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Theranos is now under probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Criminal Investigation due to the flaws on the results of its blood-testing laboratories.

India's growing cases of mouth and throat cancer prompts the government to issue a new ban on the manufacture and sale of all forms of chewing tobacco. Violators will be fined 300,000 rupees and gets imprisoned for up to six months.

Biggest goldminers in South Africa are disappointed, saying that the planned charter is "not acceptable". The government published draft suggestions stated that mines should be owned by black investors by at least 26%.