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Medical product alerts are raised to ensure that more people do not consume the contaminated medicine and the products are removed from the supply chain. The World Health Organization’s probe into contaminated cough syrups , which have been linked to nearly 300 worldwide deaths so far, has flagged 20 such toxic medicines originating from two countries — India and Indonesia. In response to an email by The Indian Express , WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier said these 20 products were manufactured by “15 different manufacturers” in the two countries. All the medicines are syrups — cough medicine, paracetamol or vitamins. These would include the 15 previously identified contaminated syrups, seven of which were manufactured in India by Haryana-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals (4), Noida-based Marion Biotech (2), and Punjab-based QP Pharmachem (1). The rest were made in Indonesia. https://spoonfedtruth.ucoz.com/index/8-579 http://santosheet...

 Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with Meitei MLAs from Manipur in New Delhi, Monday (Express Photo) Listen to this article Meitei MLAs put up show of strength in Delhi, seek territorial integrity, exit from SoO x A delegation of 30 MLAs from Manipur – all from the state’s dominant Meitei community – met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi on Monday, demanding that there should be no change in territorial integrity of the state, and seeking the Centre’s withdrawal from the tripartite Suspension of Operations (SoO) pact with Kuki-Zomi insurgent groups. The delegation of MLAs – mostly from the BJP and one each from the NPP and JD(U) – also met Manipur BJP state in charge Sambit Patra with similar demands. They will also meet BJP national general secretary B L Santhosh on Tuesday. The stress on territorial integrity comes amid violent clashes between the Kuki-Zomi tribes and Meiteis in Manipur for more than a month. The violence has led to a d...