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Presence of microplastics in salt, sugar brands: NGT issues notice to authorities
The tribunal was hearing a matter where it had taken suo motu (on...
Mental Health: India’s student suicides grow at an alarming rate
``Over the past two decades, student suicides have grown at an...
WHO says Monkeypox cases in Europe tripled in last two weeks
To date, more than 5,000 monkeypox cases have been reported from 51 countries worldwide that don't normally report the disease, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kluge said the number of infections in Europe represents about 90% of the...
COVID-19: BA.4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ``Our ability to track the virus is under threat as reporting and genomic sequences are declining. The optimistic mid-year deadline for all countries to vaccinate at least 70 per cent of their populations is looking...
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,...