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54 Crore GST Refund Scam exposed by Delhi's Anti-Corruption Branch
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of Delhi has uncovered a scam involving fraudulent GST refunds wit…
ANI
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UGC cautions Class 12 students against fake univs; says no to higher studies in Pak
Ahead of college admissions, University Grants Commission (UGC) has warned students against unrecog…
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Consumers buy fakes due to peer pressure, love for luxury & more: CRISIL
Counterfeiting is a problem in India, where nearly 27% of consumers were unaware that the product t…
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They thought they were taking Ozempic — until they were hospitalized with seizures. Turns out, it was fake, authorities say.
The patients were suffering from seizures and low blood sugar, an indication their pens may have ha…
Hilary Brueck
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Televangelist Jim Bakker was ordered to pay $156,000 for touting the 'Silver Solution,' a fake COVID cure that contains a dangerous ingredient
People who bought the "Silver Solution" from Jim Bakker between February 12 and March 10 last year …
Cheryl Teh
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Skipping breakfast may compromise immune system says US-based study
Fasting may be detrimental to fighting off infection, and could lead to an increased risk of heart …
ANI
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The roots of ivermectin mania: How South America incubated a fake-medicine craze that took the US by storm
Retracted scientific studies, populist politicians and a Fox News host have fuelled the popularity …
Tom Porter
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Beware of cheap cancer drugs, they could be fakes from Bangladesh
The exorbitant price of cancer drugs has turned India into a thriving market for spurious drugs. Th…
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Matthew Perry says he used to visit open houses and steal prescription pills from medicine cabinets
Perry also told Diane Sawyer that he faked migraines and underwent MRIs to get access to pills whil…
Gabi Stevenson
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India plans on building text message-based medicine identification system
Initially, the government plans to build a data bank of 300 medicine brands and customers’ c…
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Anti-counterfeit medicine app designed by Indian students wins Microsoft's Imagine Cup
Using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) the app is able to analyse the design details of the…
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TikTok enters its moral panic era: Why does everyone keep falling for hoax challenges and fake trends?
There's a long list of dubious TikTok trends that media and authorities have blown out of proportio…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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'The Dr. Oz Show' advisory board had people with no medical training who promoted fake treatments
Dr. Mehmet Oz had a "medical advisory board" to support claims made on his show, which included peo…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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People are poisoning themselves trying to treat or prevent COVID-19 with a horse de-worming drug
Poison control is fielding calls from people using high doses of ivermectin obtained from veterinar…
Canela López
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The story behind the widely shared photo of a bikini-clad doctor who helped a patient on the brink of death
Dr. Candice Myhre shared a photo of herself saving someone's life while wearing a bikini to highlig…
Julia Naftulin
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UGC declared 23 Indian institutions as fake universities — and they have been ‘fake’ for over a decade now
Most of such universities are from Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. These include Vishwakarma Open Unive…
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Give details of COVID-19 'medicine', stop advertising it: AYUSH ministry to Patanjali Ayurved
Indian traditional medicines have wide potential for usage in such conditions owing to their long s…
PTI
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A California woman was arrested and charged with giving out fake vaccine cards while peddling bogus COVID drugs
The Department of Justice also alleges that Napa resident Juli Mazi tried to sell bogus drugs, clai…
Cheryl Teh
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Google Has Patented A Fake Arm To Test An Amazing Breakthrough In Medicine
Because the particles are magnetic, a magnet placed on your skin, like your wrist, would draw the p…
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'This Is Us' star Mandy Moore recalls the 'terrifying' alternate options for how Older Rebecca may have looked: 'They put fake eyebrows on me'
"They made her look like she was in her late 90s," the "This Is Us" star said about the present-day…