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Burmans’ Religare open offer for additional 26% stake to start on Jan 27
The Burman family -- a promoter of Dabur India and other entities...
Gujarat PMJAY angioplasty deaths: Pvt hospital’s absconding chairman nabbed
The probe showed the hospital organised free check-up camps in...
India’s April heatwave were 30 times more likely due to climate change: Study
This extreme heat resulted in widespread hospitalisations, infrastructure damage, wildfires, and school closures. The exact number of fatalities is currently unknown New Delhi: Human-caused climate change made April’s record-breaking heatwave in Bangladesh, India,...
Govt to screen, put 75 million people with hypertension and diabetes on standard care by 2025
India is making efforts to achieve results in social indicators like life expectancy, maternal mortality rate, and NCDs at par with developed nations,'' Dr V K Paul, NITI Aayog Member (Health) stressed New Delhi: The health ministry on Wednesday launched an ambitious...
Irdai forms task force to facilitate ease of doing KYC using Aadhaar
Rakesh Joshi,member (F&I), Irdai The panel has been asked to suggest measures to ease of onboarding of customers using Aadhaar, and steps for fraud management at underwriting and claims stages It has also to suggest measures for improving the traceability of...
Preventive healthcare in India gets shot in arm with ‘Health ATMs’
Health ATMs are touch-screen automated teller machine-sized machines which can screen vital parameters, including pulse, blood pressure, temperature, body mass composition, blood glucose, oxygen saturation levels and ECG, without any paramedic assistance Dr Satyender...
Insurance ‘scam’ case: CBI searches at nine locations in J-K, Delhi
In a first information report (FIR), the CBI named Reliance General Insurance along with Trinity Reinsurance Brokers as accused in the alleged scam in rolling out a medical insurance scheme for Jammu and Kashmir government employees and their families New Delhi: The...
Gene mutations responsible for rare illness causing heart attack in youngsters: Study
"Although much has been studied about heart failure in adults, there is still much to learn about the genetic causes of heart failure in infants," said Charles "Chaz" Hong, MD, PhD, Melvin Sharoky, MD Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Director of Cardiology...
WHO advises against use of artificial sweeteners
The recommendation does not apply to personal care and hygiene products containing NSS, such as toothpaste, skin cream, and medications, or to low-calorie sugars and sugar alcohols (polyols), which are sugars or sugar derivatives containing calories and are therefore...
India considers testing cough syrups before export, says report
The CDSCO has also proposed making it mandatory for exporters to produce a "certificate of analysis" of batches exported from an approved laboratory, the news outlet reported India's $41 billion pharmaceutical industry received a major jolt last year when cough syrups...
ESIC adds 17.32 lakh new members to Employees’ State Insurance scheme in March
Out of the total 17.31 lakh employees added in March, 8.26 lakh people, accounting for 48 per cent of the total employees enrolled during the month, belonged to the age group of 25 years New Delhi: As many as 17.31 lakh new members were added to the Employees' State...
Inmates in Himachal to be covered under health insurance scheme ‘HIMCARE’: Sukhu
Himcare scheme provides free healthcare services up to Rs 5 lakhs annually to families which are not covered under the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat Yojana or Jan Arogya Yojana. The state government will cover the cost of premiums for inmates in prisons Shimla: Inmates in...