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Each winter, Delhi is blanketed in acrid smog, a toxic mix of crop-burning, factory emissions and choking traffic Pollution levels in India's capital shaped Natasha Uppal and her husband's decision on parenthood -- either raise their child away from the city, or stay put and remain childless. New Delhi and the surrounding metropolitan area, home to more than 30 million people, consistently tops world rankings for air pollution. Uppal, who grew up in the city, often considered leaving -- espec ...Read More >
Food safety problems found at spice manufacturing/repacking units in Telangana (Photo: X/ cfs_telangana) Photo Credit: X/ cfs_telangana ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Food safety officials inspected over 30 spice manufacturing units across Telangana * Violations included poor hygiene, pest infestation, and unlabelled or expired products * 15 kg black pepper and 18 kg bay leaves contaminated with rat faeces were seized Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Sw ...Read More >
Bengaluru (India) (AFP) - Pollution levels in India's capital shaped Natasha Uppal and her husband's decision on parenthood -- either raise their child away from the city, or stay put and remain childless. New Delhi and the surrounding metropolitan area, home to more than 30 million people, consistently tops world rankings for air pollution. Uppal, who grew up in the city, often considered leaving -- especially on days spent indoors with air purifiers humming, or when she battled severe migrai ...Read More >
VMPLNew Delhi [India], October 16: Choosing to wear an adult diaper is a powerful decision, one that empowers you with independence, comfort, and dignity, especially if you're managing incontinence, recovering from an illness or injury, or experiencing mobility issues. However, a common concern, particularly for new users, is the potential for leakage. But with the proper knowledge and strategies, this can be effectively managed.Leaks can be inconvenient and uncomfortable, but they're not inevit ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's digital economy is racing ahead. From Bengaluru's start-up hubs to Gurugram's glass towers, young professionals are building the future -- often from behind a screen. But as the country celebrates its tech boom, doctors are seeing another surge that's far less glamorous: spinal pain among people in their twenties and thirties. On World Spine Day, Dr Venkata Ramakrishna, HOD- Spine Surgery, Arete Hospitals, explained how young working professionals are slowly ruining spine hea ...Read More >
Bengaluru: In a chilling incident, Bengaluru police have arrested Dr Mahendra Reddy, a general surgeon, for the murder of his wife, Dr Kruthika M Reddy, a dermatologist by administering overdose of anaesthetic drug. According to the police, the husband, Dr Reddy, allegedly overdosed his wife, Kruthika with anaesthetic drugs that caused fatal respiratory depression, leading to the death of the victim. Kruthika reportedly fell ill and was immediately rushed to the nearby hospital in Ayyappa Layo ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 16 (ANI): Six months after the death of a 29-year-old dermatologist from Bengaluru, Marathahalli Police have arrested the victim's husband, a fellow doctor, for allegedly murdering his wife by injecting anaesthetic drugs, police said on Wednesday. According to the police, the husband, Dr Mahendra Reddy, allegedly overdosed his wife, Kruthika M Reddy, with anaesthetic drugs that caused fatal respiratory depression, leading to the death of the victim. The ac ...Read More >
Amid growing demand for stricter compliance with safety and quality control norms for medical products, the Centre is framing a law to strengthen the legal framework for drug quality testing and market surveillance, along with regulation of medical devices and cosmetics. One of the major reasons behind the drafting of the law is the repeated complaints and concerns flagged by health regulators across the globe, including the WHO, over serious quality lapses by Indian drug manufacturers. The dr ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 16 (ANI): Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone collaborated with Meta to become the new voice of its AI version across multiple countries. Taking to her Instagram handle, Deepika shared a video which featured the actress recording her voice in a studio for Meta AI. "Hi, I am Deepika Padukone. I am the new voice of Meta AI. So tap the ring and my voice will run out," said Deepika in the post. While sharing the video, the 'Piku' actress wrote, "Okay, so this ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: The Health Department has urged all government departments to refrain from accepting sponsorships, displaying advertisements, or using symbols with tobacco manufacturers. It directed that no sports, cultural, or public events be conducted in collaboration with tobacco companies. The department emphasised that these measures are part of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's national strategy to curb tobacco consumption and prevent industry influence on public institutions ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Over 100 breast cancer survivors from all over the state gathered for the 'Beyond Breast Cancer: Rebuilding Lives' event organised by the Chennai Breast Centre to raise awareness about breast cancer and reconstruction on the occasion of World Breast Reconstruction Day 2025. Breast cancer, the most commonly occurring cancer among women, accounts for nearly 30 per cent of all female cancers. Most cases are detected only at stage 3 or 4, when mastectomy (removal of the entire breast) ofte ...Read More >
