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Day In Pics: June 12, 2026  Outlook India

Cancer patients may face higher costs as the NPPA greenlit a 50% price hike for essential Carboplatin and Cisplatin injections due to rising raw material expenses. This move aims to prevent shortages of these life-saving drugs. Prices for anti-tetanus immunoglobulin and key childhood vaccines were also adjusted to ensure availability.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar pushed back against European criticism of India’s Russia policy, highlighting that European weapons have been used against India for years. He defended India’s energy choices, revealing the US encouraged New Delhi to buy Russian oil in 2022 to stabilize global markets.

From Congress-governed Kerala, Kartanakta, Himachal Pradesh and Telangana to AAP-governed Punjab, CMs cutting across party lines were present at the meeting where NDA had its strongest ever presence. The participation of Karnataka’s new CM D K Shivakumar marked a significant shift in the state’s approach, ending a boycott by the previous Congress administration.

Speaking at the signing of a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) among the Centre, govt of Assam and govt of Nagaland for oil and mineral exploration along the Assam-Nagaland border, Shah said that in PM Narendra Modi’s efforts to establish lasting peace and push development in the north-east, a dozen peace pacts had been signed

According to the model proposed, Kerala and Tamil Nadu will account for 22 of the 59 proposed two-way splits. In cases of three-way splits, the lion’s share will be in UP (17), followed by Maharashtra (12), Bihar (10), and Bengal (10). As a result, the number of seats in southern states is expected to rise

The letter, which has been submitted by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar in her capacity as “chief whip”, has given Bengal assembly Speaker’s recognition of Ritabrata Banerjee-led TMC rebels, who are also over two-third of the party MLAs, as an example, sources confirmed on a day when the party suffered another setback as its RS member Prakash