Child Death

The production licence of Noida-based pharmaceutical firm Marion Biotech, allegedly linked with the deaths of children in Uzbekistan, has been suspended while the test results of its controversial cough syrup are awaited, an UP drug official said.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that two cough syrups made by Noida-based company Marion Biotech should not be used for children in Uzbekistan.

Benedict XVI was the first pope to confront the scourge of clerical sex abuse in the Catholic church, but only after a career in which he himself was accused of covering it up.

The football World Cup final turned into a tragedy for a Mumbai family as a three-year-old boy fell from the fifth floor and died at a club on Sunday night.

The WHO drew a premature link between the deaths of children in Gambia and the four India-made cough syrups which adversely impacted the image of the country's pharmaceutical products across the globe.

Cough syrup samples of Maiden Pharmaceuticals have been found to be of standard quality, the government has told Parliament.

The accused also attacked the villagers with a knife when they tried to stop him.

In a freak accident, a five-year-old Indian child died after falling from a high-rise building in Dubai, a media report said, the third such death this year.

No death due to malnutrition has been reported by any state or Union Territory, the Women and Child Development Ministry said today.

An eight-year-old, who fell into a 55-feet-deep borewell in Mandavi village in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh on December 6, died after he was pulled out following a rescue operation, said the Betul District Administration on Saturday.

A court in Haryana's Sirsa district sentenced a man to death on Thursday for raping his 11-year-old daughter two years ago.

An 8-month-old child was identified as the latest casualty of a measles outbreak in Mumbai, taking the total number of deaths to 12 on Wednesday, as the central government expressed concern at the rising cases and issued an advisory.

Veteran actor Tabassum, known for her work as a child artiste and also as host of popular Doordarshan talk show "Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan", has died after suffering a cardiac arrest.

The family of an 18-month-old girl, who was declared brain dead at AIIMS, has given a fresh lease of life to two patients by donating her organs. She is the second-youngest child in Delhi/NCR whose organs were donated by the family.

A tiger mauled a nine-year-old girl to death in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, a forest department official said on Wednesday.

The production licence of Noida-based pharmaceutical firm Marion Biotech, allegedly linked with the deaths of children in Uzbekistan, has been suspended while the test results of its controversial cough syrup are awaited, an UP drug official said.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended that two cough syrups made by Noida-based company Marion Biotech should not be used for children in Uzbekistan.

Benedict XVI was the first pope to confront the scourge of clerical sex abuse in the Catholic church, but only after a career in which he himself was accused of covering it up.

The football World Cup final turned into a tragedy for a Mumbai family as a three-year-old boy fell from the fifth floor and died at a club on Sunday night.

The WHO drew a premature link between the deaths of children in Gambia and the four India-made cough syrups which adversely impacted the image of the country's pharmaceutical products across the globe.

Cough syrup samples of Maiden Pharmaceuticals have been found to be of standard quality, the government has told Parliament.

The accused also attacked the villagers with a knife when they tried to stop him.

In a freak accident, a five-year-old Indian child died after falling from a high-rise building in Dubai, a media report said, the third such death this year.

No death due to malnutrition has been reported by any state or Union Territory, the Women and Child Development Ministry said today.

An eight-year-old, who fell into a 55-feet-deep borewell in Mandavi village in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh on December 6, died after he was pulled out following a rescue operation, said the Betul District Administration on Saturday.

A court in Haryana's Sirsa district sentenced a man to death on Thursday for raping his 11-year-old daughter two years ago.

An 8-month-old child was identified as the latest casualty of a measles outbreak in Mumbai, taking the total number of deaths to 12 on Wednesday, as the central government expressed concern at the rising cases and issued an advisory.

Veteran actor Tabassum, known for her work as a child artiste and also as host of popular Doordarshan talk show "Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan", has died after suffering a cardiac arrest.

The family of an 18-month-old girl, who was declared brain dead at AIIMS, has given a fresh lease of life to two patients by donating her organs. She is the second-youngest child in Delhi/NCR whose organs were donated by the family.

A tiger mauled a nine-year-old girl to death in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, a forest department official said on Wednesday.