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India orders top drugmaker to halt eye medicine production at plant over quality lapses

India orders top drugmaker to halt eye medicine production at plant over quality lapses

Indian regulators have escalated action against India's largest drugmaker, Sun Pharma, barring ophthalmic drug production at its Assam factory until it submits a satisfactory compliance report. A guard walks inside the office of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd in Mumbai, India, Nov 13, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas) HYDERABAD:

End of an era: Tracing Lee Biscuits' 92-year journey from Singapore to Johor

End of an era: Tracing Lee Biscuits' 92-year journey from Singapore to Johor

From Marie biscuits and cream crackers to colourful iced gems, Lee Biscuits' snacks were household staples for generations of Singaporeans and Malaysians. After 92 years, production is coming to an end. Workers taking photos outside the Lee Biscuits factory in Pontian, Johor on Oct 29, 2026. (Photo: CNA/Zamzahuri

US, South Korea, Japan vow 'complete' North Korea denuclearisation

US, South Korea, Japan vow 'complete' North Korea denuclearisation

They also pledged "full implementation" of UN Security Council resolutions, including a ban on supporting revenue for North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends what state media report was a launch ceremony for a new tactical nuclear attack submarine

‘I’m terrified’: AI comes for Southeast Asia’s graduate jobs

‘I’m terrified’: AI comes for Southeast Asia’s graduate jobs

Advertisement From Bangkok to Singapore, AI dread grips young jobseekers as the bottom rung of the career ladder starts to buckle 7-MIN READ7-MIN 4 Listen Nafeesa Azman has applied for hundreds of jobs over the past two months, yet the 24-year-old Malaysian marketing graduate is yet

Dark past of Japan’s Unit 731 buried under airport expansion

Dark past of Japan’s Unit 731 buried under airport expansion

Advertisement The home village of the biological warfare unit’s commander is being flattened to build a new runway at Tokyo’s Narita Airport 4-MIN READ4-MIN 7 Listen Julian Ryallin Tokyo A village that sent hundreds of men to one of imperial Japan’s most notorious wartime units

Kim Jong-un urges drone expansion as North Korea showcases new unmanned tech

Kim Jong-un urges drone expansion as North Korea showcases new unmanned tech

Advertisement Kim Jong-un called for a rapid build-up of drone technology during North Korea’s first dedicated drone exhibition in Pyongyang 2-MIN READ2-MIN Listen North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended an exhibition devoted to drones and called for rapidly expanding the country’s drone technology,