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Insurer Centene to buy Magellan in $2.2 billion mental health push
The move by Centene to expand mental health support comes as more than two out of five Americans are struggling with mental or behavioral health issues associated with the pandemic, the company said.
“I was thinking about it long before the pandemic, the pandemic just emphasized it,” said Centene Chairman, President and Chief Executive Michael Neidorff.
Centene’s patients, after being diagnosed with a serious illness, such as cancer, would benefit from having increased access to mental health care, Neidorff added.
Committed to protect interest of NPS subscribers: Govt
“It is stated that the introduction of National Pension System (NPS) was a policy decision of the government of India in view of the increasing pension liability of the government,” said the letter issued to Patel by the department, which comes under the Finance Ministry.
IRDAI unveils mandatory standard detariffed products for dwellings, micro and small enterprises
The new products can be sold by the general insurers from 1st April, 2021
IRDAI has now issued guidelines whereby the Standard Fire and Special Perils (SFSP) Policy provided for in the AIFT 2001 will be replaced by the standard products that will be mandatorily offered by all general insurers carrying on Fire and allied perils insurance business with effect from 1st April, 2021.
Union Budget on Feb 1, Parliament session starts Jan 29
Power ministry proposes pushing back new emission norms deadline
“The target should be to maintain uniform ambient air quality across the country and not uniform emission norms for thermal power plants,” Nishat Kumar, an official at the Ministry of Power said in a January 2 note to the environment ministry, seen by Reuters.
Bird flu: J-K, K’taka, Tamil Nadu on alert; culling of chickens and ducks starts in Kerala
In Madhya Pradesh, officials said that 155 dead crows in Indore have been found with the H5N8 strain since the pathogen was first detected in the city a week back, while in Rajasthan, after Jhalwar, birds in Kota and Baran were found with the infection. However, no cases have been reported yet in Maharashtra, which shares borders with Madhya Pradesh.
Brazil’s Braskem settles lawsuits over sinking city for $1.75 bln
A federal study found that Braskem’s salt mines were the cause of cracks that destabilized homes, although Braskem had previously said that the study is flawed. The damages have affected more than 9,000 homes and some 17,000 residents must be relocated.
Speedy distribution of Covid-19 vaccine a major challenge for global govts: WHO experts
Currently, there are 45 candidate vaccines in clinical evaluation and 156 candidate vaccines in pre-clinical evaluation, the WHO scientists said.
This daunting challenge is not only for India but also for all the governments across the globe as they start inoculating their populations to tackle the pandemic, noted Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of WHO, and Dr Hamsadvani Kuganantham, Consultant, WHO.
World risks ‘moral catastrophe’ if COVID shots delayed in Africa, its CDC chief says
Cases of the new coronavirus increased by nearly 19% since last week and deaths increased by 26%, according to Africa CDC data. Africa has recorded 2.7 million coronavirus infections and 64,000 deaths as of Thursday, it says.
South Africa, where a new variant of the virus has been detected, recorded 82,000 cases in the past week, he said.
70 mn doses ready: Delays over pricing holding back India’s vaccine rollout
For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, each cent spent on the price of a vaccine in a nation home to more than 1.3 billion people will have serious financial consequences for his administration.