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US FDA seeks fresh curbs on sodium levels in packaged, processed foods
"Reducing sodium in the food supply has the potential to be one of...
18% GST on premiums: a significant deterrent to insurance purchase and penetration
Experts argue in favour of removal of 18% GST on Health covers to...
Bajaj General’s net profit falls 10% to Rs 248 crore in Q4FY2021-22 on higher covid claims
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance CEO Tapan Singhel It may be only company in the industry, as all the general insurers are yet to announce their FYQ4 2021-22 results, which, at 98.3 per cent, has a combined ratio below 100% in Q4 FY22 as compared to 96.6% in Q4 FY21...
70% who took booster didn’t get Covid in third wave, says study
The study also showed that the third wave affected those aged below 40 the most -- around 45 per cent of them contracted the disease. The researchers also concluded that a long gap after the second dose correlated with a higher chance of infection during the third...
Insurtech funding in India jumps to $ 800 million in 2021 from $290 million in 2020 :BCG Report
There has been a steady rise in no of insurtech unicorns with over 20 Unicorns in 2021, 14 in United States, 4 in UK, 2 each in India (Acko & Digit Insurance ) & France , 1 each in Austria, Israel & Mexico Jitesh Shah, MD & Partner BCG Asia Pacific...
PM Modi to chair COVID review meeting with CMs on April 27
Prime Minister Narendra Modi As per data available with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, today India's Cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 187.67 crores, with over 2.65 crore first doses of COVID vaccines administered for the age group 12-14...
Covishield found ineffective against Omicron, booster a must: Study
The Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology scientists concluded the report saying that the fight against Covid-19 is far from over. Although vaccine boosters or third doses have shown an augmentation in the immune response against the...
1 in 4 hospitalised Covid patients feel fully recovered after a year: Study
"We found female sex and obesity were major risk factors for not recovering at 1 year," said researcher Rachael Evans from the University of Leicester in the UK One year after having Covid-19, only around one in four patients, who were hospitalised, felt fully well...
Mansukh Mandaviya calls India as World’s largest pharmacy, vaccine manufacturing country
Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya "Indian pharma industry is known globally for its affordable and quality drugs. We shall soon get the competitive edge in medical devices too with research and innovation," he added New Delhi: Union Minister of Health & Family...
SBI General’s records a gross premium of Rs 9260 crore in FY2021-22, to post underwriting losses
PC Kandpal, MD & CEO, SBI General Insurance, said, “Despite the challenging environment continued with pandemic, we have registered significant growth in GWP especially in the health insurance segment. The strong performance underpins our health insurance...
Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12 found in majority of Delhi samples, could be behind surge: Sources
However, an Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) source has claimed that Omicron variant derivative BA.2.12.1 has also been found in a few samples in Delhi which is said to be contributing to the recent rise in cases in the US Omicron sublineage BA.2.12 has...
Bosses don’t follow their own advice in returning to the Office
The gap points to a double standard in return-to-office messaging — executives from Bank of America Corp. to Alphabet Inc.’s Google are prodding their workers to return in part to boost in-person collaboration, but bosses themselves are somewhat exempt. Companies are...