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Govt restores all existing visas, barring electronic, tourist and medical categories
Foreign nationals intending to visit India for medical treatment can apply afresh for a medical visa, including for their medical attendants
Therefore, this decision will enable foreign nationals to come to India for various purposes such as business, conferences, employment, studies, research, medical purposes etc
India has set aside $7 billion to vaccinate the world’s second Biggest Population
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration estimates an all-in cost of about $6-$7 per person in the nation of 1.3 billion, the people said, asking not to be identified as the details are private. The money provisioned so far is for the current financial year ending March 31 and there will be no shortage of further funds for this purpose, they added.A Finance Ministry spokesman couldn’t immediately be reached when tried on his mobile.
Kotak Life forays into health insurance;launches Kotak Health Shield
G. Murlidhar, MD & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company Ltd. said, “Rising health treatment costs continues to be a major financial strain to crores of Indians across geographies, and our new Kotak Health Shield is yet another insurance policy from Kotak Life that has been designed to address the much required insurance cover to Indian consumers. Kotak Health Shield is an affordable health insurance policy that covers major critical illnesses.”
Insurers drop appeal against UK COVID-19 payout ruling on three policies
appeals linked to the Resilience, Eaton Gate Retail, and Eaton Gate Pubs & Restaurants policies have now been dropped, legal documents show, raising hopes that hundreds of vulnerable businesses could see their claims processed without further delay.
A spokesman for RSA, one of the largest of the six insurers, said it would work with broker Marsh to make interim payments where appropriate.
Businesses across the world have been locked in disputes with insurance companies over pandemic-related payouts.
COVID-19: India records 55,839 new infections, 702 deaths
The active cases of coronavirus infection remained below eight lakh for the sixth consecutive day
There are 7,15,812 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which accounts for 9.29 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a cumulative total of 9,86,70,363 samples have been tested up to October 21, of which 14,69,984 were tested on Wednesday.
Number of South Koreans dying after flu shot rises, prompts vaccine worries
South Korea’s vaccines come from a variety of sources. Manufacturers include local drug makers GC Pharma, SK Bioscience and Ilyang Pharmaceutical Co, along with France’s Sanofi and Britain’s Glaxosmithkline. Distributors include LG Chem Ltd and Boryung Biopharma Co. Ltd., a unit of Boryung Pharm Co. Ltd..GC Pharma, LG Chem, SK Bioscience and Boryung declined to comment. Ilyang Pharmaceutical, Sanofi and GSK could not immediately be reached for comment.
Digital health ID not mandatory for accessing COVID vaccine: Health Ministry
The Health Secretary”s remarks came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is working on putting a robust vaccine delivery system in place and its digitized network, along with the new digital health ID, will be used to ensure its success. The PM was speaking at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting on Monday.
“The NDHM, as it exists today, does not make a digital ID or health ID mandatory to receive service under the digital ecosystem that NDHM is creating. To say it would become mandatory for vaccination and those who do not have health ID”s would be deprived is probably not the right interpretation,” Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said at a press conference.
Insurance claims related to COVID-19 treatment rise in Septembe
Based on its analysis of industry data, insurance aggregator Policybazaar.com said “most people filing the claim for COVID-19 treatment are senior citizens of age group 60 years and more, followed by people in the age bracket of 41-45 years”.
In September, the insurance aggregator said COVID-19-related claims accounted for 40 per cent of the total health insurance claims. It has been steadily increasing from 8 per cent in May. In July and August, it stood at 23 per cent and 34 per cent, respectively.
COVID-19 cases in India climb to 76,51, 107
The active cases of coronavirus infection remained below 8 lakh for the fifth consecutive day.
There are 7,40,090 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 9.67 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
Pandemic speeds labour shift from humans to robots, WEF survey finds
“COVID-19 has accelerated the arrival of the future of work,” WEF Managing Director Saadia Zahidi said.