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What links UK tyre exports to India's toxic air and black market plants?

The majority of UK's exported waste tyres are diverted to India where they are processed in makeshift furnaces, causing serious environmental damage and health problems

India may soon train select countries on best drug regulatory practices

The project will be an extension of the CDSCO and NIHFW's ongoing training programmes with drug inspectors from the central and state drug authorities

Love chewing gum? You may actually be munching microplastics, finds study

Chewing gum releases thousands of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, finds a study

Aiims to install first indigenously developed MRI machine by October

The project will be run under a partnership with the Society for Applied Microwave Electronic Engineering and Research (SAMEER)

ESIC beneficiaries set to avail healthcare at AB-PMJAY hospitals: Mandaviya

The move will also benefit family members of the IPs, which is estimated at nearly 150 million beneficiaries

SC warns Indraprastha Apollo Hospital for violation of lease agreement

Court observed that the hospital was to be run on 'no profit and no loss' formula but has instead turned into a pure commercial venture where poor people can hardly afford treatment

ICMR deploys drones for cornea transport in breakthrough eye-care move

ICMR, in collaboration with Aiims Delhi and Ministry of Civil Aviation, has conducted drone-based transport of a human cornea followed by successful transplantation surgery

SC forms task force to address students' mental health, prevent suicides

The bench constituted a National Task Force (NTF) to address the mental health concerns of students and prevent incidents of suicides

World Tuberculosis Day 2025: History, significance, theme, symptoms, & more

World Tuberculosis Day is observed every year to recognise the ongoing battle against the world's deadliest disease that primarily affects the lungs

Red wine no exception: Study links all alcohol to higher cancer risk

After analysing data from 42 studies, researchers found no significant difference in overall cancer risk between red and white wine

Booster shot: Mounjaro may emerge as a sweet pill for Eli Lilly in India

Analysts say the diabetes and obesity drug can be a Rs 500 crore opportunity for the firm

Weight-loss drug Mounjaro now available in India: All you need to know

Mounjaro, Eli Lilly's diabetes and obesity drug, is now available in India at a fraction of its US price. It offers treatment for weight loss and diabetes control, but watch out for the side effects

Piramal Pharma arm, Irish firm get UKMHRA approval for Neoatricon in UK

Developed by BrePco Biopharma, Neoatricon is an age-appropriate, ready-to-use, sterile solution for infusion of Dopamine Hydrochloride

Essential drug price cuts saved patients Rs 3,788 crore a year: Govt

Under the AMRIT initiative, medicines for cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and surgical implants are available at up to 50 per cent discounts in selected hospital pharmacies

Alkem Laboratories eyes bigger pie of diabetes, weightloss market

Semaglutide, an active ingredient in drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, is owned and produced by Novo Nordisk and is set to go off-patent in India in March 2026

Human Coronavirus HKU1 detected in India What it is and why it matters

In Kolkata, West Bengal, a 49-year-old lady contracted the human coronavirus HKU1. The hospital reports that the patient was admitted after a 15-day period of a persistent fever

India takes lead in global fight against tuberculosis, says ICMR

ICMR highlighted the need for affordable and scalable innovations in active case finding among asymptomatic individuals

Diarrhoea and viral infections spur sales of probiotics, shows data

Antidiarrheals and anti-flatulents have also grown in strong double digits - 36 per cent and 29 per cent, respectively

US sees 1st outbreak of H7N9 bird flu since 2017; egg prices at record high

The spread of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has ravaged flocks around the world, disrupting supply and fuelling higher food prices

Statsguru: Obesity, a pandemic in the making, may hit India hard by 2050

The number of Indian obese adults increased from 5.76 million in 1991 to 46.78 million in 2021; it is poised to reach 173.73 million by 2050