Needle assembly comprising:- a needle having a textured portion and non-textured portion adjacent to the textured portion,- a hub arranged over at least a part of the textured portion of the needle, characterized in that the textured portion comprises laser etched grooves formed on an outer surface of the needle and oriented in a circumferential direction of the needle,wherein each of the laser etched grooves has two protruded portions and a dented portion interposed between the two protruded portions,wherein each of the two protruded portions has a top surface located above an outer surface of non-textured portion and the dented portion has a bottom surface located below the outer surface of non-textured portion.