The withdrawal of the Indonesian players will deplete the field, which has already been affected after Chinese, Koreans and Chinese Taipei shuttlers decided not to compete in the Super 1000 event.
Saina, who finished second best here in 2015, looked in discomfort with her right thigh and decided to retire after lagging 8-21, 4-10 behind.
In February, the president of the organizing committee Yoshiro Mori was forced to resign after making sexist comments, saying women talk too much in meetings.
Ritika Phogat allegedly committed suicide after facing a loss during a wrestling tournament in Rajasthan.
Sindhu gave a good account of herself as she covered the court well and dished out a disciplined performance to outwit world number 32 Soniia Cheah
Javelin thrower Chopra sustained his fine run of form with a massive throw over 87.80m on his final attempt which secured him a new meet record.
Bhavani, who failed to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics, said she didn't know how to pick and choose tournaments and so competed in all of them.
Seeded eight, Srikanth lost to Ireland's unseeded player Nguyen Nhat 11-21 21-15 12-21 on the opening day of the tournament.
If Prannoy, Verma and Chopra test positive again, the three players would have to withdraw from the tournament and their opponents would get byes.
The BWF informed that "following further investigations and testing, all team members have been returned to the draw having successfully retested negative."
The long jump star's performance at the Federation Cup shows how once a teenager from Kerala has grown into an ambitious but level-headed athlete.
On Feb.23, Woods was on his way to a television shoot in the morning when his SUV crashed into a median, rolled over and ended up on its side near a steep road known for wrecks.
A member of the support staff has also tested positive, leaving the players without much practice.
The 21-year-old Kerala athlete's 8.26m jump came in his fifth attempt as he improved his earlier national record of 8.20m which he had registered in 2018.
Sindhu's biggest challenge would be against Japanese duo Nozomi Okuhara and Akane Yamaguchi, seeded second and third respectively.
Dhanalakshmi took the gold by clocking 11.39 seconds ahead of Dutee (11.58) to become the fastest woman of the championships .
In a star-studded field, the 21-year-old Punjab wrestler defeated Asian medallists Amit Dhankar 2-1 in the final during the national selection trials.
The organizers spoke in detail on Tuesday about their plans for the relay, which is scheduled to begin on March 25 from northeastern Fukushima prefecture.
Fifth seed Sindhu will kick off her campaign with a clash against Malaysia's Soniia Cheah and is likely to face Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in the quarterfinals.
The Tokyo 2020 organising committee will hold a grand start of the torch relay at the J-Village National Training Centre in Fukushima, which was hit hard by the 2011 tsunami and earthquake
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