The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday dismissed reports claiming an increase in medicine prices of up to 12% starting from April 2024, calling them false, misleading, and malicious. Under the provisions of the Drug Price Control Orders (DPCO) 2013, medicines are categorised as scheduled and non-scheduled formulations. Scheduled formulations, listed in Schedule I of the

India’s rapeseed and mustard output is likely to rise 7% from last year to a record 12.09 million metric tons in 2024, helped mainly by a larger planting area, a leading industry body said on Wednesday. Higher rapeseed output will help the world’s biggest vegetable oil importer to cut back on expensive palm oil and

In the excise policy case, a Delhi court on Monday placed Aam Aadmi Party leader and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in judicial prison until April 15. In relation to accusations of corruption involving the city’s liquor policy, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had detained Kejriwal, who was subsequently placed under agency supervision till April 1. Kejriwal