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Rising cost may hurt Indian insurance industry: YouGov’s global Survey
In a recent survey, YouGov asked consumers across 18 markets in...
New global alliance launched to end AIDS in children by 2030
UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima argues, “by bringing...
Allianz sets up an emergency response fund to support China’s fight against the coronavirus epidemic
The initial pledge towards this fund is RMB 4 million (EUR 520,000), coming in part from Allianz SE’s Disaster Recovery Fund and in part from Allianz’s operating entities in China and the region
Budget 2020:Deposit insurance cover hiked to Rs 5 lakh, New income tax slab for FY 2020-21
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who has presented her second Union Budget in Parliament today, has hiked insurance cover on deposists by Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) to Rs 500,000 lakh from Rs 100,000. ...
Swadeshi Jagran Manch asks PM’s to stall mergers of 3 PSU general insurers
Among other issues, SJM in its letter to PM has argued that the merger of public sector insurance companies is likely to endanger growth of insurance sector in the country in general and would hamper the successful implementation of socially important flagship insurance schemes like like Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Aarogya Yojana,
1.5 lakh Ayushman Bharat Health & Wellness Centres to be set up by 2022: Survey
“The focus of healthcare is on four important pillars – preventive healthcare, providing affordable healthcare, building medical infrastructure and mission mode interventions for maternal health, child health and to combat communicable and non-communicable diseases…,” it added.
China:Coronavirus cases surpass SARS as big economic hit looms
India was the latest nation to report a case, a student of Wuhan University. And South Koreans protested at facilities earmarked as quarantine centres, throwing eggs at a minister.
People with pre-existing conditions are more vulnerable to Coronaviruses:AIR
Mortality associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus is observed particularly among people who are older than 60 years of age, with the mean value of 73 years of age.
Coronavirus:Over 9,800 infected, WHO declares world health emergency
The death toll from the new virus currently stands at 213 and the number of reported cases at well over 8,000. It has now infected more people in China than were affected during the outbreak of SARS, a relation of the coronavirus.
Coronavirus: China toll rises to 132; total number of infected near 6000
From France to Japan, governments were organising evacuations, while Hong Kong – scene of anti-China unrest for months – planned to suspend rail and ferry links with the mainland. United Airlines said it was suspending some flights between the United States and China for a week from Feb.1 due to a “significant decline in demand.”
India among top 30 countries at ‘high risk’ from coronavirus spread: Study
The most “at risk” countries or regions worldwide are Thailand (1), Japan (2), and Hong Kong (3). The US is 6th on the list, Australia 10th, the UK 17th and India 23rd, the researchers said in the study released on Tuesday.
Coronavirus outbreak: IndiGo, Air India suspend flights between India and China
In India, many people are under observation in hospitals for suspected coronavirus infection including in Maharashtra, Goa, Odisha and the national capital. People returning to the country after visiting China are being regularly screened for the deadly virus at airports across the country.