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CCPA asks FSSAI to probe claim of Nestle adding sugar to baby products

The Consumer Affairs Ministry on Friday said it has asked the food safety regulator FSSAI to investigate the composition of Nestle's Cerelac baby cereals sold in India, amid a global report that claimed the company was adding higher sugar content in the product.

19 April 2024, 07:02 IST

CCPA asks FSSAI to probe claim of Nestle adding sugar to baby products

19 April 2024, 07:02 IST

WHO’s hepatitis report is a wake-up call

India has the second-highest burden of liver diseases in the world, with nearly three crore Hepatitis B patients and more than 50 lakh Hepatitis C patients. Over a lakh patients lost their lives last year.

15 April 2024, 23:59 IST

WHO’s hepatitis report is a wake-up call

15 April 2024, 23:59 IST

India accounts for second highest number of cases in Hepatitis B & C after China: WHO

India, which was second only to China in the viral hepatitis burden, registered 2.98 crore hepatitis B cases in 2022 while the number of hepatitis C infections stood at 55 lakh.

10 April 2024, 07:30 IST

India accounts for second highest number of cases in Hepatitis B & C after China: WHO

10 April 2024, 07:30 IST

WHO sounds alarm on viral hepatitis infections claiming 3,500 lives every day

Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia and Vietnam collectively shoulder nearly two-thirds of the global burden of hepatitis B and C.

09 April 2024, 19:27 IST

WHO sounds alarm on viral hepatitis infections claiming 3,500 lives every day

09 April 2024, 19:27 IST

Destruction of Gaza's Shifa Hospital rips heart out of health system, WHO says

'Destroying Al Shifa means ripping the heart out of the health system,' said WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris .

02 April 2024, 09:47 IST

Destruction of Gaza's Shifa Hospital rips heart out of health system, WHO says

02 April 2024, 09:47 IST

World TB Day | WHO guidance on drug-resistant TB 'need of hour' but challenging to enforce, say experts

While experts believe the approach has immense potential in bolstering India's goal to eliminate tuberculosis (TB), it can be challenging in terms of making it accessible to people.

23 March 2024, 10:32 IST

World TB Day | WHO guidance on drug-resistant TB 'need of hour' but challenging to enforce, say experts

23 March 2024, 10:32 IST

Elon Musk says ketamine can get you out of a ‘negative frame of mind’. What does the research say?

Ketamine was first synthesised by chemists at the Parke Davis pharmaceutical company in Michigan in the United States as an anaesthetic. It was tested on a group of prisoners at Jackson Prison in Michigan in 1964 and found to be fast acting with few side effects.

21 March 2024, 06:59 IST

Elon Musk says ketamine can get you out of a ‘negative frame of mind’. What does the research say?

21 March 2024, 06:59 IST

India and much of the globe fails to meet WHO's 'End-TB' milestone: Lancet

The study comes ahead of World Tuberculosis Day on March 24.

20 March 2024, 11:09 IST

India and much of the globe fails to meet WHO's 'End-TB' milestone: Lancet

20 March 2024, 11:09 IST

'Critical' to catch up on measles vaccinations to stem outbreaks, says WHO

More than 50 countries have experienced 'large and disruptive' measles outbreaks in the last year, twice as many as in 2022, said Kate O'Brien, WHO director of immunisation.

19 March 2024, 16:00 IST

'Critical' to catch up on measles vaccinations to stem outbreaks, says WHO

19 March 2024, 16:00 IST

One thing most countries have in common: Unsafe Air

IQAir researchers analyze data from more than 30,000 air quality monitoring stations and sensors across 134 countries, territories and disputed regions— and found large gaps in ground-level air quality monitoring in Africa and the Middle East, including in regions where satellite data show some of the highest levels of air pollution on Earth.

19 March 2024, 05:35 IST

One thing most countries have in common: Unsafe Air

19 March 2024, 05:35 IST