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Net profit of National Insurance Company rises 80% to Rs 81 cr in Q2FY25
Going ahead, NIC is committed to its stake holders and the improved...
IFRS Ready: IRDAI to meet industry honchoes to finalise norms at 2-day Bima Manthan
Debasish Panda, chairman,IRDAI ``It is our endeavour to implement...
Study discovers secrets of a good night’s sleep
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have discovered a signalling pathway within brain cells that controls the length and depth of sleep in a new study A good night's sleep can be beneficial to both the mind and the body. But what determines how much sleep we...
Extreme weather linked to cardiovascular deaths: Research
"One in every 100 cardiovascular deaths may be attributed to extreme temperature days, and temperature effects were more pronounced when looking at heart failure deaths," said Haitham Khraishah, M.D., co-author of the study and a cardiovascular disease fellow at the...
‘Please protect yourself’: China wrestles with COVID surge
China's controls kept its infection rate low but crushed already weak economic growth and prompted complaints about the rising human cost. The official death toll is 5,235, compared with 1.1 million for the United States. China's official total case count of 363,072...
Hospitalisations signal rising COVID-19 risk for US seniors
One troubling indicator for seniors: Hospitalisations for people with COVID-19 rose by more than 30% in two weeks. Much of the increase is driven by older people and those with existing health problems, said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease...
With Munich Re support African Risk Capacity launches parametric cover against epidemic risks
ARC( African Risk Capacity) Group and its partners finalized the development of the cover, which will provide parametric insurance to African Union (AU) member states for three selected pathogens responsible for Ebola virus disease, Marburg virus disease, and...
Vaccine’s benefits far outweigh risks associated with Long Covid
Based on data collected during the first two Covid waves from participants in the UK Biobank study, the research report published in the journal Heart, states that in the case of patients who were hospitalised, there has been a 118 times rise in the number of deaths....
iia,Indians report unexpected rise in heart attacks, says survey
Researchers estimate that over 200 million people worldwide may currently be having long Covid conditions, where they are experiencing myocarditis, pericarditis, brain fog or memory issues, sleep apnea, fatigue, joint pain, and other health conditions As more and more...
Canada prepares to expand assisted death amid debate
Starting in March, people whose sole underlying condition is mental illness will be able to access assisted death. Mental illness was excluded when the most recent medical assistance in dying (MAiD) law was passed in 2021 More than 30,000 Canadians have died with...
Publicise crowdfunding platform for rare diseases, says Delhi High Court
Justice Prathiba M Singh, while dealing with a batch of petitions for treatment of children suffering from rare diseases, said although the platform became operational pursuant to an order passed by the court in 2021, it needed to be publicised to attract funding from...
Vax efficacy waning as more vaccinated people now die from COVID-19
Deaths among vaccinated people is increasing due to waning efficacy of Covid vaccines and “increasingly contagious strains of the virus being spread to elderly and immunocompromised people” among those who have taken at least one vaccine New Delhi: The Covid virus has...