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Safety Lapses, Weak Oversight Being Probed Into Cough Syrup Deaths: Report
- Friday November 21, 2025
- India News | Reuters
Officials are investigating whether safety lapses in the supply of a pharmaceutical ingredient were responsible for contaminating cough syrup that has killed at least 24 children in recent months, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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5-Month-Old Dies After Being Given Medicines, Including Herbal Cough Syrup In Madhya Pradesh
- Thursday October 30, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, already under national scrutiny after the deaths of at least 20 children due to contaminated cough syrup-induced acute kidney failure, has been shaken again by another tragedy.
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Madhya Pradesh To Launch 'Drug Tracking' After Chhindwara Cough Syrup Deaths
- Tuesday October 28, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
Madhya Pradesh has introduced a barcode and QR code-based "Drug Tracking-Tracing System" (GS-1 System) for all medicines supplied to government hospitals.
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India 'Has Much To Do' To Stop Toxic Cough Syrup Sales, Says WHO
- Tuesday October 21, 2025
- World News | Reuters
India has more work to do in halting sales of toxic cough syrup, despite some progress, a World Health Organisation official told Reuters, after at least 24 children died following consumption of a domestically-made medicine.
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Madhya Pradesh Government Hospital Under Lens Over Worms In Antibiotic Syrup
- Thursday October 16, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
Amid child deaths linked to a toxic cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, a government hospital here is now facing a complaint over worms allegedly found in a bottle of antibiotic medicine given to a child, officials said on Thursday.
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For Every Bottle Of Killer Cough Syrup Doctor Prescribed, He Got Rs 2.5 As Cut
- Tuesday October 14, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Rohit Paul
How would you price the life of a child? How would you assess its worth? For the doctor who prescribed the cough syrup to most of the 23 children who died after having it in Madhya Pradesh, the answer was simple: Rs 2.54.
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Coldrif, Respifresh TR And ReLife: WHO Issues Global Warning Against These Three Indian Cough Syrups
- Tuesday October 14, 2025
- Health | Written by Varsha Vats
WHO has asked the national regulatory authorities worldwide to report if these medicines are detected in their country immediately.
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www.ndtv.com
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Licence Of Tamil Nadu Firm Behind 'Killer' Cough Syrup Revoked
- Monday October 13, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Vijayagopal Muralidharan
The Tamil Nadu Drug Control department has revoked the complete licence of Sresan Pharma, which manufactured 'Coldrif' cough syrup that led to the deaths of several children across India.
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www.ndtv.com
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Probe Agency ED Raids Premises Linked To Firm Behind 'Killer' Cough Syrup
- Monday October 13, 2025
- India News | NDTV News Desk
The 'Coldrif' cough syrup was found to be "dangerously" adulterated with diethylene glycol (DEG), a highly poisonous substance.
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www.ndtv.com
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Tamil Nadu Government Shifts Blame To AIADMK Over Drug Test Shortfalls
- Saturday October 11, 2025
- India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin
The DMK-led Tamil Nadu government has blamed the previous AIADMK regime for the shortfall in drug tests flagged by central auditors.
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www.ndtv.com
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Central Drug Regulator Blames Tamil Nadu Lapses For Syrup Tragedy: Sources
- Saturday October 11, 2025
- India News | Reported by Tanushka Dutta, Edited by Chandrajit Mitra
The central drug regulator has blamed the negligence of Tamil Nadu authorities for the cough syrup tragedy.
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www.ndtv.com
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Cough Syrup Linked To Child Deaths In India Not Shipped To US: Drug Regulator
- Saturday October 11, 2025
- World News | Reuters
The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that toxic cough syrups linked to children's deaths in India had not been shipped to the United States.
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Coldrif Cough Syrup Deaths: Pharma Firm Owner Sent To 10-Day Police Custody
- Saturday October 11, 2025
- India News | Asian News International
A Parasia court on Friday sent Sresan Pharma owner Ranganathan to 10-day police custody in connection with the deaths of children allegedly caused by the consumption of Coldrif cough syrup.
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www.ndtv.com
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As Madhya Pradesh Grapples With Cough Syrup Deaths, Another Lapse Emerges
- Friday October 10, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
Even as Madhya Pradesh continues to grapple with the deaths of 23 children in the Chhindwara toxic cough syrup tragedy, another case of alleged negligence by the health department has come to light, this time involving lakhs of children
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www.ndtv.com
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Amid Cough Syrup Deaths, Auditor Flags Madhya Pradesh's Mega Purchase Of Banned Drugs
- Friday October 10, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
Even as Madhya Pradesh reels from the tragic deaths of 23 children in Chhindwara due to a toxic cough syrup, a new revelation from the Comptroller and Auditor General has exposed a deeper crisis in the state's drug regulation and procurement system.
