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Indian Insurance sector-2026: Leaders remain bullish on industry’s growth
``Looking ahead to 2026, climate risk in India is emerging as a...
Air pollution is India’s biggest public health crisis since Covid, warns UK doctors
The Indian government's renewed focus on controlling air pollution...
Cancer remains most financially burdensome disease in India
Piyush Jain, Khushboo Jain, and Vikas Kaul, Co-founders of CarePal Group said, "Cancer is the single largest illness where patients face the highest financial distress. With over 30% of funds raised on Impact Guru going towards cancer treatments, crowdfunding has...
World Health Day: India’s Strides In Public Health
As of April 6, 2025, e-Sanjeevani has served over 36 crore patients through teleconsultations since its launch in 2020, making healthcare accessible remotely with 232,291 providers onboarded to date,” according to the ministry. eSanjeevani, India’s National...
Kerala launches digital payment system, online services in govt hospitals
Kerala Health Minister Veena George The system enables payments for services at health centres statewide using credit cards, debit cards, and UPI (Google Pay, PhonePe), among other methods. This initiative has been carried out in collaboration with the Information...
Delhi govt inks a MoU with the Centre to implement AB-PMJAY
With this, Delhi has become the 35th state/Union Territory to implement the health insurance scheme. West Bengal is now the only state which has not implemented the scheme New Delhi: In a move towards expanding people's access to healthcare in the national capital,...
Can med for rare disorder SMA be made available at lower price in India: SC to drug manufacturer
During the hearing on Friday, the bench was told by senior advocate Anand Grover, appearing for a 24-year-old woman, that the price of the medicine for SMA patients is cheaper in Pakistan and China because of intervention of the governments of those countries. New...
WHO initiates a new global coordination mechanism for health emergencies
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO The two-day simulation, Exercise Polaris, tested WHO’s Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC), a framework designed to strengthen countries’ emergency workforce, coordinate the deployment of surge teams and experts, and...
Govt tightens biosecurity rules as bird flu spreads beyond poultry
Animal Husbandry and Dairying Secretary Alka Upadhyaya chaired a high-level meeting where officials agreed on a three-pronged strategy to tackle the crisis.The approach includes implementing stricter hygiene practices and biosecurity protocols at poultry farms to...
ED conducts raids in Jharkhand Ayushman Bharat ‘fraud’ case, MD India, Safeway, Medi Assist under scanner
The ED, agency sources said, suspects that "proceeds of crime" were generated through systematic "fraud" within the Ayushman Bharat scheme through "manipulation" of hospital empanelment and processing of "fake" claims facilitated by a "nexus" demanding commissions and...
Has Health Insurance Become Unaffordable
Insurers are addressing the issue of cost push in health insurance by designing flexible policies that cater to diverse consumer needs, such as high-deductible plans, structured co-payment models, and tailored coverage for specific medical conditions Rakesh Jain, CEO,...
New India celebrates `Bima Jagruti Mahotsava’ in Gujarat
Furthering its commitment to financial inclusion, NIA has opened a dedicated State Insurance Plan office in Gujarat, manned by a senior executive of the company. This initiative aligns with IRDAI’s “Insurance for All by 2047” vision, with Gujarat being the designated...