by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
New Delhi: Under the Centre's Ayushman Bharat scheme over 20 lakh tests and 7.25 lakh COVID-19 related treatments worth over Rs 2,800 crore were authorised from April 2020 to July 2021, officials said. Since the launch of the health insurance scheme on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Policy, Regulation
Bengaluru: The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved the implementation of the Karnataka State Mental Healthcare Act 2021, which will go a long way in helping the society deeply affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. J Madhuswamy, Minister for Law, Parliamentary...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health
Hyderabad: The consumption of millets can reduce total cholesterol, triacylglycerols (commonly known as triglycerides), and BMI, according to a new study analysing the data of 19 studies with nearly 900 people. The study was undertaken by five organisations and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 19, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life
More than 356,000 people died in 2019 as a result of extreme heat and that number is likely to grow, according to a study published in The Lancet this week. The Global Burden of Disease review, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, found while cold...
by AIP Online Bureau | Aug 17, 2021 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Non-Life, Pandemic, Policy
The US eased its travel advisory for India on Monday, lowering it to Level 2: Moderate. The new travel advisory of Level 2 – which is considered as safe – came in the wake of the significant improvement in Covid situation in India. Early this year, the US...
