Giant, motorised kites to dot Belgaum sky

Belgaum, Dec. 18: Giant kites like you have never seen before will cover the Belgaum skies for two days in January, creating a colourful canopy that promises to awe spectators.

There will be motorised and fiberglass kites, traditional paper kites and designer kites, all of which will be flown by expert kite makers and flyers from Europe and Asia during the two-day international kite festival the city is playing host to on January 16 and 17. Some of the kites may be over 50 metres long with a 100 metre tail.

Around 30 international kite flyers have already confirmed their participation, according to Belgaum South MLA Abhay Patil, who is organising the event.

LIST OF NOT OF STANDARD QUALITY DRUGS

                        LIST OF NOT OF STANDARD QUALITY DRUGS

                        FOR THE WEEK 29/11/2010 TO 05/12/2010     

                        BY THE GOVERNMENT ANALYST

SL No	Name of the Product	B.No	D/M  D/E	Mfd by
01	Diclofenac Sodium Tablets I.P	SP0006G	04/2010 03/2012	M/s Makers Laboratories Ltd., 319 O.I.DC Phase II Patya, Ahmedabad-382445
02	IMOL Plus Tab (Ibuprofen, Paracetamol and Caffeine Tablets)	R091110	11/2009 10/2012	M/s Ravian Life Science Pvt Ltd Plot No 34 Sector 8A IIE SIDCUL Haridwar 249403, Uttarkhand.

Cough syrup trail to cops- Blame finger at police and panchayat

Behrampore, 12 Dec: A consignment of cough syrup bottles that was seized while being smuggled to Bangladesh again landed in the hands of a smuggler who revealed that police officers sold to him the cartons full of medicine. An officer-in-charge and an assistant sub-inspector of Murshidabad�s Raninagar police station, 10km from the Bangladesh border, have been suspended and their alleged involvement is being probed. Another assistant sub-inspector has been sent back to the police lines. The consignment in question comprised many bottles of Phensedyl worth Rs 35 lakh.

LIFE PERIOD OF DRUGS.....................

SCHEDULE P

[See rule 96]

LIFE PERIOD OF DRUGS

No.	Name of the Drug	Period in months (unless otherwise specified) between date of manufacture and the date of expiry which the labelled potency period of the drug shall not exceed under the condition of storage specified in Column NO. 4	Conditions of storage

KARNATAKA DRUGS DEPARTMENT CONDUCT..............

Belgaum:-Assistant Drugs Control Department,Belgaum,Belgaum Circle on 7/12/2010 conducted the Awareness Programme regarding "Disposal of Expiry Medicines."
                           In this programme the various methods of Disposal of Expiry  Medicines were discussed.
                           Shri G.R.Ramangoudar,DDC,Hubli Division,Shri K.S.Mallikarjun,ADC,Belgaum Circle,Shri Ajay Raj Shah D.I.Hubli Division addressed to the members of Belgaum City Chemist & Druggists Association by explaning the importance of "Disposal of Expiry Medicines."
        Shri Sharanbasappa Hanmanal.D.I.Belgaum Circle and all Wholesale&Retail members of B.C.C.D.A.were present for the Awareness Programme.

Difference Between Production Cost and Selling Prices of Medicines

New Delhi, 2 Dec (PIB): There are broadly two categories of drugs under DPCO 1995 for the purpose of price fixation/revision and monitoring. These are scheduled drugs (drugs under price control) and non-scheduled drugs which are out of price control. NPPA fixes/revises prices of 74 Scheduled bulk drugs and formulations based on them with an objective to make these drugs affordable.