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Global microinsurance premiums touch $5.8 billion in 2023, cover only 15% of market: Report
The 2023 Study, drawing on from 294 insurers covering 1,040...
Gender differences in mortality outcomes from fatal and non-fatal events in 2021: Lancet Study
Women around the world were also found to be disproportionately...
Omicron Spreads To 38 Nations, No Deaths Reported, Says WHO
The World Health Organization has warned it could take weeks to determine how infectious the variant is, whether it causes more severe illness and how effective treatments and vaccines are against it. "We're going to get the answers that everybody out there needs,"...
Omicron impact may be less severe due to vaccination, Delta exposure: Govt
From the list of FAQs, the ministry, answering to whether the existing vaccines work against the Omicron variant, said, "While, there is no evidence to suggest that existing vaccines do not work on Omicron, some of the mutations reported on spike gene may decrease the...
Raj govt increases amounts to be reimbursed under Chiranjeevi Swasthya Bima Yojana
Under the scheme, patients will now be able to get free treatment related to organ and tissue transplant surgery and its post-transplant medication, arthroscopy, general surgery related to gastrointestinal bleeding and various neurosurgeries, the statement said....
Air quality panel for Delhi issues new orders, educational institutions to be shut
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) also directed that industrial operations and processes in NCR, not running on Piped Natural Gas or other cleaner fuels, shall be allowed to operate only up to eight hours a day from Monday to Friday and shall not be...
Omicron may spoil companies’ plans to return to office
Dr. Neal Mills, chief medical officer for benefits consulting firm Aon Plc, said his team has been meeting with clients all week about possible new options. "They are recognizing that they are going to need to revisit many of the decisions they've made. If this...
Booster dose of six Covid vaccines safe, increases immunity: Lancet study
"The side effect data show all seven vaccines are safe to use as 3rd doses, with acceptable levels of inflammatory side effects like injection site pain, muscle soreness, fatigue," said Professor Saul Faust, trial lead from the University Hospital Southampton NHS...
17 flying squads constituted to implement anti-pollution measures in Delhi-NCR, Centre tells SC
New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management in Delhi-NCR on Friday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying it has constituted an enforcement task force to monitor compliance with its directions to control air pollution in the national capital region....
Indian doctors strike as Omicron sparks fears of third wave of COVID-19
Some epidemiologists have said Omicron could be less lethal in India than the last Delta wave because of widespread previous infections and vaccinations. New Delhi: India reported 9,216 new COVID-19 infections on Friday after announcing its first two Omicron cases the...
Star Health’s IPO sees 79% subscription on weak sentiments
Non-institutional investors, which include corporates, bid just 0.19 times the shares reserved for them. The institutional investor and retail segments were fully subscribed, at 1.03 times and 1.1 times respectively Mumbai: Signalling weak investor demand for India's...
55 pc of total COVID-19 cases reported in India are from Kerala, Maharashtra: Union Health Ministry
"Districts reporting high cases of positivity are still a matter of concern for us, we are continuously in talks with those states," the Joint Secretary said. "Among the 18 'districts of concerns' in the country, 9 are from Kerala and one each is from Arunachal...