The Hindu

India's drug regulator inspected 90% of cough syrup makers, found lapses, official says

India’s drug regulator has inspected nearly 90% of the country’s cough syrup makers and found compliance lapses, its ⁠chief said on Monday (January 23, 2026), amid heightened scrutiny after India-made ...
Hindustan Times

Allahabad HC denies bail to two codeine cough syrup case accused

Observing that codeine preparations exceeding permissible limits attract the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, the Allahabad high court recently denied bail to two accused ...
The Hindu

U.P. cough syrup smuggling case: SP youth wing's former state secretary arrested

The Lucknow unit of the Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a man in connection with the illegal storage and smuggling of codeine-laced cough syrup for intoxicating purposes, STF officials said on ...
Deccan Chronicle

Toxic Diethylene Glycol (DEG) in Contaminated Cough Syrup May Be Key Reason for Death of 25 Children, Probe Indicates

Bhopal: Toxic diethylene glycol (DEG), found in the cough syrup, Coldrif, beyond permissible limits, may be the key reason for the death of 25 children in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district in ...