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Consumer commission slaps Rs50k fine on insurance company for deficiency in services
Taking note of the evidence before it, the commission comprising...
Budget FY25: Healthcare leaders call for scaling up infra, medical tourism & tax reforms
Chronic diseases, building climate-resilient health structures, and...
Over one billion people at risk of hearing loss: WHO
“Millions of teenagers and young people are at risk of hearing loss due to the unsafe use of personal audio devices and exposure to damaging sound levels at venues such as nightclubs, bars, concerts and sporting events,” said Dr Bente Mikkelsen, WHO Director for the...
Over 229 million construction workers to benefit from new code of practice on safety and health:ILO
Key revisions introduced to the code of practice underline the importance of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) management systems, maternity protection and waste and emissions management ILO:More than 229 million construction workers around the globe may benefit...
Future Generali Insurance launches ‘FG Dog Health Cover’ insurance
Future Generali India Insurance Company Limited (FGII) announced the launch of FG Dog Health Cover, a comprehensive health insurance for pet dogs, along with industry-first ‘Emergency Pet Minding’ cover. This comprehensive cover will protect pet parents against the...
Premiums serviced by Medi Assist cross Rs 10,000 cr
Medi Assist Insurance TPA has become India’s first Third Party Administrator (TPA) to service more than Rs 10,000 crores of active group and retail healthcare premiums excluding the premiums for the government business where the company supports states and central...
SC stays NGT ban on water purifiers where TDS below 500 mg per litre
The NGT had directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to issue directions to all RO manufacturers banning water purifiers where the level of total dissolved solids (TDS) in water is below 500 milligrams per litre. The tribunal had also asked the CPCB to...
Deaths linked to PM2.5 pollution in India increased by 2.5 times in 2 decades: Report
The report released by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday said India accounted for one out of every four deaths due to air pollution in 2019 The report said 4,76,000 infants died globally in their first month of life from health effects associated...
Extended prescription for chronic diseases helped India cope better during Covid, say health experts
''While all non communicable diseases require a continuum of care and treatment, it is critically important to focus on hypertension and diabetes, also called the silent epidemics of India. For the 22 crore hypertension patients, over 8 crore diabetics and other NCD...
Cabinet approves nationwide roll-out of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Under the ABDM, citizens will be able to create their Ayushman Bharat Health Account numbers, to which their digital health records can be linked, the statement said The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved the nationwide roll-out of the...
Rash-causing moth spreading due to warming, scientists find
The growth and spread of the moth is tied to increasingly warm weather, especially in the fall, the scientists wrote recently in the journal Environmental Entomology. And, unfortunately, climate trends suggest upcoming years could be even worse A forest pest that...
Research discovers better treatment for Parkinson’s disease
In Parkinson's disease, nerve cells that produce dopamine progressively die. Since the 1960s, doctors have relied on medication to replace the missing dopamine, but it is notoriously difficult to fully control symptoms as the disease progresses Even though there is no...