what tests should be included in yearly health checkup (people are: 26M and 55F)? there are multiple packages from apollo at vastly different prices from 900-5k rupees.

I did this for myself (26M): https://www.practo.com/health-checkup-packages/advanced-young-indian-health-checkup/p?city=pune&tag_id=6

Noob question, is this usually covered under health insurance provided by the employer?

Some companies have an annual body check for their employees, but it isn't comprehensive + you will have to stay with the company for a certain duration before you can avail it.

was your test done by practo labs or another provider (like apollo/thyrocare lab)?

I scheduled it via Practo (since, I have a corporate account - courtesy of my org). The test was done by Thyrocare. The entire process was smooth.

Practo corporate account, never heard of it?

i went with 1mg finally. in hyderabad, practo labs does the diagnostics. there is no information about whether they are ISO/NABL certified. their customer care also couldn't give me the info. 1mg labs has the details mentioned on their site.

@wide-toddler-69594 For your reference: https://www.practo.com/plus/corporate