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“Reinsurance capacities in India may be required only for property, agri and specialty lines like aviation & cyber”
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Over 5 lakh elderly above 70 enroll for Ayushman cards; highest from MP, Kerala
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Study links Black Carbon with premature deaths, may help better estimate pollution mortality burden
Most pollution-based epidemiological studies essentially relate exposure to the concentration of particulate matters (PM-10 and/or PM -2.5) that invariably generalise all particulates with equal toxicity without distinguishing among them by source and composition, which genuinely have different health consequences.
Scientist R K Mall led the team of other scientists including Nidhi Singh, Alaa Mhawish, Tirthankar Banerjee, Santu Ghosh, R S Singh from the Department of Science & Technology-Mahamana Centre of Excellence in Climate Change Research (MCECCR) at Banaras Hindu University which conducted the story.
After COVID-19, ‘black fungus’ robs some in India of their eyesight
After a catastrophic second wave of COVID-19 in India since April which has seen its overall death toll climb to almost 400,000, thousands who contracted the virus also suffered from a rare fungal disease called mucormycosis, or “black fungus”.
Emerging Asia: a $3.8 trillion-per-year pension savings gap
“The shortfall in saving for adequate and sustainable retirements cannot be bridged solely by government resources. Strong partnership between the state, the private sector and individuals will be key.Protecting people throughout their saving lifecycle has the potential to reduce poverty, ill-health and even social unrest, and should form a core building block of emerging markets’ longterm economic growth,” ,” said Jerome Jean Haegeli,Group Chief Economist, Swiss Re
COVID-19 in children often asymptomatic, 2pc-3 pc infected kids may require hospitalisation: VK Paul
Dr Randeep Guleria, Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi has said that there is no data, either from India or globally, to show that children will be seriously infected in subsequent waves.
LIC’s mega IPO gains momentum, Govt notifies amendments in LIC Act
According to one of the 27 proposed amendments, the central government will hold at least 75 per cent in LIC for the first five years post the IPO, and subsequently hold at least 51 per cent at all times after five years of the listing.
But from today, the policy holders will get 90 per cent of surplus generated by the corporation while the rest as dividends will go to the government and other shareholders who will be investing in the LIC through its Initial Public Offering(IPO).
India asks EU member states to consider Covishield, Covaxin vaccines under Green Pass scheme
India has requested the EU member nations to accept the vaccination certificate issued through the CoWIN portal.
The European Union”s Digital COVID certificate or “Green Pass” will be rolled out on Thursday with an aim to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic is to come into effect on Thursday.
Highly transmissible Covid Delta variant detected in 96 countries, says WHO
Furthermore, a recent study conducted in Scotland and published in the international medical journal Lancet found that the hospitalization rate for patients infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19 was 85 per cent higher than for those infected with the Alpha variant.
“This particular Delta variant is faster, it is fitter, it will pick off the more vulnerable more efficiently than previous variants,” Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Program, has commented recently.
Swiss Re’s iptiQ and ImmoScout24 launch digital loss of rent insurance
Andreas Schertzinger, CEO of iptiQ EMEA P&C, says: “With ImmoScout24, we have found the ideal partner in Germany to offer customers tailor-made household insurance products online precisely when it matters. Thanks to the seamless integration of our product into ImmoScout24’s digital ecosystem, customers can insure themselves against the risk of rent-related losses directly online and throughout the rental process.”
EU plans new safety rules for the workplace wherever it is
In guidelines to protect almost 170 million EU workers over the 2021-2027 period, it will also seek to produce recommendations on mental health at work before the end of 2022.
Work-related accidents and illnesses cost the EU economy over 3.3% of gross domestic product per year, the Commission said. It said estimates showed that for every euro invested in occupational health and safety, the return for the employer is around twice as much as employees take less sick leave.
EU-U.K. deal clears way for free flow of data across Channel
To address concerns the UK could in future move away from the EU’s robust privacy protection rules, the commission added a so-called sunset clause, which leads to a review of the data transfer accord every four years.