Increasing sedentary lifestyles and excessive screen time are leading to a rise in spine health issues among adults aged 25-45. New mothers are particularly affected, suffering back pain due to pregnancy changes. Experts urge preventive measures and timely consultations to mitigate these conditions. Sedentary lifestyles and the surge in screen time are contributing to an alarming rise in spine-related health issues among adults aged 25 to 45, doctors report. According to Dr. Vishwanathan Iyer o ...Read More >
Nagpur: The death toll in the toxic cough syrup, Coldrif, rose to 24 after the death of four-year-old girl, Ambika Vishwakarma, who battled for life for over a month at a private hospital in Nagpur early Wednesday.The Vishwakarma family, from Kakai Bhilwa village under Chourai tehsil in Chhindwara, lives around 60km southeast of Parasia block, a hotspot for Coldrif-related child deaths.The syrup, found to contain high levels of diethylene glycol (DEG), has led to multiple child fatalities. Two c ...Read More >
Kerala has reported 104 cases of amoebic encephalitis, with 23 deaths, primarily in Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram districts. The state health minister highlighted that early detection and treatment have significantly reduced the global fatality rate of this rare brain infection. An action plan based on the One Health approach is being implemented to prevent further cases. A total of 104 cases of amoebic encephalitis (brain fever) have been reported so far in Kerala, of which 23 patients have di ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Punjab, still recovering from the devastation caused by the recent floods, is now battling an alarming surge in vector-borne diseases. Data from the health department shows that the positivity rate of dengue, which was around 3.8% so far this year, spiked to over 11.5% in October -- nearly a threefold rise following the floods.The floods -- the worst in Punjab in decades -- ravaged nearly 2,300 villages across the state, affecting over 4 lakh people and claiming 55 lives. Water stood ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: As many as nine students and two teachers of Govt Higher Secondary School, Punnamoodu, were admitted to medical college hospital with breathing difficulties after a student accidentally used pepper spray inside class on Wednesday morning.All of them were discharged by evening after receiving necessary medical care, police said. Since it was not an intentional offence, Nemom police have not yet registered any case over the incident. One of the students, who was already sufferi ...Read More >
New Delhi/Agartala, Oct 15: In a major step towards strengthening healthcare services and providing better medical facilities, Tripura government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the presence of Chief Minister Manik Saha in New Delhi, on Wednesday. Chief Minister Saha, who also holds the Health and Family Welfare portfolio, said that the MoU will go a long way in ensuring the development of medical colleges, as well as st ...Read More >
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Madhya Pradesh: A district court has denied bail to paediatrician Dr Praveen Soni, arrested in the Coldrif cough syrup deaths case, after police informed the court that he confessed to receiving a 10% commission from the pharmaceutical company for prescribing the medicine. The syrup has been linked to multiple child deaths and cases of kidney failure. Commission Kickbacks And Fatal Outcomes During police interrogation, Dr Soni admitted to taking a 10% cut from the company for promoting Coldrif ...Read More >
CHENNAI: A week after reporting poor manufacturing and laboratory practices in Sresan Pharmaceuticals, the company that manufactured the lethal cough syrup that killed more than 20 children in Madhya Pradesh, the state health department suspended two former senior drug inspectors on charges of negligence for failing to inspect the unit, Health Minister Ma Subramanian said here on Thursday.Senior drug inspectors, Deepa Joseph and K Karthikeyan, who served in the Kancheepuram zone, were placed und ...Read More >
