Rush Hour: Owner of cough syrup firm arrested, RJD promises government jobs in Bihar and more

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G Ranganathan, the owner of the pharmaceutical company that manufactured the Coldrif cough syrup, which is allegedly linked to the deaths of at least 22 children in Madhya Pradesh, has been arrested in Chennai. He has been booked on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and adulteration of drugs.

Authorities had one sample of Coldrif had 48.6% of diethylene glycol in it. The permissible limit of diethylene glycol as an impurity is 0.1%. However, drug officials Scroll spoke to said that the chemical is unsafe even in trace amounts.

The Tamil Nadu government has also suspended two drug inspectors for failing to conduct quality checks on the drugs manufactured by Ranganathan’s Sresan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Read on.

How adulterated cough syrup killed Madhya Pradesh’s children

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav has announced that if his party wins the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, one member of each family will be provided with a government job within 20 days. Yadav said that the ruling National Democratic Alliance government had failed to provide jobs and employment for 20 years.

“I had promised government jobs in the last Assembly polls as well [in...

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