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National Insurance aims for Rs 100-200 cr profit in FY25
T Babu Paul, executive director,National Insurance Company...
Rs1 lakh crore disbursed for free hospital care to 7.4 crore patients under PMJAY scheme
Eligible beneficiaries can avail of cashless and paperless...
Regular international flights resume in India after two years
The government has revised the COVID-19 guidelines for international flight operations, including the removal of the requirement to keep three seats vacant on overseas flights for medical emergencies. Besides, the requirement for the crew for having a complete PPE kit...
Govt mulls dropping pre-call announcements on phones after 2 yrs of Covid
Official sources said the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has written to the Union Health Ministry requesting it to drop these pre-call announcements and caller tunes New Delhi; The COVID-19 awareness pre-call audio announcements set by telecom operators at the...
Shanghai to lock down in two stages for testing as COVID cases spike
The city houses factories belonging to the likes of Tesla , Volkswagen and the country's largest chipmaker SMIC, as well as the mainland China headquarters of many international companies China reported a total of 4,448 new asymptomatic infections on March 26, up from...
US court allows J&J to force cancer victims into potential settlement talks
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan ruled February 25 that J&J can use bankruptcy rules to temporarily block more than 38,000 lawsuits while the company develops a trust fund to permanently end the cases A US court ruling allowing Johnson & Johnson to use a...
IVF children have better quality of life as adults, finds study
“When accounting for other factors present in young adulthood, being ART-conceived appears to confer some advantages in quality of life. Perhaps unsurprisingly, we also found that, independently of how the person was conceived, having a better relationship with...
Airbus partners with Airlift Global for chopper ambulance service in India
Under the partnership, Airbus and Airlift Global would jointly develop a pilot project integrating air ambulance and medical emergency service for improved healthcare accessibility and connectivity in both urban and rural environments Aircraft-maker Airbus on Friday...
Covid variant worse than Omicron in next 2 years: UK epidemiologist
England's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty England's chief medical officer, Chris Whitty noted that the strain could cause "worse problems" than Omicron and the challenges from the current strain are "not by any means trivial", and its emergence could...
Google tests catching heart, eye issues from smartphone sensors
Google also plans to test whether its artificial intelligence software can analyse ultrasound screenings taken by less-skilled technicians, as long as they follow a set pattern. The technology could address shortages in higher-skilled workers and allow birthing...
Most states haven’t enhanced health budget share to over 8 pc: Parliamentary panel
The Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, in its report tabled in Parliament on Thursday, recommended that all the states and Union territories should emulate Delhi and Puducherry and increase the share of health spending in...
Using artificial intelligence to red-flag emerging pandemics
Raina MacIntyre AI filtering and analysis of open-source data could stop future epidemics from becoming global pandemics Raina MacIntyre Serious infectious diseases have become more frequent in the past decade. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, infectious diseases...