Hyderabad, Aug 12 — Actor Jr NTR underwent arthroscopic surgery at a hospital in Hyderabad on Wednesday following a shoulder injury sustained during a recent film shoot. The procedure was successfully performed at KIMS Hospitals, Secunderabad, by a team of orthopaedic surgeons. According to a…
New Delhi, Aug 12 — Pakistan has recorded about 700,000 stillbirths annually, the highest number globally, while 42 out of every 1,000 babies die within their first month of life, giving the country the world's highest neonatal mortality rate, according to a report.A report published in The News…
Bengaluru, Aug 12 — The Karnataka Health Department is considering new regulations to put checks and balances on tattooing, amid concerns over the potential health risks associated with tattoo inks and the procedures used to ink tattoos on the body. The department has also sent a report to the…
Bengaluru, Aug 12 — The Karnataka Department of Food Safety and Drugs Administration has intensified enforcement against gutkha, pan masala and other products containing tobacco and nicotine, following a government notification prohibiting their sale and distribution across the state for one year,…
Gandhinagar, Aug 12 — Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday felicitated three government hospitals for securing national recognition for their work in organ donation and transplantation, with the awards being presented to him and the Council of Ministers during the state Cabinet…
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Aug 12 — As many as 72 gram panchayats in Karnataka's Dharwad district have been declared tuberculosis (TB)-free, marking significant progress towards eliminating the disease, Union Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday.Joshi, who is also the MP…
New Delhi, Aug 11 — India and Namibia have agreed to strengthen bilateral trade beyond a raw-material-based composition towards value addition, set up investment focal points and new working groups on pharmaceuticals and services at a two-day meeting between official delegations of the two…
Kolkata, Aug 11 — Alleging medical negligence leading to the death of an eight‑year‑old girl, protests erupted at Chanchal Super Speciality Hospital in Malda district on Tuesday. Police reached the spot to control the situation.The deceased girl’s home is in the Harishchandrapur police station…
Guwahati, Aug 11 — The Assam government is expanding its school nutrition programme with a sharper focus on dietary diversity and child health, covering nearly 28.97 lakh children under the PM POSHAN scheme during 2026-27, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday. According to Chief…
New Delhi, Aug 11 — The pilot-in-command of an Air India flight that experienced a sudden loss of altitude of around 300 feet on its way from Phuket to Delhi last week reportedly tested positive for a narcotic substance in a confirmatory drug test on Tuesday.The Air India A320, operating flight…
Shillong, Aug 11 — Meghalaya is set to strengthen its fight against HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) with the launch of the Intensified IEC Campaign 3.0, with a special focus on young people, early testing, treatment and reducing stigma surrounding the disease, officials said on…
Kinshasa, Aug 11 — The death toll from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has surpassed 2,000, according to figures released Tuesday by the country's public health authorities.The country has recorded 4,381 confirmed cases, including 2,011 deaths, with the…
Kolkata, Aug 11 — A Royal Bengal tigress, aged about 13 years, died at the Jharkhali Tiger Rescue Centre in Sundarbans in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, said forest department officials on Tuesday. The physical condition of the tigress suddenly deteriorated on Monday.Although forest…
New Delhi, Aug 11 — The Menstrual Hygiene Policy for School-going girls is implemented through coordinated action by states/ Union Territories (UTs) to promote access to safe and affordable menstrual hygiene measures in schools through their respective and concerned departments, the Centre told the…
Mumbai, Aug 11 — Zydus Lifesciences on Tuesday reported a 36 per cent year-on-year (YoY) decline in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter of the current financial year (Q1 FY27).The Ahmedabad-based drugmaker said its net profit fell 35.9 per cent year-on-year to Rs 940 crore in the June…
New Delhi, Aug 11 — The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed quantitative thresholds to classify food products as high in added fat, added sugar or sodium to tighten norms governing foods sold to children in schools.In a draft notification published in the Gazette of…
Patna, Aug 11 — More than 165 people fell ill after consuming prasad following a Satyanarayan Puja in Hiyadatpur village of Amni Panchayat under the Mansi police station area of Bihar's Khagaria district.Panic spread through the village after a large number of people reportedly fell ill around the…
Chennai, Aug 11 — The Greater Chennai Corporation will launch a major anti-rabies vaccination and deworming campaign for stray dogs across the city on Tuesday, targeting around two lakh animals within 75 working days as part of its efforts to make Chennai rabies-free. Under the programme, stray…
Mumbai, Aug 10 — In a move towards making Maharashtra’s public healthcare system more accessible, efficient, technology‑driven and citizen‑centric, a delegation from the Public Health Department undertook a study visit to Kerala from August 6 to 8. The visit aimed to understand best practices,…
Mumbai, Aug 10 — In a pioneering initiative towards strengthening women’s health services, the Maharashtra government has become the first state in India to establish dedicated Menopause and PCOD Clinics across its government health facilities. To review implementation and strengthen service…
Rajkot, Aug 10 — The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rajkot has performed its first corneal transplant surgery, providing emergency treatment to a 65-year-old woman from Kodinar in Gir Somnath district whose severe corneal infection had failed to respond to medical treatment. The…