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New Delhi, Apr 25: As many as 2,644 people, called subjects, died during the clinical trials of 475 new drugs on human beings in last seven years and only 17 of the medicines were approved for marketing in India, the Centre has informed the Supreme Court. Responding to allegations by NGO, Swasthya Adhikar Manch, in its PIL that Indians were used as guinea pigs by foreign pharmaceutical majors for

Mumbai, Apr 25: Naresh Goyal's Jet Airways and Abu Dhabi carrier Etihad finally enacted a well choreographed tango, clinching the first foreign direct investment ( FDI) deal after foreign airlines were allowed part- ownership of their Indian rivals. On Wednesday, the Jet Airways board cleared preferential allotment of shares (at Rs 754 apiece) to Etihad, giving the latter a 24% direct stake in

New Delhi, April 24: A 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan on Wednesday, with strong tremors felt in the capital Kabul and Islamabad in neighbouring Pakistan as well as New Delhi, reports said.The quake hit at 0925 GMT and was centred in southeastern Afghanistan at a depth of 70 kilometres (44 miles), it said.Tremors shook Srinagar and adjoining areas but there was no report of any

Ahmedabad, Apr 24: A protest petition filed by Zakia Jafri seeking rejection of the SIT report giving clean chit to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and others in the post-Godhra riots case is likely to come up for hearing in a local court on Wednesday. Zakia, the wife of 2002 post-Godhra riots victim and former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was killed in the Gulbarg Society riots along with 68

New Delhi, Apr 24: A CBI officer on Tuesday placed on record his view of the motive for the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder and the manner in which the crime was committed. On the fourth day of his cross-examination, CBI's investigating officer AGL Kaul told the Ghaziabad court that Aarushi's father Dr Rajesh Talwar killed her and Hemraj after finding them in an "objectionable position on Aarushi's

New Delhi, Apr 23: Unfazed by the Opposition attack, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday dismissed the demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the coalgate issue. "Let them ask" was the terse response of Gandhi when approached by reporters on the issue after a meeting of the Congress core group headed by her. The meeting of the core group was convened immediately

New Delhi, Apr 23: Local military commanders of India and China are holding a flag meeting on Tuesday in a bid to resolve the situation arising out of the incursion by Chinese troops in Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) sector in Ladakh. The meeting scheduled at 10:30am is being held in Daulat Beg Oldi sector, sources said. India raised the issue with China last week immediately after the incident of the

New Delhi, April 23: In his 112-page written statement to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G scam, the former Telecom Minister and prime accused, A. Raja, has said he personally met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh severalspectrum allocation times between November 2007 and July 2008 — the period when the scam was perpetrated — to keep him informed of all 2G-related decisions, and

Chennai, Apr 23: Violin maestro and Padma Bhushan awardee Lalgudi Jayaraman, who took Indian instrumental music to new heights, passed away at a private hospital in Chennai on Monday after a brief illness. He was 82. The legendary musician is survived by his wife, Rajalakshmi and two children, son Lalgudi G J R Krishnan and daughter Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, both acclaimed violinists. His last rites

Apr 23: The former Chief Justice of India, J.S. Verma, who recently chaired the panel that came out with recommendations on improving women’s security, died on Monday following multiple organ failure. He was 80. Justice Verma was admitted to Medanta Medicity Hospital in neighbouring Gurgaon on Friday with a serious liver condition. His condition deteriorated rapidly. Justice Verma, who became the