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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...
Adani commits Rs 60,000 cr to philanthropy
Gautam Adani Donations to be utilized in healthcare, education, and skill development Adani's logistics-to-energy conglomerate said in a statement. The donation will be managed by the Adani Foundation New Delhi: Asia's richest man Gautam Adani and his family have...
“Mahindra Insurance Brokers- BigHaat” alliance to offer health and motor covers to farmers
Mumbai: Mahindra Insurance Brokers Limited (MIBL) in a partnership with BigHaat, India’s leading Agri Digital Platform, will offer financial solutions to the informal Agri segment of India’s workforce.. Mahindra Insurance Brokers will offer health and motor insurance...
WHO considers declaring monkeypox a global health emergency
Last week, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the recent monkeypox epidemic identified in more than 40 countries, mostly in Europe, as “unusual and concerning.” Monkeypox has sickened people for decades in central and west Africa, where one...
Corporate Health Cover: 10 necessary add-ons
Now, even Indian insurers are open to the idea of covering LBGTQ and live in partners under a corporate cover. Companies are increasingly opting for these covers in line with growing expectations for inclusivity in the workplace. New age companies are increasingly...
UN launches new app to help beat skin cancer
“The SunSmart Global UV App provides five-day UV and weather forecasts at searchable locations”, said Carla Drysdale, spokesperson for WHO. While speaking today at a briefing at the United Nations in Geneva, Ms. Drysdale added that “it highlights time slots when sun...
Japan: Achieving one of the world’s lowest Covid-19 death rates
A core pillar supporting the low death rate was the underlying good health of Japan’s population. The country has the longest life expectancy in the world, and was one of only six OECD members not to see a reduction in 2020. Just 5% of Japanese people are obese, one...
Co-WIN platform will be used for transparent organ, blood donation says Dr RS Sharma
"Nobody knows if there is any person nearby who can donate the blood. We will put everybody on this blood donation platform which can become an extremely dynamic blood donation platform. Through Co-WIN you can see which vaccines are available, likewise for blood, you...
With current level of pollution, over 50 cr north Indians to lose 7.6 years of life: Study
As per Air Quality Life Index's (AQLI) new analysis, air pollution shortens average Indian life expectancy by five years, and in the Indo-Gangetic plains of northern India, 510 million residents, nearly 40 percent of the country's population, are on track to lose 7.6...
Health scheme to be converted into DBT in Andhra Pradesh
Upon availing of treatment under Aarogya Sri, the cost (as fixed by the government) would be paid into the patient's account and thereafter credited into the hospital account in auto-debit mode, a release from the Chief Minister's Office said. "A consent form will be...
From security to uncertainty: Post Covid, many elderly return to workforce
The reasons for seeking financial independence are varied as is the income bracket. It could be somebody whose son lost his job, another whose savings dwindled in the long months of lockdown or an elderly person who may have seen an earning child die of Covid and is...