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Chhindwara (MP): The Madhya Pradesh police have formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the death of 14 children in Chhindwara due to suspected renal failure, linked to the consumption of a 'toxic' cough syrup, officials said. Dr Praveen Soni from Chhindwara has been arrested for alleged negligence in connection with the child deaths, while a case has been registered against the Coldrif cough syrup manufacturing company, the officials said on Sunday.
CHENNAI: A week after reporting poor manufacturing and laboratory practices in Sresan Pharmaceuticals, the company that manufactured the lethal cough syrup that killed more than 20 children in Madhya Pradesh, the state health department suspended two former senior drug inspectors on charges of negligence for failing to inspect the unit, Health Minister Ma Subramanian said here on Thursday.Senior drug inspectors, Deepa Joseph and K Karthikeyan, who served in the Kancheepuram zone, were placed under suspension. "They did not inspect the manufacturing unit and initiate necessary steps to stop pro ...Read More >
New Delhi -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday issued a health advisory warning against the use and distribution of three cough syrups believed to be responsible for the deaths of several children in India over the last month. The drugs were identified as specific batches of Coldrif, Respifresh TR and ReLife, the WHO said in a statement, manufactured by three Indian companies: Sresan Pharmaceutical, Rednex Pharmaceuticals, and Shape Pharma. The oral liquid drugs were found to conta ...Read More >
Four children, suffering from thalassemia, have tested HIV positive after receiving blood transfusions at the District Hospital blood bank in Madhya Pradesh's Satna. The incident reportedly took place around four months ago but came to light recently, triggering panic among families and raising serious questions over blood safety protocols. Children suffering from thalassemia require regular and life-long blood transfusions to survive. The affected children received blood transfusions on multipl ...Read More >
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday launched searches at seven locations in Chennai in connection with the Coldrif cough syrup case, which led to the deaths of several children. The raids are being conducted under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and are linked to Sreesan Pharma, the manufacturer of the syrup that is now banned across several states in the country. Premises being searched by the central probe agency reportedly include residences of top offic ...Read More >
A government hospital in Gwalior has sealed its entire stock of Azithromycin antibiotic after a complaint alleged worms were found in a bottle given to a child. This incident follows recent child deaths in Madhya Pradesh linked to a toxic cough syrup. Samples of the antibiotic have been sent for testing. Amid child deaths linked to a toxic cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, a government hospital in Gwalior is now facing a complaint over worms allegedly found in a bottle of antibiotic medicine given ...Read More >
The owner of a Tamil Nadu firm, Ranganathan Govindan, has been remanded in judicial custody in connection with the deaths of over 20 children in Madhya Pradesh due to contaminated cough syrup. The firm's manufacturing unit has been sealed, and other individuals involved, including a doctor who prescribed the syrup, are already in custody. Ranganathan Govindan, owner of a Tamil Nadu-based firm that manufactured contaminated cough syrup 'Coldrif' linked to the deaths of more than 20 children in Ma ...Read More >
Satna/Bhopal, Dec 16 (PTI) Four children suffering from thalassemia have tested HIV positive at Satna District Hospital in Madhya Pradesh allegedly due to contaminated blood transfusions, officials said on Tuesday. The case is four months old and an investigation is underway into it, an official said. Officials suspect the use of contaminated needles or blood transfusions for the spread of infection to the children. MP Health Minister Rajendra Shukla told reporters in Bhopal that he has ordered a probe into the matter and sought a report. "It is also being investigated whether the blood tr ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Ravada A Chandrasekhar took charge as the new State Police Chief on Tuesday. He succeeds Shaik Darvesh Saheb, who retired on June 30. His tenure will run until July 1, 2027. A 1991-batch IPS officer currently serving as Special Director with the Intelligence Bureau, Chandrasekhar is on central deputation. He was selected over Nitin Agarwal, who topped the official list of probables. The appointment order, issued by Kerala Chief Secretary Dr A Jayathilak on behalf of the Governor, was released soon after a cabinet meeting held on Monday. Hailing from Andhra Pradesh's Godav ...Read More >
The World Health Organization is seeking details from India regarding a cough syrup linked to child deaths. Several Indian states have banned the 'Coldrif' syrup. Lab reports confirmed it contained a toxic industrial solvent. A criminal case has been registered against the manufacturer, Sresan Pharma. The doctor who prescribed the syrup has been arrested. The World Health Organization on Wednesday sought clarification from Indian authorities on whether a cough syrup linked to deaths of children ...Read More >
