India's Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has directed states to collect powdered spice samples for quality checks after Hong Kong and Singapore recalled MDH and Everest brand products due to ethylene oxide contamination which is a cancer-causing chemical. Everest denies bans, stating only one product is under examination, affirming safety and quality standards.

According to scientists, millions of people who unintentionally spread tuberculosis could be identified by a blood test. The World Health Organization states that tuberculosis (TB) is the worst infectious illness in the world, taking the lives of over a million people annually.

On Monday, the young Indian yoga instructor whose body was discovered hanging in China more than two months ago made its way back to her hometown of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. When Prabal Kushwaha's body was returned for last rites, his relatives wept, lamenting his passing and voicing their doubts regarding the circumstances of his demise.

A 45-year-old man, Raj Kumar, who lost his upper limbs after being run over by a train, has received a bilateral hand transplant at a private hospital in the national capital. The patient, a painter, spent nearly six weeks in the hospital before being discharged on Thursday. The surgery involved reattaching various components, including bones, arteries, veins, tendons, muscles, nerves, and skin. Kumar is now able to resume his normal life.

A nationwide Pulse Polio Immunization drive was held on March 3 to administer polio drops to children under five. Health workers from Jammu and Kashmir worked tirelessly to reach every child. A video of a health worker from Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district has gained widespread attention online.

The Karnataka government on Monday ordered a crackdown on the making process of coloured cotton candy and colored gobi manchurian after carcinogenic chemical found on these food items. Chemicals like Tartrazine and Rhodamine-B.” found on it.

As many as 93 people including 17 in Noida and 76 in Greater Noida were hospitalized due to suspected food poisoning in two separate incidents after having special meals. The students who enrolled at different colleges and lived in hostel had dinner on Friday after which many of them complained of uneasiness, dizziness and vomiting as per police.

Apollo Hospitals introduces new radiosurgery platform to reduce time required for brain tumors surgeries. ZAP-X, a gyroscopic radiosurgery platform to treat brain tumors at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi. The platform will be introduced in India by US-based medical device maker Zap Surgical.

Based on finding people should work to keep their amount of added sugar to six teaspoon a day or less and only consume one or fewer sugar a week. The body requires some sugar, so people cannot eliminate it entirely from their diets, but the source is essential. Molly Kimball, a registered dietitian and nutrition journalist.

Routinely drinking alcohol is associated with increase in blood pressure reading, even in adult without hypertension according to new research analysis. The analysis included data from more than 19,000 adult.