Medicine checks
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI): The government has developed a "track-and-trace" mechanism to check the authenticity of medicines being sold in the country, health and family welfare minister J.P. Nadda informed the Rajya Sabha today.
The primary, secondary and tertiary packs of medicines will have a unique bar code allotted to a particular manufacturer and the data relating to all medicinal products will be available on the Internet, he said. There is no plan to introduce such a mechanism for medical devices.
Liquor permit
Vadodara (PTI): The Gujarat government has started issuing liquor permits to visitors at Vadodara and Bhuj airports to boost tourism. The initiative will make the process of getting the permit smooth in the "dry" state.
Jumbo count
New Delhi (PTI): The number of elephants in the country is "not" on the decline and the government is making efforts to increase the tusker population, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. The elephant population in 2012 was estimated between 29,391 and 30,711 as compared to 27,669 and 27,719 in 2007, environment minister Prakash Javadekar said.
Poach action
New Delhi (PTI): Eleven rhino poachers have been killed in separate encounters and 20 of them arrested in the Kaziranga reserve in Assam this year, environment minister Prakash Javadekar told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Crash claim
New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi tribunal has awarded over Rs 22 lakh to the parents of a 26-year-old journalist who died in an accident involving a rashly driven car. Kunal Manchanda, an online editor at a media house, died after his bike was hit by the car in 2006.
Girl drowns
Rameswaram (PTI): An eight-year-old girl drowned in a tank near Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu on Tuesday while taking bath, police said. The girl had gone to the spot along with her family but strayed into the deep end of the tank and drowned.
Nizam funds
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI): The government has claimed that it has no record of the Hyderabad Funds Case, dating back to 1948, in which over £1 million of the Nizam's wealth was transferred to the then high commissioner of Pakistan in London.
The central information commission has directed the external affairs ministry to disclose whether any negotiations had started between India and Pakistan over the treasure.
Espionage
New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court has granted bail to six accused, including four corporate executives and a journalist, arrested in connection with the suspected data theft from the petroleum ministry. Delhi police crime branch has so far chargesheeted 13 persons in the case.
Gawli parole
Nagpur (PTI): Gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, sentenced to life imprisonment in a 2008 murder case, has been released from Nagpur Central Jail on a 15-day parole. Bombay High Court had on Friday granted Gawli the parole to attend his son's wedding on May 9. He will return to jail on May 21.
Cop test
Mumbai (PTI): All Mumbai police officers up to the rank of deputy commissioner will undergo "emotional quotient" test between May 8 and 13. The decision was taken after a sub inspector shot a senior inspector before turning the gun on himself.
Satyam case
Hyderabad (PTI): Satyam scam kingpin B. Ramalinga Raju and nine others have moved a sessions court challenging a special court's verdict which found them guilty in the multi-crore rupee accounting fraud. Hyderabad High Court had on April 30 declined to admit a plea filed by Raju and others against their conviction. All of them are currently in jail.
Indians free
Dubai (PTI): Fourteen Indian sailors, who had been left stranded on board a Mongolian oil tanker since December after their vessel MT Surya Kuber got seized in Bahrain because of unpaid debts, have finally left the Gulf nation, according to a media report.
