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Nestle India’s ‘low-fat dairy whitener’ found ‘unsafe, substandard’ at Hotel Lalit: FSSAI

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India said the sample, collected from Bharat Hotels Ltd (The Lalit) in Connaught Place, has been declared…

3,832 children diagnosed with leprosy as India targets interruption of transmission by 2027

Thirty-seven had already developed Grade-2 disability at diagnosis, raising questions over delayed detection and continuing transmission

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Keralam Health Minister denies medicine shortages in govt hospitals, alleges pharma companies behind such claims

He describes such reports as ‘media creation’ and maintains that adequate stocks are available in government hospitals

Rapunzel syndrome: 1 kg hair mass removed from girl’s stomach, small intestine at hospital in Keralam

9-year-old was admitted to a private hospital with persistent abdominal pain and vomiting. Scans revealed severe intestinal obstruction, and a subsequent endoscopy confirmed a…

Uproar over Dalit woman’s roadside delivery amid untouchability allegations

Rani Vanvasi, a 20-year-old pregnant woman gave birth on the roadside outside government district hospital in Bhadohi on September 29, after she was allegedly…

Tennessee execution survivor Christa Pike on ventilator, attorneys say

Pike remains in critical condition, her ⁠lawyers said, two days after the state administered two doses of pentobarbital but failed to kill her.

Allahabad HC to hear suo motu PIL on noise pollution after student’s death

Seven-year-old Class 2 student died at Balrampur school while a procession carrying loudspeakers and a music system was passing nearby; court clarifies no link…

T.N. recording around 200 dengue cases a day, numbers remain steady: DPH

The Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine says the caseload remains steady and is not of outbreak proportions; cases are being reported across…

Pakistani cosmetics seized in Hyderabad traced to Mumbai’s Crawford Market

Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) had warned against two of the seized whitening creams over excessive heavy metals, while samples are now undergoing…

Rethinking suicide prevention in Adivasi communities

When people are uprooted from their language, culture and communities, distress can deepen in ways clinical care alone may not address. Suicide prevention must…

International organisations form alliance for diabetic foot survival and limb preservation

The alliance aims to address gaps in prevention, early detection, timely referral, multidisciplinary care and post-amputation rehabilitation