Iran-US conflict puts India’s $7 billion ceramic hub in Gujarat at risk: ‘If the war doesn’t end, we’ll have to shut’

A one-and-a-half-hour drive from Rajkot, the thriving industrial hub in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region, takes you to Morbi town. Located on the Machchhu River, Morbi is known worldwide as India’s ceramic hub, producing nearly 90 per cent of the country’s ceramic products. Thousands of miles away from the escalating Middle East conflict that has disrupted global…

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DCGI cracks down on indirect promotion of weight-loss prescription drugs

New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has directed all pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers to immediately stop surrogate, or indirect, promotion of prescription drugs, particularly targeting new weight-loss and metabolic disorder drugs, according to an advisory reviewed by Mint. The directive, issued by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) on 11 March,…

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