Tests revealed the presence of diethylene glycol -- a poisonous substance used in brake fluid and antifreeze -- known to cause acute kidney failure, especially in children. Follow TNM's channel for news updates and story links. Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian on Wednesday, October 8, said that the state government will initiate criminal action against the Kancheepuram-based pharmaceutical company that produced Coldrif, the contaminated cough syrup which caused the deaths of several c ...Read More >
Representatives of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Madhya Pradesh Branch and doctors held a protest in Chhindwara district on Tuesday, demanding the release of a government doctor, Praveen Soni, who was recently sent to jail in relation to the death of children due to alleged consumption of cough syrup in the district. Dr Soni is a government paediatrician at Civil Hospital, Parasia in Chhindwara, who was recently suspended and later faced legal action, resulting in being sent on 14-days judi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 8 (PTI) In view of pediatrician's arrest following deaths of children due to the consumption of a "contaminated" cough syrup in Madhya Pradesh, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday sought Union Health Minister JP Nadda's intervention into the matter and immediate withdrawal of the case against the bona fide medical practitioner. Condemning the action taken against the Registered Medical Practitioner (RMP), IMA said the root cause of this tragedy is the failure of qua ...Read More >
Nagpur: In some cheer amidst the 45-day tragic trail left by the toxic cough syrup, one-year-old Pratik Pawar from Parasia block of Chhindwara, recovered from kidney failure and encephalopathy and returned home on Wednesday. Pawar, however, was administered a different brand of cough syrup, unlike others who consumed the toxic Coldrif that contained 48.6% diethylene glycol (DEG) -- a poisonous industrial chemical used in brake fluids and antifreeze.One more kid, Kunal Yaduwanshi, 3, from Chhindw ...Read More >
Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 9 (ANI): The Chhindwara Chemist Association has announced an indefinite strike from midnight in protest against the action taken on Wednesday against several medical stores in the district. Santosh Chore, President of the Chemist Association, expressed strong disagreement with the administration's decision to seal chemist shops, saying that responsibility should instead be fixed on the medicine manufacturers and the laboratories that approved the dru ...Read More >
Jaipur: Agra's 54-year-old Sarvesh Devi and Sawai Madhopur's 37-year-old Digambar Raigar were among the eight critically ill patients who died in SMS hospital on Oct 5 when a short circuit triggered a fire in one of the neurosurgery ICUs. Both deaths, however, have not been acknowledged by SMS Hospital management. Now, their families have reached Jaipur to demand that govt compensate them for the loss of their family member.Devi, admitted to ICU-II, underwent surgery on the morning of Oct 5. In ...Read More >
NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Some Indian pharmaceutical firms failed to follow rules that every batch of medicinal ingredients is tested, the country's drug regulator said on Wednesday, opens new tab, after deaths in the past month of 17 children linked to toxic cough syrups. An advisory by the drugs controller general of India, Rajeev Raghuvanshi, said the regulator carried out checks at some factories and found serious lapses. In the advisory dated October 7 and posted on a government website ...Read More >
The affected children are from MP's Chhindwara, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, while states like Kerala and Telangana have issued public alerts banning the use of Coldrif syrup. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has recommended the cancellation of the manufacturing licence of the Tamil Nadu-based pharmaceutical company that produced the cough syrup 'Coldrif', after tests confirmed the presence of diethylene glycol (DEG), a toxic substance, in the formulation, according to gov ...Read More >
New Delhi: Days after a pediatric doctor was arrested in Madhya Pradesh following the death of a few children after consumption of contaminated cough syrup, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday sought personal intervention of Health Minister JP Nadda over the issue and immediate withdrawal of the case against the bona fide medical practitioner. Meanwhile, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has asked all drug controllers from States and UTs for strict compliance ...Read More >
Bihar Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana: Rs 10,000 Installment Released for 21 Lakh Women, Check Eligibility, Application Process, And Next Disbursement Dates The Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare has issued an Office Memorandum outlining the Implementation of Revised CGHS Rates. These rates will be effective from 13 October 2025. The new CGHS rates shall apply to all healthcare services availed at CGHS-empanelled Healthcare Organisations (HCOs; Medical Reimbursement Claims of individuals ...Read More >
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