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India home to 18 of 20 cities with most severe increase in PM2.5 pollution: Study
Among the most populous cities in each region, Delhi and Kolkata...
Reliance Gen launches its official jingle
Reliance General Insurance, launched its official jingle to...
Released Rs 3,520 cr in last two years to states under AB-PMJAY:Health Minister
“Two big states (Punjab & Rajasthan) have joined AB-PMJAY only in late 2019. Large states (UP, MP and Bihar) which account for 30 per cent of the beneficiary population are implementing the scheme for the first time and hence, their demand is still picking up,” he said, explaining the reasons for the slow utilization of funds.
IRDA sets up panel to explore allowing exclusive micro-insurance cos
The indicative regulatory aspects are: Capital and Solvency,Underwriting, Product and Claims,Finance and Accounting, Investments, Operations, Corporate Governance
Thailand sees apparent success treating coronavirus with drug cocktail
In a video released Sunday, health minister Anutin Charnvirakul visited a patient from Wuhan who had recovered from the coronavirus, chatting with her amicably in Mandarin as she thanked him and the medical staff.
As economic costs of Coronavirus mount, China accuses U.S. of overreacting
The number of deaths in China from the newly identified virus, which emerged in Wuhan city in the central province of Hubei in December, had risen to 361 as of Sunday, up 57 from the previous day, the National Health Commission said.
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.