A new study carried out by MSD Pharmaceuticals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck and Co Inc (USA), revealed that India is home to the largest population of diabetics in the world with over 30 million people suffering from the disease.
The study claimed, “India is considered the diabetic capital in the world, with the largest population of diabetics.”
Besides, the company has also launched 'Januvia' (Sitagliptin), an approved Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor for Type 2 Diabetes, in Kolkata on Thursday.
Washington, May 10 : Former Indian Home Minister LK Advani had issued a veiled threat to Pakistan after the then BJP-led NDA government conducted nuclear tests in May 1998, to make sure that Pakist
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), May 10 : Irate residents on Friday burnt alive a man-eater leopard at Bilahar village in Lakhimpur Kheri District in Uttar Pradesh.
According to the villagers, the leopard had killed five people since December and injured several others.
Hundreds of armed villagers surrounded the orchard where the wild cat was hiding.
New Delhi - India on Friday lodged a "strong protest" with Pakistan after its border guards came under heavy fire from suspected Muslim militants attempting to cross into India-administered Kashmir, news reports said.
The firing took place in the Samba sector, 400 kilometres south of state capital Srinagar, on Thursday night after soldiers from the Border Security Force (BSF) spotted militants cutting the barbed wire fence at the international border.