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The Union Health Ministry has invited suggestions for renaming the country's drug regulator CDSCO in line with its expanded roles. In a public notice issued on Thursday, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) said that its name was given considering its role when it was created, but the present nomenclature was not reflecting its roles and responsibilities.

The government told the Supreme Court that "secret" Rafale deal-related documents were stolen from the Defense Ministry and petitioners filing review pleas in the matter are relying on classified documents, violating the Official Secrets Act.

Recently, India's Health Ministry proposed a ban on the production and import of electronic cigarettes, citing health hazards. The Ministry is taking this rather seriously and proposed a jail term of up to three years and a fine up to Rs. 5L for repeat offenders. The proposed ban is likely to hit JUUL Labs, a leading e-cigarette company, hard. And it's about time something did.

An hour-long gun & suicide attack on a Kabul government compound killed at least 43 people, the health ministry said today, making it one of the deadliest assaults on the Afghan capital this year. No terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack. 4 terrorists were killed in the attack.

In a major move towards infantry modernization, the Defense Ministry has cleared a long-pending proposal of the Army to procure around 73,000 assault rifles from the US under fast track mode, officials said today. Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman approved the procurement of Sig Sauer rifles.

In compliance with an order of Uttarakhand High Court, the Centre has asked Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block 827 porn websites, PTI reports. The HC had asked for 857 sites to be blocked but MeitY, Ministry of Electronics and IT, found 30 of these websites didn't have pornographic content.

Its official! Telangana is almost ready to born as the nation's 29th state on 2nd June and start operating from that day. According to home ministry spokesperson, the Foundation Day of the new state, Telangana, will be 2nd June when it will seen separate in the Indian map as well as start functioning as a separate state.

Indian passport application status can be checked online through the official website of Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. The applicant should enter City, File Reference No. and Year of Registration. The status of Indian Passport Application Forms can be checked here.

An intoxicated man allegedly urinated on the seat of a woman passenger onboard an Air India international flight, prompting the Civil Aviation Ministry to seek a report from Air India. The incident took place on August 30 when Air India flight AI 102 was on its way to New Delhi from New York.

A massive fire broke out at the Ministry of Social Justice's office in Central Delhi's CGO Complex at around 8:30 am on Wednesday.

Railway Recruitment 2018: Another good news for young people dreaming of getting jobs in railways Soon, there will be 9500 posts and vacancies in Indian Railways. Ministry of Railways has announced that these vacancy will be removed from the Railway Protection Force. 50 per cent posts in these posts will be reserved for women candidates.

Less than two weeks after Prime Minister Narendra Modistarted his second term, the Centre cracked down on corrupt officials of the Finance Ministry. On Monday, the government forcibly retired 12 senior Income Tax officials, which included a chief commissioner, principal commissioners, and commissioner. The officers faced charges ranging from extortion, bribery and sexual harassment. Here's what went down.

While throwing sarcasm over former Union Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan, Narendra Modi jibed her for forming 'Janyanthi tax' in order to get green signal for the projects buried in cold-storage.