Clinical Safety & Access: A UP chess prodigy, Subhi, says a medical store’s eyedrop mix-up left her vision blurred for a week, derailing her first big international outing—another reminder that dispensing errors can become health emergencies. Cancer Screening: India is seeing momentum for low-cost HPV testing: a multi-centre study highlights point-of-care cHPV detection as a practical, scalable way to improve cervical cancer screening and same-day action in low-resource settings. Public Health Under Heat Stress: A new study estimates extreme heat causes far more excess deaths than official counts suggest, pointing to under-tracking and indirect health impacts across India’s districts. Healthcare Infrastructure & Disaster Response: Officials revisited the AI171 crash response in Ahmedabad, stressing rapid trauma coordination and DNA-based identification when bodies were unrecognisable. Digital Health Disruption: Google Cloud reported network disruptions and elevated latency in Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai after a fire at a third-party data centre, with traffic rerouting still leaving intermittent spikes. Health Policy & Inclusion: UNICEF India convened business leaders around inclusive early years for children with developmental delays and disabilities, pushing early identification and caregiver support. Medical Governance: Delhi’s NEET-UG paper leak probe continues as a court rejected bail for a tutor accused in the case. Biotech Leadership: Cytospire Therapeutics appointed Dr Samit Hirawat to its board, adding deep global oncology drug-development experience.