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GST Revamp: Tax on premium for Rs 5 lakh Health and Term life insurance may be slashed to 5% or even zero from 18%, sources say
Shares of insurance companies such as ICICI Prudential , SBI Life,...
Talks for treaty on plastic pollution end without agreement
The fifth round of negotiations on the plastics treaty (INC-5.2) in...
Protection Gap: Rising life insurance demands from Urban India, says Max Life Study
-Max Life's India’s Protection Quotient (IPQ) reveals that 3 in 4 urban Indians now own life insurance, -Higher importance being ascribed to Cover and Riders while buying Term Life Insurance, -The South Zone most financially prepared; West India has the highest...
IMA and Hospital Board of India raise concerns over newly launched `Cashless Everywhere’ scheme
The `Cashless Everyehere’ initiative has been rolled out without adequately addressing the concerns raised by the Indian Medical Association and Hospital Board of India. There is an absence of clear guidelines and procedures governing the implementation of the...
AIIMS Delhi moves to cashless system with introduction of digital patient care card service
Calling it a significant step for digital India, the Health Minister stated that this initiative marks the first move towards "One Nation, One AIIMS, One Card." "AIIMS Smart Payment Card will resolve the long-pending issue of patients from far-flung areas carrying...
JN.1 Covid variant has increased transmissibility, immune escape: Study
The researchers found that the reproductive number of JN.1 was found to surpass that of its counterparts in the three countries studied, suggesting a potential global dominance in the near future The JN.1 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus not only spreads easily but...
Study finds body temperature is linked to depression
A small body of existing, causal studies has found that using hot tubs or saunas can reduce depression, possibly by triggering the body to self-cool, for example, through sweating A study from UC San Francisco revealed that individuals with depression may benefit from...
Study finds sugary drinks pose higher heart disease risk than physical activity alone
''Physical activity reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease associated with sugar-sweetened beverages by half, but it does not fully eliminate it,'' said Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier, professor at Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Laval, Canada, and co-author of the...
MoS Health Bharati Pawar lists out measures taken to ensure quality of medicines
Bharati Pravin Pawar,Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare The Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, have been amended, making it mandatory that before the grant of manufacturing licence, the manufacturing establishment be inspected jointly by the Drugs...
ESIC extends medical benefits to superannuated insured persons with relaxed norms
The persons who were in the insurable employment for at least 5 years after April 1, 2012 and superannuated/voluntarily retired on or after April 1, 2017 with wages up to Rs 30,000 per month will be benefitted under the new scheme New Delhi: The Employees’ State...
New India’s net profit at Rs 713 crore in Q3FY24 despite large Nat Cat losses
"FY24 continues to be a challenging year for the company. In the third quarter, the country witnessed catastrophic events like cyclone Michaung and floods in South India, Sikkim West Bengal. The net impact of these events on the company's third-quarter results was...
IRDAI sets higher targets for insurers in revised norms on `Rural, Social Sector and Motor Third Party Obligations’
Insurance business pertaining to Government social security schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY),Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJY), etc. where total/ partial premium is paid by the Government,...