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131.3 lakh fishermen covered under Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
Rajiv Ranjan Singh,Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry...
South Africa moves to implement national health bill despite resistance
Cyril Ramaphosa,President, South Africa The legislation will...
Govt’s focus on affordable healthcare ensured significant savings for poor, middle class: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi On World Health Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pointed to some facets of this ''pathbreaking scheme'' such as more than 3.2 crore people got free treatment under the Ayushman Bharat Jan Arogya Yojana, over 18 crore Ayushman cards issued...
New IRDA chief Panda launches `Reforms 2.0′ for Indian insurance industry
Debasish Panda,chairman, IRDAI ``After two-decades of liberalisation, the Indian industry is matured and have to be given more freedom in fixing market determined pricing and launching innovative products,’’ said Panda, who retired as secretary of the department of...
“Every Indian should have at least one life insurance and a health cover ” says new IRDAI chief unveiling his new industry agenda
Debasish Panda, chairman, IRDAI IRDA chief has hinted that insurers don’t need IRDAI approvals for every product ``Each life insurer has actuaries to design their products that can be approved its own board. You should design product so that you can reach out every...
India detects first ‘XE’ variant of COVID-19 in Mumbai
However, the Union Health Ministry is yet to confirm the detection of the first XE variant in the country According to the sources, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) is doing a deep genomic analysis of the case as a follow-up declared XE positive by...
Shanghai extends lockdown to entire city as tests show COVID spread
The costs to the world's second-biggest economy mount. Some 23 Chinese cities are under total or partial lockdown, affecting an estimated 193 million people in areas accounting for 13.6% of its gross domestic product, the Nomura brokerage said in a note on Tuesday...
Thailand cancels licenses of 2 P/C insurers
The firms were in serious financial trouble, which could have damaged their clients and the wider public, the Office of Insurance Commission said in a statement late Friday The government will be responsible for payments of outstanding claims and the revocation of the...
WHO says 99% of world’s population breathes poor-quality air
Air quality is poorest in WHO's Eastern Mediterranean and Southeast Asia regions, followed by Africa, it said. Particulate matter, especially PM2.5, is capable of penetrating deep into the lungs and entering the bloodstream, causing cardiovascular, cerebrovascular...
GST rate for COVID-19 medicines pegged at five percent GST: govt
"At present, Goods and Services Tax (GST) on health insurance services is levied at standard rate, i.e., 18 per cent. Specific health insurance schemes catering to the needs of economically weaker sections of the society and differently abled, such as Rashtriya...
China sends military, doctors to Shanghai amid COVID-19 outbreak
Shanghai will conduct city-wide nucleic acid testing on Monday. The city on Monday reported 425 confirmed and 8,581 asymptomatic domestically transmitted cases, the highest daily increases since the latest outbreak, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections in...
WHO suspends Covaxin supply to UN agencies
A statement issued by WHO on Saturday said the suspension is in response to the outcomes of its post EUL (emergency use authorisation) inspection held between March 14–22, 2022 and the need to conduct process and facility upgrade to address recently identified GMP...