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www.ndtv.com
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Safety Lapses, Weak Oversight Being Probed Into Cough Syrup Deaths: Report
- Friday November 21, 2025
- India News | Reuters
Officials are investigating whether safety lapses in the supply of a pharmaceutical ingredient were responsible for contaminating cough syrup that has killed at least 24 children in recent months, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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www.ndtv.com
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5-Month-Old Dies After Being Given Medicines, Including Herbal Cough Syrup In Madhya Pradesh
- Thursday October 30, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, already under national scrutiny after the deaths of at least 20 children due to contaminated cough syrup-induced acute kidney failure, has been shaken again by another tragedy.
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www.ndtv.com
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Madhya Pradesh To Launch 'Drug Tracking' After Chhindwara Cough Syrup Deaths
- Tuesday October 28, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
Madhya Pradesh has introduced a barcode and QR code-based "Drug Tracking-Tracing System" (GS-1 System) for all medicines supplied to government hospitals.
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www.ndtv.com
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India 'Has Much To Do' To Stop Toxic Cough Syrup Sales, Says WHO
- Tuesday October 21, 2025
- World News | Reuters
India has more work to do in halting sales of toxic cough syrup, despite some progress, a World Health Organisation official told Reuters, after at least 24 children died following consumption of a domestically-made medicine.
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www.ndtv.com
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Madhya Pradesh Government Hospital Under Lens Over Worms In Antibiotic Syrup
- Thursday October 16, 2025
- India News | Press Trust of India
Amid child deaths linked to a toxic cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, a government hospital here is now facing a complaint over worms allegedly found in a bottle of antibiotic medicine given to a child, officials said on Thursday.
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www.ndtv.com
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For Every Bottle Of Killer Cough Syrup Doctor Prescribed, He Got Rs 2.5 As Cut
- Tuesday October 14, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Rohit Paul
How would you price the life of a child? How would you assess its worth? For the doctor who prescribed the cough syrup to most of the 23 children who died after having it in Madhya Pradesh, the answer was simple: Rs 2.54.
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www.ndtv.com
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Coldrif, Respifresh TR And ReLife: WHO Issues Global Warning Against These Three Indian Cough Syrups
- Tuesday October 14, 2025
- Health | Written by Varsha Vats
WHO has asked the national regulatory authorities worldwide to report if these medicines are detected in their country immediately.
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www.ndtv.com
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Licence Of Tamil Nadu Firm Behind 'Killer' Cough Syrup Revoked
- Monday October 13, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Vijayagopal Muralidharan
The Tamil Nadu Drug Control department has revoked the complete licence of Sresan Pharma, which manufactured 'Coldrif' cough syrup that led to the deaths of several children across India.
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www.ndtv.com
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Probe Agency ED Raids Premises Linked To Firm Behind 'Killer' Cough Syrup
- Monday October 13, 2025
- India News | NDTV News Desk
The 'Coldrif' cough syrup was found to be "dangerously" adulterated with diethylene glycol (DEG), a highly poisonous substance.
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www.ndtv.com
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Tamil Nadu Government Shifts Blame To AIADMK Over Drug Test Shortfalls
- Saturday October 11, 2025
- India News | Reported by J Sam Daniel Stalin
The DMK-led Tamil Nadu government has blamed the previous AIADMK regime for the shortfall in drug tests flagged by central auditors.
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www.ndtv.com
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Central Drug Regulator Blames Tamil Nadu Lapses For Syrup Tragedy: Sources
- Saturday October 11, 2025
- India News | Reported by Tanushka Dutta, Edited by Chandrajit Mitra
The central drug regulator has blamed the negligence of Tamil Nadu authorities for the cough syrup tragedy.
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www.ndtv.com
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Cough Syrup Linked To Child Deaths In India Not Shipped To US: Drug Regulator
- Saturday October 11, 2025
- World News | Reuters
The US Food and Drug Administration confirmed on Friday that toxic cough syrups linked to children's deaths in India had not been shipped to the United States.
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www.ndtv.com
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Coldrif Cough Syrup Deaths: Pharma Firm Owner Sent To 10-Day Police Custody
- Saturday October 11, 2025
- India News | Asian News International
A Parasia court on Friday sent Sresan Pharma owner Ranganathan to 10-day police custody in connection with the deaths of children allegedly caused by the consumption of Coldrif cough syrup.
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www.ndtv.com
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As Madhya Pradesh Grapples With Cough Syrup Deaths, Another Lapse Emerges
- Friday October 10, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
Even as Madhya Pradesh continues to grapple with the deaths of 23 children in the Chhindwara toxic cough syrup tragedy, another case of alleged negligence by the health department has come to light, this time involving lakhs of children
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www.ndtv.com
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Amid Cough Syrup Deaths, Auditor Flags Madhya Pradesh's Mega Purchase Of Banned Drugs
- Friday October 10, 2025
- India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary
Even as Madhya Pradesh reels from the tragic deaths of 23 children in Chhindwara due to a toxic cough syrup, a new revelation from the Comptroller and Auditor General has exposed a deeper crisis in the state's drug regulation and procurement system.
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www.ndtv.com