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Centre to form panel to suggest measures for healthcare professionals’ safety
The IMA has also demanded a Central Act (Central Protection Act for...
Identify high-value cash transactions at hotels, hospitals; pursue arrear demands: CBDT to I-T dept
Senior IT officials told that transactions over Rs 2 lakh in cash...
IRDAI wants 2.52% penetration and Rs 11.73 trillion premium for non-life industry by FY2027-28, sets tough annual premium targets for players
Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI IRDAI chairman Debasish Panda said the IRDAI will also suggest to the government to provide tax benefits under 80C for long term motor and housing policies. Panda revealed that the IRDAI is considering to give freedom to the boards of...
India gets $1.75 bn World Bank loan for Ayushman Bharat, private investment
Through this combined financing of USD 1 billion, the World Bank will support India's flagship Pradhan Mantri-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM), launched in October 2021, the World Bank said in a release on Friday New Delhi: The World Bank has...
Bajaj Allianz Gen launches product to provide global health insurance coverage
Tapan Singhel, MD and CEO at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Global Health Care product offers one of the widest sum insured ranges available in the Indian market which starts from Rs 37.50 lakh to Rs 3.75 crore (USD 1,00,000 to USD 10,00,000) Mumbai: Bajaj Allianz...
Digital ads dominate FY22, ASCI takes help of AI-based tracking system
In this, the education sector remains the single largest violative sector, followed by health care and personal care The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) on Tuesday said it has set up a digital tracking system and is using Artificial Intelligence-based...
Make cancer notifiable disease, waive GST on drugs, check radiation therapy cost: Par panel to govt
According to various health organisations, including the World Health Organization, cancer cases are gradually rising in India and it is one of the leading causes of death, with 7.84 lakh fatalities recorded in 2018, and 13.92 lakh cases reported in 2020 At the...
At flooded cancer hospital in northeast India, chemotherapy given on the road outside
Located in the Barak valley in Assam state, the 150-bed Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre has been inundated by for days, and the situation has become so dire that its administrators have requested life-jackets and an inflatable raft to transport patients and...
NITI pegs India’s gig workforce at 2.35 cr by FY30; pitches for social security measures
According to the report, it is estimated that in 2020-21, 77 lakh workers were engaged in the gig economy and they constituted 2.6 percent of the nonagricultural workforce or 1.5 percent of the total workforce in India New Delhi: India's gig workforce is expected to...
Covid patients at higher risk of serious neurodegenerative disorders: Study
''More than two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the precise nature and evolution of the effects of COVID-19 on neurological disorders remained uncharacterized,'' Pardis Zarifkar, lead author from the Department of Neurology, Rigshospitalet, Denmark,...
NHA to host hackathon series under Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
Under the innovation track there will be challenge for innovative solutions to power digital health in an open network around various use cases such as teleconsultation, ambulance booking, lab tests, physical consultation booking and lab tests booking New Delhi: The...
Over 42 lakh deaths in India prevented by Covid vaccines in 2021: Lancet study
''For India, we estimate that 42,10,000 (over 42 lakh) deaths were prevented by vaccination in this period. This is our central estimate, with the uncertainty in this estimate ranging between 36,65,000-43,70,000 (over 36.6 lakh to 43.7 lakh),'' lead author of the...