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Quad Cancer Moonshot: PM Modi announces $7.5 million support to fight cervical cancer
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister The Cancer Moonshot is a White House...
Create awareness about rare diseases in society, CJI Chandrachud
DY Chandrachud,Chief Justice of India The CJI also emphasised how...
“Impossible”, says Dolo 650 manufacturer on allegations of its Rs 1000 crore marketing budget
The Central Board for Direct Taxes has accused makers of the Dolo-650 tablet of distributing freebies worth Rs 1,000 crore to doctors as consideration for prescribing the tablet, said senior advocate Sanjay Parikh, appearing for the Federation of Medical and Sales...
Over 30 pc of Indian employees want to change jobs: PwC survey
Millennials are the most likely to seek new employment, with 37 per cent indicating that they are likely to switch employers in the next 12 months While Gen Z employees are less likely to quit, about a third of them are extremely or very likely to ask for a reduction...
World coronavirus cases fall 24%; deaths rise in Asia: WHO
The U.N. health agency said there were 5.4 million new COVID-19 cases reported last week, a decline of 24% from the previous week. Infections fell everywhere in the world, including by nearly 40% in Africa and Europe and by a third in the Middle East. COVID deaths...
SC asks Centre to respond to pleas on unethical marketing practices by pharma companies
A bench of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice AS Bopanna was informed that makers of Dolo-650 mg tablet had invested Rs 1,000 crore in freebies to have its anti-fever drug prescribed to patients The apex court then asked the Central government to file a reply within...
PSU general insurers plan major organisational revamping
The new structure will follow-Operating Offices/Claims Hubs/Regional and Head Offices and scraped the older four tier structure - Branch/Divisional/Regional/Head Offices. And, over a period of time, the regional offices may also vanish Chennai: The four Central...
Munich Re retains its top position, Asian reinsurers lose rankings in AM Best’s 2022 global list
All the top three Asian reinsurers, China Re, Korean Re and GIC Re, have lost their global rankings in 2022. Korean Re, which have been in the 10th place in 2020, fell off to 13th this year owing to currency position. Despite premium growth of around 7 per cent, China...
Airlines need to strictly enforce COVID-19 protocol, including mask mandate: DGCA
Airlines have to ensure that passengers are wearing face masks properly throughout the journey and there is proper sensitisation of passengers through various platforms, it mentioned New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Wednesday asked all Indian carriers to strictly...
Monkeypox cases jump globally; see 20% rise to over 35k cases, 12 deaths
According to Rosamund Lewis, the WHO's monkeypox technical lead, there are reports of breakthrough cases in which people who received the shots after exposure to the virus are still falling ill as well as individuals becoming infected after receiving the vaccine as a...
Govt restores lifetime free health cover for GMDs affected by Delhi HC verdict on BBB
The GIPSA, the coordinating agency for four PSU general insurers and GIC Re, on Tuesday has informed that the department of financial services has agreed to revive the free health cover facilities for GMDs who were affected by the Delhi HC judgment in ``Ravi Vs Union...
India home to 18 of 20 cities with most severe increase in PM2.5 pollution: Study
Among the most populous cities in each region, Delhi and Kolkata featured in the top 10 with the highest PM2.5-related disease burden in 2019 Breathing even low levels of pollution over time can produce a myriad of health effects, including reduced life expectancy,...