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By 40, Indians at higher risk of diabetes-hypertension ‘double burden’, finds study of 56,000 adults

Researchers found coexistence of diabetes & hypertension starts surging at 40, climbs until late 50s & then levels off around 70. Nearly one in 20 adults in study had both conditions.

Sonam Wangchuk ended fast on Day 26. How does prolonged hunger strike affect body? Doctors explain

Doctors and nutritionists say changes in the body’s metabolism after prolonged starvation mean reintroduction of food has to be a slow and phased process

Front-of-pack food labels must be notified soon, offer ‘at-a-glance’ nutrition info—House panel to FSSAI

Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has recommended clear interpretative labels, including colour indicators for sugar. Regulations delayed almost 4 yrs.

HC issues notice to Centre & ICMR over HPV vaccination. Why petition challenges rollout in India

Delhi High Court has asked for real time data on reported adverse events following vaccination, after petition challenged rollout of US drugmaker Merck's Gardasil-4 vaccine.

How 1st FDA approved once-a-day pill to lower ‘bad’ cholesterol could shift treatment from statins

FDA has approved Lipfendra, developed by American pharmaceutical company Merck, for adults with high LDL cholesterol. It comes as a pill instead of injection.

Century after last TB vaccine, India’s Serum Institute partners with Gates MRI for novel jab

Tuberculosis remains world’s deadliest infectious disease despite being preventable and curable. Around 1.23 million of 10.7 million who developed it in 2024 died, says WHO.

Why ICMR wants Centre’s TB programme to screen for hidden lung infection often mistaken for tuberculosis

A new multi-centre study, funded by ICMR & published in The Lancet, flags Nontuberculous Mycobacterial disease as an emerging public health problem.

Agnikarma & robotic surgery on same stage as Centre pushes integration of Ayurveda with modern medicine

Surgeons, researchers & policymakers from 8 countries attend conference held by AYUSH ministry on Sushruta Jayanti—birth anniversary of Acharya Sushruta, known as the father of surgery.

Revisiting the Lakshadweep strategy—How India’s smallest UT got tuberculosis-free status

As of mid-2026, no Indian state has achieved TB-free certification. New book explains that Lakshadweep’s achievement did not come through expensive tech or complex interventions. 

India plans health research overhaul: 6x spends by 2047, scientists’ assessment by real-world impact

The proposal is part of the Draft National Health Research Policy 2026, released Friday by the Department of Health Research.

On Camera

Ajinkya Rahane’s farewell closes the chapter on India’s greatest Test generation

Ajinkya Rahane was at the heart of India's rise under Kohli and Shastri. Nowhere was his understated value more immortalised than during the 2020–21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Despite PM Modi’s appeal to cut fertiliser use, farmers show no sign of scaling back—Parliament data

Combined sales of urea, DAP, MOP and complex fertilisers rose 25 percent in April even as Modi asked farmers to cut chemical fertiliser use by up to half to save soil and foreign exchange

In Delhi, an emotional farewell to former Army chief Gen VN Sharma with full state honours

The three service chiefs paid tributes, along with several former Army chiefs. Friends & fellow soldiers remember him as a 'natural charmer'.

India’s Gen Z has opened a breach, for BJP to fill or Opposition to widen

The young people broke the self-imposed silence among the elite not to speak a word critical of the Modi government, except to whisper on the sidelines, looking left, right and behind.