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Insurance Amendment Bill,2025:Balancing innovation,capital inflows and policyholder protection
Nirmala Sitharaman,Finance minister Taken together,the Bill, that...
Passive Euthanasia: SC to meet parents of man in coma for over 12 yrs
A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and K V Viswanathan perused a...
Star Health further expands its home health care network
Anand Roy, MD & CEO, Star Health Insurance, said, “It is a bridge to accessible and affordable healthcare for every individual. Our vision is to remove barriers such as high hospitalization costs, logistical challenges and the stress associated with seeking care.”...
Regulatory standards must be stronger for quality medicines: Health secy
The meeting with state drug regulators comes in the wake of the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) prohibiting the production and export of all combinations of pain relief medicines tapentadol and carisoprodol, following reports that unapproved combinations of...
SC seeks info from Centre on central, state mental health facilities
The top court previously said chaining of persons suffering from mentally illnesses could not be allowed and termed it as "atrocious" and "inhuman". The court said such acts were violative of their rights under Article 21 of the Constitution, which dealt with life and...
Machinery for citizens to flag misleading ads needed: SC
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan said the Drug and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954 was of vital importance New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday underscored the importance of creating a mechanism for citizens to file complaints...
Govt takes stock of infrastructure of district hospitals for setting up daycare cancer centres
The estimated expenditure for setting up these centres will be Rs 3,200 crore, said Union health ministry officials New Delhi: The government has started a survey to identify gaps and review the infrastructure in all district hospitals in order to implement the budget...
Mizoram to introduce new health scheme with Rs 5 lakh coverage: CM
Lalduhoma,chief minister,Mizoram According to Lalduhoma, registration for the healthcare scheme will be opened initially for three months after which it will be closed for one month.He said that the government decided not to open registration throughout the year as...
Addressing mental health needs, reducing stigma key for adolescent wellbeing: Experts
“Addressing mental health needs and reducing stigma related to mental health is important among adolescents. India is home to more than 250 million adolescents and for the better health of the nation it is imperative that we take all steps necessary to improve the...
Insurers look to hike health premiums for Delhi as pollution stings
In India, insurers can vary health insurance premiums by city based on factors ranging from hospitalization costs to demographics.Getting the regulatory nod to include air pollution as a factor would depend on insurers submitting proof to back the assertion that toxic...
With REL ownership, Burmans have now stakes in all 3 segments of Indian insurance industry
Burman Group, through its Dabur Invest Corporation, has already stakes in Aviva Life Insurance Company India Limited and Universal Sampo General Insurance New Delhi: After the Burman Group has taken control of Religare Enterprises Limited (REL), the holding company of...
Delhi’s new govt approves implementation of Ayushman Bharat Yojana
Rekha Gupta,Chief Minister, Delhi At her first presser, Gupta said the previous AAP government did not allow the Ayusman Bharat scheme in the city, preventing the people from availing its benefits. NEW DELHI: The BJP formed its government in Delhi on Thursday after...