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, state...
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 Centre to make regulations in th...
Actor Jr NTR underwent arthroscopic surgery at a hospital in Hyderabad on Wednesday following a shoulder injury sustained during a recent film shoot....
At least five children died from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh on Wednesday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 885 this year, amid an escalating health crisis in the country, local media reported....
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed that the appointment of 454 pharmacists advertised by state‑run Baba Farid University of Health Sciences will remain stayed till September 17, the next date for hearing the petition challenging the recruitment process....
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....
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)....
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 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 Assam government is expanding its school nutrition programme with a sharper focus on dietary diversity and child health, covering nearly 2...
