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Delhi gets its first brain health clinic; 10 more planned across city
Neurological conditions are already the world’s second-biggest...
Foreign investors infuse Rs 4,452 cr in Indian equities this week, net investment in May at Rs 18,620 cr: NSDL
Despite the positive trend in May, FPIs continue to be net sellers...
Impossible to track exact number of COVID cases in China: Chinese health agency
China's top official in charge of the pandemic, Sun Chunlan, while visiting hospitals on Wednesday said that China's capital, Beijing, has for the first time been hit by a significant outbreak. Chunlan explained that the country's focus needs to shift from preventing...
GST Council agrees to decriminalise certain offences, no GST on ‘no claim bonus’ in motor policy
Accepting one of the demands of the insurance industry, Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra clarified that ‘no claim bonus’ offered by the insurance companies to an insured is an admissible deduction for valuation of insurance service and does not attract GST New Delhi:...
Working to introduce integrative medicine in all hospitals: Union Health Minister
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya The government has established 1,50,000 health and wellness centres across platforms that promote meditation, yoga, and all aspects and activities pertaining to integrated health and wellbeing New Delhi: Union Health Minister...
Oil tanker owners show signs of shunning Russia’s Asian crude
Since Dec. 5, buyers of cargoes from Russia have only been allowed to access industry standard insurance and an array of trade-critical services if they pay $60 a barrel or less There are tentative signs that oil tanker companies are avoiding sending their ships to...
Reinsurers to stop covering key war risks related to Russia-Ukraine conflict
Hannover Re and Munich Re are among reinsurers who have warned that they will cease to underwrite any kind of risks — even indirect ones — related to the conflict in Ukraine from the start of next year, according to people familiar with the matter. The major German...
Global coal consumption set to hit new high this yr despite ambitious goals
Coal usage looks likely to increase by 1.2% in 2022, surpassing 8 billion tons in a single year for the first time, according to an International Energy Agency report published Friday. It also said consumption will likely remain at that level until 2025, as declines...
Investors become poorer by Rs 5.78 lakh cr in two days of market fall
''Global markets extended their rout as the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England (BoE) followed the Fed in raising policy rates by half a per cent while maintaining a hawkish tone on inflation. The aggressiveness of central banks in combating inflation has...
Climate Chnage: When water displaces natives from “sinking island” of Kerala
Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal, who made several interventions in the past to support the suffering islanders, said it was difficult to find solutions for the issues of Munroe Thuruth alone as it was part of the world-wide phenomenon of global warming and...
Over 1,500 private hospitals empanelled under Ayushman Bharat in last one year: Mandaviya
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Today, 4.5 crore needy people have been empanelled under the scheme, the minister said He said seven-eight lakh beneficiary cards are printed daily and the ministry was working to ensure that 50 crore cards are made available in...
Vaccine against cervical cancer to be included in national immunisation programme by mid-2023: NTAGI chief
India is home to about 16 per cent of the world's women and accounts for about a quarter of all cervical cancer incidences and nearly a third of global cervical cancer deaths. Indian women face a 1.6 per cent lifetime cumulative risk of developing cervical cancer and...