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Covid vaccines in time saved an estimated 20 million lives in the first year of the rollout: Study
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Now, IRDA wants a “catchy name’ for its Rs 1,00,000-Rs5,00,000 standard health policy
Hyderabad: The insurnace regulator IRDAI has hinted that the proposed mandatory standard indemnity health insurace policy would have a sum assured ranging from Rs 1,00,000 to Rs 5,00,000 on individual as well as family floater basis, The objective...
IRDAI makes it mandatory for general insurers to offer a standard health product
All insurers may endeavour to provide coverage for one or more systems covered under “AYUSH treatment” provided, the treatment has been undergone in the hospitals or healthcare facilities subject to the guidelines as may be specified by the Authority from time to time.”
India courts private hospitals to boost ‘Modicare’ insurance programme
India has so far registered about 20% of the eligible 500 million people, due to lack of public awareness of the scheme and low private sector participation, said Indu Bhushan, CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA), which runs the programme.
Food regulator slaps notice on McDonald’s for ‘irresponsible advertising’
McDonald’s had over the last weekend carried advertisements in newspapers seeking to get traffic at its outlets by allegedly disparaging home cooked food and healthy vegetables.
Cabinet approves Industrial Relations Code Bill
It also provides for imparting flexibility to the exit provisions relating to retrenchment and others, for which the threshold for prior approval of appropriate government has been kept unchanged at 100 employees, but added a provision for changing ‘such number of employees’ through notification (executive order)
Passengers flying to Delhi from four cities to get pollution masks: AirAsia India
The initiative is being taken in view of high pollution levels in Delhi, the airline said, adding that PM 2.5 particles can “reach deep into the lungs”.
Finance panel may reject Rs 835-bn package to help fight air pollution
More than half of India’s coal-fired power plant units ordered to retrofit equipment to curb air pollution are already set to miss the deadline, Reuters reported on Friday
NITI Aayog considering Healthcare System for middle class
The healthcare system would exclude those covered under the newly-launched Ayushman Bharat scheme that mainly caters to the bottom 40 per cent population of the country
Smokers who switch from tobacco to vaping rapidly boost heart health: Study
The findings, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, will fuel further international debate about the potential risks and benefits of e-cigarettes amid more than 2,000 cases of vaping-related lung illness and more than 40 deaths in the United States in recent months.
Mumbai only metro where tap water is safe for drinking: Govt report
Releasing the second phase study, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said, “Out of 20 state capitals, all the 10 samples of piped water drawn from Mumbai were found to comply with all 11 parameters, while other cities are failing in one or more.”