A 40-year-old journalist was killed after a car ran over him near Rajasthan Information Centre (RIC) in Jhalana Tuesday late night. According to Sardar Singh of the accident police station (east), Devendra Sharma was returning home after work when a speeding car ran over him. Sharma was taken to a hospital, where he died…
Jaipur: The Union cabinet Wednesday gave the green light to the much-anticipated Jaipur Metro Phase II project, which will extend the city’s metro network by an additional 41-km with a North-South corridor connecting Prahladpura in Sitapura with Todi Mod. The approval, made during a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, comes with a…
Jodhpur: In a landmark judgment addressing the environmental crisis caused by contamination of rivers in Jodhpur, Pali and Balotra, the Supreme Court has directed the Rajasthan high court to establish special courts in these three districts to expedite the adjudication of cases related to environmental violations.The apex court also instructed the Rajasthan govt to provide…
