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Almost all top Indian apps deploy deceptive design practices: ASCI study
The study by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)...
Gadkari urges FM to withdraw 18 pc GST on life and medical insurance premiums
"The 18 per cent GST on medical insurance premiums is proving to be...
New India’s net profit at Rs 493 crore, pays Rs 866 crore of Covid claims in Q3 FY2022
Atul Sahai, CMD, New India Assurance Atul Sahai, the outgoing CMD of NIA, said,`` The company is focused on pursuing profitable growth and has been performing exceedingly well in recent times. But Covid-Pandemic claims worth Rs 866 crore impacted the bottom line...
Health apps could support older adults with their health : Study
"Now that most older adults have at least one mobile device, health-related apps can provide an opportunity to support their health-related behaviours, manage their conditions and improve health outcomes," said Pearl Lee, M.D., M.S., a geriatrician at Michigan...
Wellx.ai partners with INSTANDA to launch digital health covers for UAE
Vaibhav Kashyap, CoFounder & CEO of Wellx.ai: “The mandatory nature of medical insurance in the UAE and state of overall health of citizens and residents called for a new type of insurance. Wellx.ai exists to enable insurers to embrace their responsibility as a...
Most patients had heart or kidney ailments: Report on Covid deaths in Delhi
Among those who died after contracting coronavirus infection, and were found suffering from co-morbid conditions, patients with heart ailments accounted for 20 per cent of the cases, and those with kidney diseases 19 per cent, as per the report New Delhi: Out of the...
WHO: Global COVID-19 case counts decline 17 per cent in latest week
"The prevalence of the omicron variant has increased globally and is now detected in almost all countries," WHO said. "However, many of the countries which reported an early rise in the number of cases due to the omicron variant have now reported a decline in the...
Hospitals begin to limp out of the latest COVID-19 surge
"What we want to see is that the omicron surge continues to decrease, that we don't see another variant of concern emerge, that we start to come out of the other side of this," said Dr. Chris Beyrer, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...
First nasal spray for treating adult COVID-19 patients launched in India
Terming the spray an effective and safe antiviral treatment for COVID-19, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd's Chief Commercial Officer Robert Crockart said "we are confident it will offer patients a much needed and timely therapy option." Mumbai: Mumbai based...
Sonowal launches dedicated storefront for ayurvedic products on Amazon
It will make shopping easier as product selection has been organised according to focus areas and health benefits such as pain management, immunity boosters, blood purifiers, women's health, weight management and mental wellness, etc. ''Various initiatives taken by...
New India Assurance pays Rs 808 cr to kin of 1,616 healthcare workers who died of COVID-19
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Managed by state owned New India Assurance,the scheme provides comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs 50 lakh to 22.12 lakh healthcare providers, including community health workers and private health workers, who may...
Hospitals beds need to grow by at least 30% to provide equitable healthcare facilities for citizens
It added that the other 50 per cent of the country's population living in the remaining 21 states and 8 Union Territories (UTs) has access to only 35 per cent of hospital beds New Delhi:A Niti Aayog report has said that about 65 per cent of hospital beds in the...