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Indian insurance industry to cross Rs10 trillion of premium and Rs 59 trillion of assets in fy2022-23:IRDAI Chief
Debasish Panda,Chairman, IRDAI ” Insurers need to further to...
General insurers to take action against errant hospitals, to set up Health Exchange Platform for 100 % cashless settlement of policies
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Unilever to introduce mouthwash formulation in India, claims to reduce 99.9 pc corona after rinsing
Unilever Oral Care Research and Development Head Glyn Roberts said, “While we are clear that this is not a cure or proven way to prevent the transmission of coronavirus, our results are promising.”
This technology will be brought to India by Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), Unilever”s arm, in Pepsodent Germicheck Mouth Rinse Liquid, which will be launched in India in December 2020, the company said.
G20 determined to use all tools to contain pandemic, save jobs, incomes
“We are determined to continue to use all available policy tools as long as required to safeguard people’s lives, jobs and incomes, support the global economic recovery and enhance the resilence of the financial system, while safeguarding against downside risks,” the statement said.
Indian-American doctor identifies possible COVID-19 treatment
Published online in the journal Cell, the research coming from the lab of Dr Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, an Indian-born researcher working at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee, identified the drugs after discovering that the hyper inflammatory immune response associated with COVID-19 leads to tissue damage and multi-organ failure in mice by triggering inflammatory cell death pathways
Swiss doctors urge COVID vulnerable to declare end-of-life wishes in advance
As health systems grapple with soaring infection rates, medical professionals working with limited resources and finite space in ICUs can at times face agonising dilemmas, and ethical questions around treating COVID-19 patients have spawned a government review in Britain and a court fight in Germany.
PM Modi holds meet to review India’s Covid vaccination strategy
Modi tweeted that the meeting discussed important issues related to progress of vaccine development, regulatory approvals and procurement. “Reviewed various issues like prioritisation of population groups, reaching out to HCWs (health care workers), cold-chain infrastructure augmentation, adding vaccinators and tech platform for vaccine roll-out,” he said.he prime minister directed that a time-bound plan be laid out for speedy regulatory clearances and timely procurement for early roll-out of the vaccination drive when a Covid-19 vaccine becomes available, an official statement later said.
Maha mulls suspension of trains, flights from Delhi amid Covid-19 surge
Various measures are being discussed in order to curb the virus spread in the state, and suspension of train and flight operations to and from Delhi is one of them,” principal secretary Sanjay Kumar told PTI. “However, no final decision has been taken so far,” he added.
Childhood vaccine may help prevent severe COVID-19
New Microsoft programme to nurture health tech startups in India
“Our partnership with Microsoft for HealthTech startups will focus on enabling these companies to fast track their progress with some of the best technology resources and accelerate their innovation pathways.”.
COVID-19 caseload in India breaches 90-lakh mark
The COVID-19 case fatality rate has further declined to 1.46 per cent.There are 4,43,794 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 4.92 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated
According to the ICMR, a cumulative total of 12,95,91,786 samples have been tested up to November 20 with 10,83,397 samples being tested on Thursday
Questionable testing may be the reason India’s Covid-19 numbers are down
The result is that India’s Covid-19 cases are likely much higher than the national numbers. Health experts fear new infection waves as the country gathers to celebrate a season of weddings and Hindu festivals amid a smoggy winter in the densely populated north.