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Addressing mental health needs, reducing stigma key for adolescent wellbeing: Experts
“Addressing mental health needs and reducing stigma related to...
Electric Vehicles: Indian Automakers plan to launch dozen of new models
While EV sales growth in India is also slowing, rising 20 per cent...
Automotive to sustainable mobility EVs and beyond Auto industry’s journey for 2025
SIAM Director General Rajesh Menon said the passenger vehicle segment continued its steady performance led by sustained demand for SUV segments and good adoption of new energy vehicles, such as electrics, hybrids and gaseous fuel vehicles New Delhi: Traversing from...
Catastrophic Insurance: Shielding China’s Uninsured Economy
“Catastrophe risk management falls within the realm of public management. A lack of understanding of that “public nature” in China has led to “a simplistic approach of delegating the job to the insurance industry, which is ill-equipped to shoulder the entire...
Lifestyle As Medicine’: Book by eminent doctors offers holistic approach to science of healthy living
The list of contributors include the likes of former AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria (co-author of “Sleep: Rejuvenating the Mind and Body”), chairman and founder of Narayana Health Dr Devi Shetty (co-author of “Lifestyle Related Diseases: Understanding and...
East India better insured to take on retired life than other regions: Max Life Study
Notably, East India also led in National Pension System (NPS) ownership, with nearly one in four holding an NPS account. Financial product awareness among the respondents from the region was also high, with 97 per cent of individuals aware of life insurance and about...
How air pollution is contributing to cancers in India
“Cancer rates are rising in India and have seen an upward trend in annual incidence rate. Currently, India records more than 14 lakh new cancer patients every year, and close to 9 lakh people die of it annually,” Dr. Abhishek Shankar, Assistant Professor, Department...
Monte Carlo Rendezvous ’24
Every year, the reinsurance world converges on Monte Carlo for the Rendez-Vous de Septembre, a key event that sets the tone for the industry, ahead of the crucial January renewal season. This year it happened during 7 - 11 September. Asia Insurance Post had prepared a...
AB PM-JAY: World’s largest government-funded health insurance scheme in six years of launch
J.P. NaddaUnion Health Minister Ayushman Bharat has become a lifeline today, with more than 60,000 patients getting free treatments daily and crores of families getting 'insulated' from exorbitant medical expenses New Delhi: Ayushman Bharat has become a lifeline...
EY-employee’s death: Experts say ‘compassion’ can reduce such incidents; demand specific policy
Stress cannot be avoided but it can be managed. In the corporate world stress is a part of our life…We need to understand how to react to that…We are the solution makers itself…" Associate Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Nikhil Badgujar said Pune: As...
Rebounding Economy: Global money is chasing Indian stocks again as bull run extends
India has increasingly been touted as the next engine of global growth as China’s economy falters amid a lack of strong stimulus, a property crisis and persistent deflationary pressures. Abhishek Vishnoi and Winnie HsuOverseas funds are piling money into Indian...
100 days of Modi 3.0: Health cover to all above 70 years, 75K new medical seats
Narendra Modi,Prime Minister The move rolled out under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) comes as India’s elderly population is projected to double by 2050, and will increase the demand for geriatric care New Delhi: In the first 100 days of...