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Budget FY2024-25: Indian Insurance Industry’s Wish-list
The upcoming Budget 2024-25 is crucial for advancing insurance...
Kerala culls 310 pigs to contain African Swine Fever outbreak
This marks the latest incident in the country's ongoing battle with...
No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021 – data
India's overall pollution levels worsened in 2021 and New Delhi remained the world's most polluted capital, the data showed. Bangladesh was the most polluted country, also unchanged from the previous year, while Chad ranked second after the African country's data was...
Global Covid caseload tops 472 mn, fatalities surge past 6.09 mn
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 79,775,780 and 972,603, according to the CSSE The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (43,009,390 infections and 516,510 deaths), followed by Brazil...
Telemedicine booms in S.Korea amid COVID,President-elect Yoon backs practice
A total 2 million people are under home care for COVID in the country. While there are two doctors per 1,000 people on average in South Korea, only six of 17 cities and provinces meet the average, showing how health care is thinner in many parts This gap in...
Govt should construct trauma centres near highways: Chowdhury
Every hour there are 35 accidents and one death in every four minutes and ''this is quite untenable,'' he said adding how many trauma centres are being set up to deal with the road accident cases. New Delhi; Expressing concern over road accidents and deaths, Congress...
Govt considers widening Covid booster shots to all adults in India: Report
The government is debating whether to provide boosters to other groups for free, said one of the sources, who both sought anonymity as the government has yet to make a decision. A health ministry spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment New...
Australia to make Big Tech hand over data on misinformation
"Digital platforms must take responsibility for what is on their sites and take action when harmful or misleading content appears," Communications Minister Paul Fletcher said in a statement Australia's media regulator will be able to force internet companies to...
Hong Kong to ease strict COVID measures from April, lifts flight ban
Hong Kong's border has effectively been shut since 2020 with few flights able to land and hardly any passengers allowed to transit, isolating a city that had built a reputation as a global financial hub Hong Kong: Hong Kong plans to relax some anti-COVID-19 measures...
Second Covishield dose can be given between 8-16 weeks after first dose, says NTAGI reducing gap
The decision will lead to accelerated administration of the second dose of Covishield to the remaining six to seven crore individuals amid rising cases in several countries, the source said. The government had on May 13, 2021 extended the gap between the first and...
Experts say future Covid waves unlikely to have serious impact in India; some call for easing mask mandate
Dr N K Arora, chairman of the COVID-19 working group of National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), said given the high vaccination coverage and the wide spread of the disease, the possibility of India being hit by a severe wave is less likely. But that...
UK’s Sunak says he will help where possible with cost of living
British finance minister Rishi Sunak He said his priority going forward was to reduce taxation but a planned rise in national insurance due to begin in April, in order to fund health and social care spending, was fair London: British finance minister Rishi Sunak,...