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IRDAI removes caps on commissions paid to intermediaries within Expense of Management(EOM)
The government last Sunday has notified the new regulations, as...
610 cases of Covid’s new variant XBB1.16 found in India: INSACOG data
The highest number of Covid cases caused due to this variant has...
PM inaugurates Ayurveda research & teaching instituteJamnagar,
“Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda will be the first institution with institution of national importance status in the AYUSH sector, and this will enable the institution to be independent and innovative in the matter of deciding course content and pedagogy. The decision to set up the institute comes at a time when global interest in health solutions based on traditional wisdom is at an unprecedentedly high level and ITRA is poised to take Ayurveda education to new vistas,”
Ethnic minorities disproportionately affected by coronavirus – The Lancet
Asians may be at higher risk of ITU (intensive therapy unit) admission and death,” the analysis read.
“These findings are of critical public health importance in informing interventions to reduce morbidity and mortality amongst ethnic minority groups,” it added
India to get 100 million AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccines next month: Serum Institute head
Drugmakers are just now getting data that will show how well their vaccine candidates work, but there are plenty of hurdles remaining as the global race to find an effective shot against the pathogen reaches its final stages. Astra and co-developer University of Oxford still need to see testing results. And even if their vaccine proves effective and gets a nod from regulators, there are questions over how easily and quickly the shot can be distributed
COVID-19 caseload in India climbs to 86,83,916
There are 4,89,294 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country as on date which comprises 5.63 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated. The total recoveries have surged to 80, 66,501 pushing the national recovery rate to 92.89 per cent, while COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.48 per cent.
The 550 new fatalities include 125 from Maharashtra, 85 from Delhi, 49 from West Bengal, 31 from Punjab, 29 from Kerala, 28 from Tamil Nadu, 25 each from Haryana and Chhattisgarh, 23 from Karnataka and 20 from Uttar Pradesh.
India’s Serum says produced 40 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Serum said it has enrolled 1,600 participants in India for late-stage trials of AstraZeneca’s candidate, and also plans to seek regulatory approval to run late-stage trials for the Novavax vaccine.
Smell, taste changes provide early indication of COVID-19 community spread: Study
“Our research suggests that an increase in the incidence of sudden smell and taste change in the general population may indicate that COVID-19 is spreading,” said study co-author John Hayes, professor of food science at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in the US
Job creation,IT Relief and Rs 900 cr grant for COVID-19 vaccine research In Stimulus 3.0
Employees contribution (12 per cent of wages) and employer’s contribution (12 per cent of wages) totalling 24 per cent of wages would be given to establishments for two years, she said.
Under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana, every Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) registered establishment taking new employees would get this subsidy.
Irdai gives final nod for merger of HDFC ERGO Health with HDFC ERGO General Insurance
Under this, share exchange ratio of 100:385 has been okayed by the board of the subsidiary companies which would mean allocation of 385 shares in HDFC ERGO Health for 100 shares in HDFC ERGO
With the merger of HDFC ERGO Health Insurance with HDFC ERGO General Insurance, the number of there stand-alone health insurers will from seven to five..
Earlier,IRDA had asked Reliance General Insurance to take over Reliance Health Insurance as the exclusive health insurers was had fallen short of solvency margin and the financially troubled promoter company Reliance Capital was unable to infuse capital in its health insurance subsidiary.
Japan suicides rise as economic impact of coronavirus hits home
According to preliminary police data, the total number of suicides for October was 2,153, an increase of more than 300 from the previous month and the highest monthly tally since May 2015.
Of October’s cases, 851 were women, a rise of 82.6% over the same month in 2019. The number of suicides by men rose 21.3%.
Cases of suicide had been falling steadily until July but then the economic impact of the novel coronavirus outbreak hit home and the numbers started rising, activists say.
HC allows Delhi govt to reserve 80% ICU beds for COVID-19 patients in 33 private hosptials
A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Subramonium Prasad allowed the appeal of Delhi government challenging a single judge’s interim order staying the government’s decision to reserve 80 per cent ICU beds.The high court vacated the stay order passed by the single judge and listed the matter for further hearing on November 26 before the single bench and till then the reservation of 80 per cent of ICU beds will continue.