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Mandatory appointment letters, fixed work hours, social security benefits among key changes in new labour Codes
The Ministry of Labour & Employment has also taken steps to...
“Insurers could be mandated to meet annual disability coverage targets monitored through digital dashboards”Sr Govt official
“IRDAI's role, along with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare...
National Insurance aims for Rs 100-200 cr profit in FY25
T Babu Paul, executive director,National Insurance Company ``Medical treatment costs have increased by 5-20 per cent, and to bridge the cost gap, an industry-wide tariff revision is expected this year. Our average claim amount has jumped to Rs 41,000 from Rs 27,000 in...
Rs1 lakh crore disbursed for free hospital care to 7.4 crore patients under PMJAY scheme
Eligible beneficiaries can avail of cashless and paperless healthcare services related to hospitalisation across more than 29,000 empanelled hospitals in the country The top speciality care treatments availed by beneficiaries to date are general medicine, infectious...
Centre to form panel to suggest measures for healthcare professionals’ safety
The IMA has also demanded a Central Act (Central Protection Act for Doctors) protecting medical professionals from violence at workplaces. It was observed that 26 states have already passed legislation for the protection of healthcare workers in their respective...
Identify high-value cash transactions at hotels, hospitals; pursue arrear demands: CBDT to I-T dept
Senior IT officials told that transactions over Rs 2 lakh in cash were required to be reported through a statement of financial transaction (SFT) by financial institutions but that was not happening. The department identified some of the businesses, such as hotels,...
Nagaraju Maddirala appointed as new DFS Secy
Nagaraju Maddirala, Secretary-Designate, Department of Financial Services A few issues concerning the insurance industry, Maddirala will look into, with priority, soon after taking over as the secretary are- pending reforms measures which need amendments of various...
Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder case: Indian medics call for nationwide shutdown on Saturday
Late on Thursday, the Indian Medical Association, the country's largest grouping of medics, said it would implement a nationwide shutdown of most departments, except essential services, for 24 hours from Saturday morning, the largest such strike in at least a decade...
28% UG, 15% PG med students diagnosed with mental health conditions: Survey
Thoughts of self-harm or suicide in the last 12 months were reported by 16.2 per cent MBBS students while the number was recorded at 31 per cent in MD/MS students, according to the report by the National Task Force on Mental Health and Well-being of Medical Students...
Pakistan & Sweden report cases of more infectious form of mpox first identified in Congo
WHO said there have been more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths in more than a dozen countries across Africa this year, which already exceed last year's figures Pakistan has detected three patients with the mpox virus, the health department in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
Biden, Harris hail Medicare drug price cuts that will save billions
Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law in 2022, was the first to allow Medicare to negotiate prices for some of the most costly drugs that the program covers for 66 million people. The new prices will go into effect in 2026 LARGO,...
US FDA seeks fresh curbs on sodium levels in packaged, processed foods
"Reducing sodium in the food supply has the potential to be one of the most important public health initiatives in a generation," FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones said in a statement Fast-food chains, including McDonald's , Burger King-parent...