Given that deaths have now been reported across multiple states, this cannot remain a state-specific inquiry. It needs a coordinated, multi-state probe under the supervision of central agencies such as the CBI and the Union Health Ministry Over the past month, at least 20 children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have lost their lives after consuming contaminated cough syrup. In MP's Chhindwara district alone, where nine deaths occurred, families reported a distressing similarity. The children fi ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Congress MP from Telangana's Peddapalli constituency, Gaddam Vamsi Krishna, drove an electric bike on his way to Parliament on Tuesday, December 16, to raise awareness about Delhi's toxic air pollution. Stating that vehicular emissions are a major contributor to air pollution in Delhi, the MP tried to set an example by promoting the use of electric vehicles and urged others to do the same. Delhi's air pollution The national capital's air quality saw some improvement on Tuesday morning, with an AQI of 377 as against 498 a day ago, even as smog blanketed the city, shivering at 8.3 ...Read More >
* Six children have died of kidney failure in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district in 15 days * Investigators suspect contaminated cough syrup laced with toxic diethylene glycol as the cause of the deaths * Most of the victims had been administered Coldrif and Nextro-DS syrups, which have now been banned Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode In a heart-wrenching tragedy that has shaken Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, six children have died of kidney failure in the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Some Indian pharmaceutical firms failed to follow rules that every batch of medicinal ingredients is tested, the country's drug regulator said on Wednesday, opens new tab, after deaths in the past month of 17 children linked to toxic cough syrups. An advisory by the drugs controller general of India, Rajeev Raghuvanshi, said the regulator carried out checks at some factories and found serious lapses. In the advisory dated October 7 and posted on a government website ...Read More >
CHHINDWARA/NEW DELHI, India - India has refused drugmakers' requests to extend a year-end deadline for them to upgrade their manufacturing facilities to international standards, four sources said, amid public anger over the recent deaths of at least 24 children who consumed locally-produced cough syrup. New Delhi had in late 2023 ordered pharmaceutical companies to ensure their plants meet World Health Organization-recommended standards, which would require them to invest in protocols to prevent cross-contamination and enable batch-testing of samples, among other measures. The mandate was est ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Following the tragic deaths of six children in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district from acute kidney failure, the Union health ministry has launched a comprehensive, multi-agency investigation. A team from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has been deployed to the region, officials familiar with the matter said. Health officials strongly suspect a contaminated cough syrup is responsible for the fatalities. Preliminary reports suggest the over-the-counter medicine may have been tainted with diethylene glycol (DEG), a highly toxic chemical known to cause severe kidney d ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 8 (PTI) The Drugs Control Administration, Telangana on Wednesday issued a 'Public Alert - Stop Use Notice' against two cough syrups which are allegedly found adulterated with a toxic substance. The administration has received an alert from the Drug Testing Laboratory of Madhya Pradesh government in Bhopal regarding laboratory reports that have declared the cough syrups as adulterated with Diethylene Glycol (DEG), a highly toxic substance, it said in a release. ...Read More >
Nagpur: In some cheer amidst the 45-day tragic trail left by the toxic cough syrup, one-year-old Pratik Pawar from Parasia block of Chhindwara, recovered from kidney failure and encephalopathy and returned home on Wednesday. Pawar, however, was administered a different brand of cough syrup, unlike others who consumed the toxic Coldrif that contained 48.6% diethylene glycol (DEG) -- a poisonous industrial chemical used in brake fluids and antifreeze.One more kid, Kunal Yaduwanshi, 3, from Chhindwara was reported stable by doctors after he showed signs of recovery at AIIMS, Nagpur. It also came ...Read More >
After the death of at least 20 children in Madhya Pradesh due to the consumption of contaminated cough syrup, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Wednesday issued a strict advisory for drug controllers of all states and Union Territories and instructed them to ensure every batch of raw material and finished formulation is properly tested before use or sale. The advisory, dated October 7, 2025, was sent by Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) ...Read More >
Two more children in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, have died from kidney failure after consuming a contaminated cough syrup, bringing the total to 16. The affected children had reportedly taken the Coldrif syrup, with samples found to contain toxic substances. Investigations are ongoing, leading to suspensions and arrests. Chhindwara, Two more children from Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara who were undergoing treatment for kidney failure after drinking a contaminated cough syrup have died, taking the n ...Read More >
Bhopal/Nagpur: A four-year-old girl, Ambika Vishwakarma from Kakai Bhilwa village in Chhindwara, died early Wednesday after battling for life for over a month at a private hospital in Nagpur, taking the toll of children believed to have been killed by consuming toxic cough syrup to 24.Meanwhile, MP govt told a Chhindwara district court that Dr Praveen Soni, arrested for prescribing Coldrif, took Rs 8 per bottle as commission. The court, while rejecting Soni's bail plea on Oct 8, took note of the charge that the physician had a 10% financial stake in pushing the cough syrup -- priced at Rs 89 p ...Read More >
