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Over 6,800 chemist shops shut in Delhi
New Delhi: Over 6,800 chemist shops across Delhi and its adjoining areas were shut on Wednesday following the nationwide strike by the All India Organization of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) to protest against the online sale of drugs.
“Our strike has been successful. Over 90 percent of the chemist shops across the country are shut today and the only reason we allowed 10 percent of them to remain open was to avoid any difficulty to the patients. In Delhi too, over 6,800 chemist shops remained shut,” J.S. Sinde, president, AIOCD, told.
According to the association, Delhi has around 7,000 chemist shops.
The association has also warned of an indefinite strike if the government failed to address the issue within a week.
He said the association tried to talk to the health ministry over the illegitimate sale of medicines by e-pharmacy companies, which was also hindering the pharmacy outlets.
“Through our demands we also want to prevent the sale of duplicate medicines being sold by the e-pharmacy companies, which the consumers are not going to understand,” Sinde said.
Kulpreet Kaur, co-founder, Shop Pirate, a brand also involved in the sale of medicines online, said: “There is no harm in technology acting as an enabler in offering convenience to customers.
“We need to bring in comprehensive laws and process to avoid any social issue. E-commerce has always played a role of giving opportunities to everyone in the ecosystem.”
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.