Health & Wellness Archives

Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Response on Plea Against Alcohol Sachets and Tetra Packs 0

Key Update The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre, states, and Union Territories on a petition seeking a ban on the sale of alcohol in tetra packs and sachets. A bench comprising Surya Kant, Joymalya Bagchi, and Vipul M Pancholi issued notices to the authorities and directed them to file their responses within

Jharkhand Launches Anti-Tobacco Drive Near Schools 0

Key Update The Health Department in Jharkhand will launch a month-long tobacco control and public awareness campaign across Jharkhand from May 26 to June 26 in connection with World No Tobacco Day, observed annually on May 31. This year’s campaign will follow the theme, “Unmasking the Appeal – Countering Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction.” Shashi Prakash

Dogs Tear Into Chicken Kept for Shawarma; Food Safety Team Shuts Koyilandy Shop 0

Key Update Food Safety officials issued a two-day closure notice to a shawarma shop in Koyilandy in Kozhikode after street dogs attacked chicken that workers had kept outside the shop before opening hours. The incident took place at the Office Shawarma stall located near the old stand in Koyilandy on Tuesday morning. Chicken Kept Outside

Food Safety Team Seizes 1,040 Water Bottles During Inspection in Indore 0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- May 25, 2026
Key Update Food Safety officials seized 1,040 bottles of packaged drinking water during an inspection at the Aqua Wing Packaged Drinking Water unit in Tigaria Rao village, Indore, on Sunday. Authorities inspected the directions of Collector Shivam Verma as part of an ongoing summer drive to monitor the quality of food and beverages sold across
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Gutka Ban Exists Only on Paper? Banned Products Still Sold Freely Across Ranchi 0
- A to Z, Food Hygiene, Food Safety, Health & Wellness, News
- May 25, 2026
Key Update Despite the state health, medical education, and family welfare department imposing a complete ban on the manufacture, storage, sale, and distribution of gutka and paan masala products containing tobacco and nicotine, shops across Ranchi, Jharkhand, continue to sell these products openly. On May 4, Ajoy Kumar Singh, the department’s additional chief secretary-cum-state food
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Hotpot Meal Leaves Chinese Woman With 8 cm Oesophageal Ulcer 0
- A to Z, General, Health & Wellness, News
- May 23, 2026
Key Update A recent case from China has raised fresh concerns about safe food consumption habits after a 42-year-old woman developed a severe oesophageal ulcer from eating boiling hotpot food too quickly. The woman, surnamed Wang, from Changsha in Hunan province, reportedly consumed food directly from a boiling hotpot without allowing it to cool during
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