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12.5 mn children, teens in India obese in 2022: Lancet study
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SC asks govt to fix standardised rates for hospital treatments across the country in next six weeks
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Three insurance-related firms to raise Rs 10,000 cr through IPOs
Policybazaar’s Rs 6,017.5-crore public issue comprises a fresh issue of Rs 3,750 crore and an offer-for-sale of Rs 2,267.5 crore by existing selling shareholders
Star Health, the largest standalone private health insurer, is planning to raise Rs 3,000 crore; while Medi Assist, which is the largest third-party administrator, is lining up a Rs 840-1,000 crore issue, according to their draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) filed with the market watchdog.
The cost of saving global economy: $834 million an hour for 18 months
With central banks sucking up so much of the bond market and forcing down borrowing costs, there’s now more than $16 trillion in debt with a negative yield. And it’s part of the reason why money managers say they’ve got no alternative except to keep buying up stocks.
Hope to start supply of ZyCoV-D vaccine by mid to end Sept: Zydus Group MD
The company’s indigenously developed needle-free three-dose COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D was granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) by the drug regulator on Friday, making it the first vaccine to be administered to beneficiaries in the age group of 12-18 years in the country.
Severe Covid-19 breakthrough cases mostly in older, sicker patients: Doctors
Such “breakthrough” cases have become central to a global debate over whether highly vaccinated countries should give booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines, and to which people. Israel began offering booster doses to people age 60 and up in July, and has since expanded that eligibility.
The United States, citing data out of Israel and other findings, said on Wednesday it would make booster doses available to all Americans beginning in September.
July non-life insurance premiums shrug off pandemic cloud: Care Ratings
Non-life insurance premium reached Rs 20,171 crore compared to Rs 16,885 crore in July 2020. The growth was driven by health and fire segments with motor segment also turning in positive numbers.
J&J seeks nod for COVID-19 vaccine trial in Indian adolescents
Conducting vaccine clinical trials among adolescents is imperative to achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus, J&J said in an emailed statement.
The U.S. pharma giant had received emergency use approval for its single-dose vaccine in India earlier this month, making it the fifth authorised vaccine in the country. read more
India approves Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D vaccine for emergency use for adults and children above 12 yrs
Chairperson of the Zydus Group, Pankaj R Patel said, “We are extremely happy that our efforts to put out a safe, well-tolerated and efficacious vaccine to fight COVID-19 has become a reality with ZyCoV-D. To create the world’s first DNA vaccine at such a crucial juncture and despite all the challenges, is a tribute to the Indian research scientists and their spirit of innovation. I’d like to thank the Department of Biotechnology under the Government of India for their support in this mission of Atma Nirbhar Bharat and Indian Vaccine Mission COVID Suraksha.”
WHO seeks ‘best minds’ to probe new pathogens that jump from animals to humans
“In the last 20 years we’ve had many of these pathogens emerge or re-emerge: SARS, MERS, different avian influenzas, Zika, yellow fever and of course SARS-CoV-2,” van Kerkhove said.
Recovered Covid patients can donate kidneys: Study
Gulati said there was an apprehension that in case the person donating the kidney was someone who recovered from COVID-19, a low degree of coronavirus could be transferred to the recipient during the transplant process.
Nearly 1Bln children at ‘extremely high risk’ globally because of climate change: UNICEF
“Approximately one billion children, nearly half the world’s 2.2 billion children – live in one of the 33 countries classified as ‘extremely high-risk’,” UNICEF said. The risk factors considered in the study included flooding, cyclones, heatwaves, water scarcity, air pollution, lead pollution, and infectious diseases.
“Climate and environmental shocks are undermining the complete spectrum of children’s rights, from access to clean air, food, and safe water; to education, housing, freedom from exploitation, and even their right to survive. Virtually no child’s life will be unaffected,” UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said.