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Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), on October 1, announced that it has developed a potential drug for curing COVID-19, in collaboration with Biological E Limited. ICMR said that it has prepared a  "highly purified antisera", which is supposedly acquired from horses, after infecting them with inactivated Sars-CoV2. ICMR added that the "antisera" will have to undergo clinical trials, to establish safety and efficacy. 

Karan Johar's Dharma Productions director and executive producer, Kshitij Raviprasad, will have to visit the Narcotics Control Bureau on September 25 for the interrogation. He is asked to join the investigation regarding the drug case linked with Bollywood. However, NCB said that no raid has been conducted at his office nor home. NCB has summoned several Bollywood celebrities in connection with the drug case.

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru has decided to make it compulsory for students and parents to submit anti-drug undertaking, starting this year. The officials opined that higher education institutes were the target of drug peddlers and colleges have to take measures like setting up anti-drug committee to prevent students from falling prey. Previously, only anti-ragging undertaking was mandatory.

Temples in Northern Karnataka offering marijuana to its devotees. The plight came into light after the recent arrest of peddlers in the state’s film industry. Devotees from Sharana, Aruda, Shaptha and Avadhuta traditions consider marijuana as a sacred grass which shows the path to enlightenment and spirituality. Raichur SP Prakash Nityam said, “I’m not aware of this, but if we… read-more

Pharmaceutical companies are piercing through the idea of the infusion of a drug that delivers the antibodies to fight the coronavirus, without the immune system being trained to produce it. As an immediate effective alternate for the vaccine to combat the coronavirus, a lot of studies are being conducted in this regard. Reportedly, the dosage can be effective for a month or more to people at high risk of infection.