After contaminated cough syrups made headlines linked to child deaths in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, India's drug regulator has launched a digital monitoring system so that officials can oversee production, movement and quality of high-risk ingredients used in making these formulations. The move comes after several reports of diethylene glycol (DEG) contamination in cough syrups, which raised serious safety concerns and prompted nationwide scrutiny of pharmaceutical manufacturing practices. I ...Read More >
Chhindwara (MP), Oct 6 (PTI) The Madhya Pradesh police have formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the death of 14 children in Chhindwara due to suspected renal failure, linked to the consumption of a "toxic" cough syrup, officials said. Dr Praveen Soni from Chhindwara has been arrested for alleged negligence in connection with the child deaths, while a case has been registered against the Coldrif cough syrup manufacturing company, the officials said on Sunday. The body of the last victim was exhumed on Sunday for a post-mortem. Chhindwara Additional Collector Dhirendra Singh sa ...Read More >
Lucknow: Senior Samajwadi Party leader and former minister Gayatri Prajapati was attacked by a fellow inmate inside Lucknow Jail on Tuesday. The scuffle took place within the jail premises, after which prison authorities launched an internal inquiry. According to a statement issued by Dr Ramdhani, DIG Prisons, Lucknow Range, the incident occurred after Prajapati allegedly used abusive language towards another inmate, Vishwas Rajput. In response, Vishwas attacked Prajapati using a sharp object inside the cell. DIG Prisons clarified that the incident was not premeditated and dismissed any spec ...Read More >
India is once again reeling from a preventable tragedy: the death of 25 children in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan due to contaminated cough syrup. This grim pattern of recurring medical negligence and weak drug regulation can be traced as far back as 1986, when 14 patients died in Mumbai's JJ Hospital after consuming glycerol contaminated with 18.5 per cent diethylene glycol (DEG). Then followed 11 child deaths in Bihar (1988), 33 in Gurgaon (1998), and 12 in Jammu & Kashmir (2020). International ...Read More >
Amaravathi (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 19 (ANI): A Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party meeting was held at the Chief Minister's Camp Office under the leadership of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, in which it was emphasised that the party will focus on issues concerning Andhra Pradesh in the upcoming Parliament session. Andhra Minister Nara Lokesh and several MPs attended the meeting. Also Read | Ganeshotsav Declared 'Rajya Mahotsav': Maharashtra Government Elevates Century-Old Festival to State Festival Status, Plans Cultural Programs, Global Outreach and Tourism Promotion to Showcase Mara ...Read More >
Bhopal/Nagpur, Oct 9 (PTI) With 22 children from Madhya Pradesh dying due to consumption of Coldrif cough syrup, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday warned of taking "strict action" and said his government will not spare anyone playing with the lives of children. Twenty-two children, mostly from Chhindwara in MP, died due to suspected kidney failure following the consumption of the cough syrup manufactured by a Tamil Nadu-based pharmaceutical company. The Madhya Pradesh police arrested Ranganathan, the owner of Tamil Nadu-based Sresan Pharma, in the wee hours of Thursday in connection wit ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Actress Deepika Padukone, who has been a strong advocate for mental health awareness, reacted to cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues' recent revelation about battling anxiety. The 'Om Shanti Om' actress, known for openly sharing her own struggles with depression in the past, praised Jemimah for her honesty and courage in speaking up, highlighting the importance of conversations around mental well-being in sports and beyond. Taking to her Instagram Stories, Deepika Padukone reshared a video of cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues, in which the athlete opened up about her struggl ...Read More >
Representatives of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Madhya Pradesh Branch and doctors held a protest in Chhindwara district on Tuesday, demanding the release of a government doctor, Praveen Soni, who was recently sent to jail in relation to the death of children due to alleged consumption of cough syrup in the district. Dr Soni is a government paediatrician at Civil Hospital, Parasia in Chhindwara, who was recently suspended and later faced legal action, resulting in being sent on 14-days judic ...Read More >
Tirunelveli: Tamil Nadu Government will take criminal action against a drug manufacturer, whose cough syrup has been banned in the wake of children's deaths in Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu minister Ma Subramanian said here on Wednesday. The government has issued its second notice against the drug manufacturer for the alleged presence of diethylene glycol in the cough syrup Coldrif, asking why criminal action should not be taken, the health and family welfare minister informed. The company has been making the cough syrup which contained 48.6 per cent of the 'poisonous substance' as per the find ...Read More >
Satna/Bhopal (PTI): Four children suffering from thalassemia have tested HIV positive at Satna District Hospital in Madhya Pradesh allegedly due to contaminated blood transfusions, officials said on Tuesday. The case is four months old and an investigation is underway into it, an official said. Officials suspect the use of contaminated needles or blood transfusions for the spread of infection to the children. ALSO READ: 3 Indian students among those injured in Australia's Bondi Beach attack MP Health Minister Rajendra Shukla told reporters in Bhopal that he has ordered a probe into the mat ...Read More >