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Ayushman Bharat Scheme fraud: ED raids hospitals across four states and UTs
During the investigation, as many as 373 fake Ayushman Cards have...
Almost all top Indian apps deploy deceptive design practices: ASCI study
The study by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)...
Heat waves-testing the limits of human survival in India
Daily power outages driven by a surge in demand for electricity have resulted in blackouts as long as eight hours in some parts of India, while coal stocks — the fuel that accounts for 70% of the country’s electricity generation — are running low, prompting warnings...
82 lakh deaths in 2020 in India; 1.48 lakh due to COVID-19: RGI
According to Union health ministry data, provided on Tuesday morning, 5,23,889 people have lost their lives to the virus in the country since early 2020. Registered births, the data said, decreased from 2.48 crore in 2019 to 2.42 crore in 2020, a drop of about 2.4 per...
India’s Covid positivity rate past 1% again after 2 months
The number of active cases rose by 408 in a 24-hour span to reach 19,500, the data updated at 8 am showed New Delhi: India's Covid case positivity rate went past one per cent again after over two months as the country witnessed a single-day rise of 3,157 infections...
Centre to host 3-day ‘Health Summit’ at Gujarat’s Kevadia from May 5
In order to boost "Ayush", the Centre has also announced that they will be issuing a separate category of visas for those who want to travel to India for medical reasons and would want to avail of AAYUSH facilities New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya...
China contagion threatens to derail the world’s emerging markets
“Given China’s importance in global supply chains and importance to global growth prospects, further disappointments in the nation’s growth may lead to more contagion risk. We see countries with high trade linkages to China as being the most vulnerable” Johnny Chen...
Nobody can be forced to undergo COVID-19 vaccinations, says Supreme Court
Regarding segregation of vaccine trial data, subject to privacy of individuals, all trials conducted and to be subsequently conducted, all data must be made available to the public without further delay, it said The apex court also directed the Union of India to...
AM Best maintains its negative market segment outlook on India’s non-life insurance
The Best’s Market Segment Report, titled, “Market Segment Outlook: India Non-Life Insurance,” states that key lines of non-life business, including health, motor and crop insurance, have been challenged for several years by poor underwriting performance. Despite an...
Omicron sub-lineages likely evade vaccines, natural immunity: South African scientist
The BA.4 and BA.5 sub-lineages appear to be more infectious than the earlier BA.2 lineage, which itself was more infectious than the original Omicron variant, Tulio de Oliveira, the head of the institutes JOHANNESBURG: New Omicron sub-lineages, discovered by South...
WHO calls for end to ‘insidious’ online marketing of baby formula
The study found companies are paying social media platforms and influencers to gain direct access to pregnant women and mothers at some of the most vulnerable moments in their lives, through personalized content that is often not recognizable as advertising. The $55...
It may take 12 years for Indian economy to overcome COVID losses: RBI
The output losses for individual years have been worked out to Rs 19.1 lakh crore, Rs 17.1 lakh crore and Rs 16.4 lakh crore for 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively Mumbai: The Indian economy is likely to take over 12 years to overcome the COVID-19 losses,...