To maximise the benefits of early detection, the study also...
Category:
Health
Latest
Delhi was most polluted city during 2024-25 followed by Patna: Study
Based on Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) air quality...
Extreme Heat:Making life increasingly unlivable
Scientists determined that on average, those 65 and older...
Indian Insurance Industry-2025: A Year of Consolidation, Customer Focus and Sustainable Growth
Consumers increasingly opted for higher sum insured policies, family floaters, and value-added benefits such as wellness programs, OPD cover and maternity—reflecting a shift from price-led buying to need-based protection. Krishnan Ramachandran, MD & CEO, Niva Bupa...
Eggs safe for consumption, cancer risk claims unfounded: FSSAI
In a statement issued on Saturday, the food safety regulator clarified that eggs available in the country are safe for human consumption and that reports alleging the presence of carcinogenic substances in eggs lack a scientific basis New Delhi: The Food Safety and...
NATHEALTH asks govt to increase public spending on healthcare to over 2.5 per cent of GDP
Chronic diseases now account for nearly 65 per cent of all deaths in India and the urgency to strengthen preventive and primary health systems has never been greater.Citing that there is a low uptake of preventive screening, NATHEALTH recommended tax deduction for...
Traditional medicine doesn’t get recognition it deserves, has to win confidence via science: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Addressing the WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine, Modi said strengthening research, use of digital technologies and developing a trusted regulatory framework will further bolster traditional medicine New Delhi: Prime Minister...
Seth urges insurers on timely and effective resolution of policyholders’ grievances
``When a citizen takes the trouble to write a grievance,they are not filling a form—they are sending a signal that they need the system to listen. How we respond to that signal shapes trust not only in insurance, but in institutions themselves. Choose the customer...
Ayushman Bharat:Gujarat’s expenditure increases 20.5% to Rs 3,210 crore in 2024–25
Bhupendra Patel,Chief Minister, Gujarat The AB PMJAY–MA scheme, which integrates the Centre’s flagship Ayushman Bharat programme with the state-run Mukhyamantri Amrutum Yojana, currently covers around 1.20 crore families in Gujarat.At present, 2,090 hospitals have...
Insurance Amendment Bill,2025:Balancing innovation,capital inflows and policyholder protection
Nirmala Sitharaman,Finance minister Taken together,the Bill, that now awaits Presidential assent and thereafter notification in the official gazette, promises a decisive shift in India’s insurance landscape. Several of the proposals in the Bill are measured and their...
Passive Euthanasia: SC to meet parents of man in coma for over 12 yrs
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan perused a report containing Harish Rana's medical history filed by a secondary medical board of doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and remarked "It is a very sad report. We cannot keep...
Capital infusion has helped 3 PSU general insurance cos to improve their business performance, says Sitharaman
``The capital infusion was meant to build their business and strengthen them. So as a result of these, the performance of all these companies has started improving and their losses have come down. In fact, two of the three companies in which capital was infused have...
100% FDI:Lok Sabha passes Insurance Amendment Bill in one day
Finance minister Sitharaman, while speaking in the Lok Sabha, said, “IRDAI being empowered to disgorge wrongful gains made by insurers and distribute them to affected insurance policyholders.We are asking regulators to rationalise the penalty.” The government is yet...