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GST Council meet on Sept 9, to decide on removing or reducing 18% GST on retail Health Insurance
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman The issue of removal of...
NCDRC directs Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, doctor to pay Rs 65 lakh to patient
While awarding the compensation, the commission considered various...
Asia-Pac air passenger demand lags rest of the world at 17pc, India is at 70pc
The steps IATA suggested governments take include lifting the mask mandate for air travel and removing quarantine and COVID-19 testing requirements for unvaccinated travellers where there are high levels of population immunity, which is the case in most parts of Asia....
‘Heal by India’ initiative: Govt readying exhaustive online registry of Indian healthcare workers
The healthcare professionals who can register themselves in the portal include practitioners of modern medicine as well as the traditional system of medicine, dentists, nurses, pharmacists and 56 categories of allied health professionals New Delhi: To project India as...
Reliance spends Rs 1,185 cr on corporate social responsibility in FY22
During FY 2021-22 (April 2021 to March 2022), Reliance undertook a range of initiatives through its pillars of work including rural transformation, health, education, disaster response along with sports for development initiatives Mumbai: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's...
U.S. births rise for the first time in seven years in 2021
Americans had the lowest number of babies in more than four decades in 2020 The number of births in the United States grew 1% in 2021 from a pandemic-related low in 2020, marking the first increase since 2014, according to a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease...
Breakthrough Covid infection more likely in cancer, Alzheimer’s patients
"This study showed significantly increased risks for Covid-19 breakthrough infection in vaccinated patients with cancer, especially those undergoing active cancer care, with marked variations among specific cancer types," said Rong Xu, Professor of biomedical...
Covid-19 pandemic is ‘far from over’, reiterates WHO chief Tedros
"… the pandemic is far from over. And even as we continue to fight it, we face the task of restoring essential health services, with 90 per cent of member states reporting disruption to one or more essential health services," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom...
Large Covid claims push New India into red in Q4 FY 2021-22
Madhulika Bhaskar, general manager, New India Assurance, said, " The profitability for the year was severely affected due to COVID claims, with the company settling about Rs 3760 crore worth of such claims during the year. The investment income for the quarter...
NHA launches revamped Ayushman Bharat Health Account mobile app
Elaborating on the app, R S Sharma, CEO, of NHA said, ”The ABHA app will be instrumental in helping citizens to create their longitudinal health records. They can access their health records with the help of their ABHA address in seconds which will empower them in...
California parents could soon sue for social media addiction
The bill prepared by California defines “addiction” as kids under 18 who are both harmed — either physically, mentally, emotionally, developmentally or materially — and who want to stop or reduce how much time they spend on social media but they can't because they are...
Monkeypox threat: Mumbai civic body keeps isolation ward ready in hospital
As on date, there has been no report of any suspected or confirmed case of Monkeypox in the city, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) public health department said.In an advisory issued about the viral zoonotic disease, the BMC said airport...